Archive for July 17th, 2009
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Weekly Address: Health Care Reform Cannot Wait
The President calls on Congress to seize this opportunity – one that may not come again for decades – and finally pass health care reform: “It’s about every family unable to keep up with soaring out of pocket costs and premiums rising three times faster than wages. Every worker afraid of losing health insurance if they lose their job, or change jobs. Everyone who’s worried that they may not be able to get insurance or change insurance if someone in their family has a pre-existing condition…” July 18, 2009. (Public Domain)
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Court nominee Sotomayor wins over 3 Republicans (Reuters)
Reuters – Three Republican senators said Friday they will back President Barack Obama’s choice of Sonia Sotomayor to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, setting the stage for a likely easy confirmation. -
Obama to Congress: Don’t lose heart on health care (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama, worried about growing resistance to his health care plan, exhorted Congress not to “lose heart” Friday and urged deeper cost cuts to calm concern over the huge expense of covering millions of uninsured Americans. -
Weekly Address: President Obama Says Health Care Reform Cannot Wait
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Senate wants expansion of federal hate crimes law (AP)
AP – People attacked because of their sexual orientation or gender would receive federal protections under a Senate-approved measure that significantly expands the reach of hate crimes law. -
Spending bill would help high-speed rail projects (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama’s high-speed rail initiative would get an enormous boost under a spending bill that a House committee approved Friday.
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Statement From The President On The Passing Of Walter Cronkite
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CAPITAL CULTURE: Female helo pilot finishes tour (AP)
AP – Jennifer Grieves wanted independence, exposure and something she could be proud of when she joined the Marine Corps. She got all that, and more including a place in history as the first woman to ever pilot Marine One, the president’s helicopter. -
Sotomayor wins GOP backers after smooth hearings (AP)
AP – Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor won her first public pledges of support from Senate Republicans and one prominent GOP opponent, after a smooth performance at her confirmation hearings that has placed her firmly on track to become the high court’s first Latina and the first Democratic-named justice in 15 years. -
House panel to probe if CIA kept Congress in dark (AP)
AP – The House Intelligence Committee said Friday it will investigate whether the CIA broke the law by not informing Congress promptly about a secret program to deploy teams of killers to target al-Qaida leaders.
