admin 25 October 2009Bizzare and Offbeat No CommentBusinesses would not be required to provide health insurance under legislation being readied for Senate debate, but large firms could owe significant penalties if workers needed subsidies.

AP : Nuclear energy becomes pivotal in climate debate Nuclear energy gaining traction as Senate Democrats hunt for GOP votes to pass climate bill By H. Josef Hebert WASHINGTON (AP) — Nuclear energy, once vilified by environmentalists and facing a dim future, has become a pivotal bargaining chip as Senate Democrats hunt for Republican votes to pass climate legislation. The industry’s long-standing campaign to rebrand itself as green is gaining footing as part of the effort to curtail

admin 23 October 2009Bizzare and Offbeat No CommentAP – The Senate has long been seen as opposed to the federal government selling health insurance in competition with private industry, but now senior Senate Democrats and White House officials are strongly considering including such a measure in health care overhaul legislation, officials say.

In a historic vote today the Senate passed the The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act by an easy margin 68-29, and joins the House of Representatives in sending the historic legislation to President Obama’s desk. The measure, attached to an essential military-spending bill, broadens the definition of federal hate crimes to include those committed because of a victim’s gender or gender identity, sexual orientation or disability. It gives them the same federal safe

Chiding Senate Republicans in February for trying to slow passage of the Democrats’ spendthrift “so-called stimulus” package, Ma’am Barbara Boxer said swift action was necessary because jobs “ were being lost every minute “. In a statement made after the Senate passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (AKA the “stimulus”), legislation Mrs. Boxer’s office claimed would “save or create millions of jobs and stabilize an economy in crisis,” the Golden State’s junior Senator repeated this