- Jul 30, 2010 GOP candidates for Tennessee governor attack and defend (The Commercial Appeal) East Tennessee GOP heartland. Wamp and Ramsey moved back into the vote-rich Nashville suburbs Thursday. Haslam and Wamp return to Shelby County today. Wamp is airing two new TV ads, including another featuring "Rusty," the folksy "ordinary Tennessean" saying: "This Bill Haslam ticks me off ...... more...
- Jul 30, 2010 Wonkbook: GOP blocks small business aid; Dems cut food stamps Goldman dodging FinReg (Washington Post) Welcome to Wonkbook.Top StoriesSt. In the real world, businesses exist to create profits for shareholders, not jobs for workers. Margaret Sheehan, a lawyer with the group, says that even if new biomass plants meet all Environmental Protection Agency regulations on air emissions, generation could... more...
- Jul 30, 2010 Judge clears lawyer of tax evasion charge (The Tribune-Democrat) EBENSBURG -- Judge Norman Krumenacker on Thursday threw out a single criminal charge alleging that Johns-town lawyer Richard "Joe" Russell had intentionally failed to pay his 2006 state personal income tax totaling $8,241. Krumenacker agreed with defense attorney Caram J. Abood, who is one of... more...
- Jul 30, 2010 Speaker defends troubled majority (Politico) Now, the people have the leverage.” Playing defense will also be a big change. The 2006 and 2008 campaigns, which built Pelosi’s power, were assaults on an established Republican order in Congress and the White House. And participants credit her with not just access — but a willingness to... more...
- Jul 30, 2010 'The earliest possible date' (Politico) With the Affordable Care Act, they extended to Americans of all ages the ability to receive needed care. This legislative victory was more than 60 years in the making. It holds insurance companies accountable, prevents unjustified rate hikes and outlaws caps on annual and lifetime coverage.... more...
- Jul 30, 2010 Insurance coverage gap exists in county (Centre Daily Times) Penn State enrollment at University Park was about 44,000 in 2009-10. Many of those without health care coverage could get it. Houser said the organization has seen a huge increase in the number of Centre County 22.3 percent 40-64: Source: Pa. more...
- Jul 30, 2010 Health insurance rates (Los Angeles Times) Another would require insurers to justify decisions to deny coverage or charge higher-than-standard rates. Schwarzenegger says the requirement will dramatically curb the insurance industry's ability to raise rates. Still, advocates of strict rate regulation believe that California needs... more...
- Jul 30, 2010 Andy Dillon | Moderate tries to work with GOP (Detroit Free Press) Inexperience was a factor in the 2007 budget crisis that produced a $1.5-billion tax increase, brief government shutdown and a short-lived tax on services. In 2009, Dillon was forced to accept a Republican budget plan with major cuts, angering liberals who demanded tax increases. He wrested $400... more...
- Jul 30, 2010 Va. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli: The rise of the confounding conservative (Washington Post) Cuccinelli's mother dabbled in Democratic precinct politics. Cuccinelli's letter caused an uproar and prompted Gov. The governor simultaneously endorsed Cuccinelli's legal reasoning.Cuccinelli sounds contrite. more...
- Jul 30, 2010 Evolution Benefits of Avon Acquired By Genstar Capital (The Hartford Courant) The best known product is the Benny Prepaid Benefits Card, which is a special-purpose MasterCard or Visa. He also founded Women's Health USA in 1997. Evolution Benefits is growing rapidly, and it, too, could be taken public although that is not necessarily the plan, Patricelli said. The product... more...
- Jul 30, 2010 OPINION (The Kansas City Star) So let's say a Missourian -- we'll call him Joe Defiant -- decides he's not going to purchase health insurance, no matter what Uncle Sam says. Under Proposition C, this system of cost shifts will continue." Well, perhaps. Proposition C is not a referendum on federal health reform, and it's not a... more...
- Jul 29, 2010 Research desk explains: What is the CLASS Act? (Washington Post) The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act is a provision of health care reform that sets up an insurance system for long-term care for the disabled and elderly. This can include home care, nursing home payments and so forth. The act is intended to be self-financing, with an... more...
- Jul 29, 2010 Ethics panel charges Democrat Rangel (CNN) Charles Rangel of 13 violations of House rules involving alleged financial wrongdoing and harming the credibility of Congress. Rangel "argues that errors on his personal taxes do not implicate discharge of his official responsibilities," committee investigators concluded in response to Rangel's... more...
- Jul 29, 2010 West Palm Beach couple accused of masterminding income tax fraud (Sun Sentinel) He offered to get the man a large tax return even though he had not worked in 2009. Each phony return brought in anywhere from $800 to $6,000. The Sheriff's Office has not gotten complaints from other businesses which may be targets of similar fraud, said Det. more...
- Jul 29, 2010 Ethics unveils 13 Rangel charges (Politico) Verizon gave $500,000. On June 4, 2007, Rangel met with Greenberg seeking money for the center, and 10 months later, Rangel met with an AIG lobbyist. Rangel first met Isenberg through Robert Morgenthau, for Manhattan district attorney. In Feb. 2007, Rangel met with Isenberg and Kenneth Kies, a... more...
- Jul 29, 2010 Dewhurst (The Dallas Morning News) Todd J. Gillman Jul. 29, 2010 (McClatchy-Tribune Regional News delivered by Newstex) -- WASHINGTON -- Lt. Thanks to rapid population growth relative to most of the country, Texas stands to gain at least three, and perhaps four new U.S. House seats when new Census figures are released early next... more...
- Jul 29, 2010 Cuts at insurer draw protests in Wilkes-Barre (The Citizens' Voice) Since 2005, Blue Cross has put $22 million in the program, Davidson said. More than 500 residents throughout the state signed a petition to save adultBasic, she said. The rally Wednesday was part of a "statewide day of action" to save adultBasic. The Blues plans agreed to make contributions in... more...
- Jul 29, 2010 Switching to electronic medical records (The Buffalo News) The clinical information exchange is supported by BlueCross BlueShield, Independent Health and Univera Healthcare. more...
- Jul 29, 2010 Protest to save health plan held (The Times Leader) She's been on the adultBasic plan for about four years. Without adultBasic, she said, "I just don't know what I'll do. We think adultBasic is a very important program. Todd Eachus, the House Majority Leader from Butler Township, introduced legislation in April that would force the Blues to... more...
- Jul 29, 2010 Dewhurst says health care overhaul will bust Texas' budget (The Dallas Morning News) Todd J. Gillman Jul. 29, 2010 (McClatchy-Tribune Regional News delivered by Newstex) -- WASHINGTON -- Lt. more...
