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Kathleen sebelius facing those tough questions. Did any of you come forth to the administration and say this thing may not be ready on october 1st . We might want a delay until we can get it right. Any hands up . Either you didnt know about these problems or you knew about them and chose not to disclose. Reform, reboot with shutdown behind him, president obama calls for immigration overhaul by the end of the year. Even he admits its hard to get anything done in todays combative d. C. Climate. No...

Economic damage with the Government Shutdown even though economists who deal in real numbers say he did. He said the real demons are those moderate republicans who finally ended the shutdown on the edge of the government default. Senator cruz is the right wing zealot of the season. His attacks were relentless and have stirred resistance to the health care program. He has hurt economic growth. Even as he campaigns on a promise of, guess what, economic growth. He reminds me of the kid who kills hi...

Numbers say he did. He said the real demons are those moderate republicans who finally ended the shutdown on the edge of the government default. Senator cruz is the right wing zealot of the season. His attacks were relentless and have stirred resistance to the health care program. He has hurt economic growth. Even as he campaigns on a promise of, guess what, economic growth. He reminds me of the kid who kills his parents and begs the judge mercy on the ground hes an orphan. A perfect candidate f...

Know about whos showing up in the garden state and why both sides are afraid of folks not showing up in the old dominion. Also today, a decade ago when Medicare Part d was in the hot seat on health care. Some folks are trying to compare it to the current rocky rollout. How much of the reception and the objections are actually similar to todays talk . Good morning from washington. Its tuesday, october 29th, 2013. This is the daily rundown. Im chuck todd. To my first reads of the morning. For more...

Wrote for slate, you stated that while supporting the minimum wage absent other policy changes, you would prefer other policies because they tend to be more progressive, paid for disproportionately through taxes on the wealthy, on upperincome individuals rather than through higher prices that might be passed along to consumers. In a piece on the minimum wage for the New York Times this march, former cea chair christina roamer made a similar point stating it might be the case that, quote, busines...

Decade. So the work will continue. Are you getting cooperation from libya on this issue of capturing and seeing that those who committed the attacks on our conflict are brought to justice . I dont want to talk in particular about particular operations or particular conversations, but as we have said publicly the leaving government has been cooperative with us in this investigation. We expect them to be cooperative with everything weve done and the support weve given them. Let me ask you, in term...

Is set to discuss strategy with Health Insurance ceos. White house meeting comes after obama adds a substantial change to the law. The president said thursday that Insurance Companies can offer another year of coverage under their existing plants. Thats because people have been losing coverage and havent been able to find new plans on the healthcare. Gov website. It continues a white house official says that obama and senior aides are meeting with a senior officials to discuss Holding People enr...

Television for serious readers. Coming up next hearing on the Health Care Law and federal subsidies for insurance providers. This is an hourandahalf. The chair will recognize an opening statement. Todays hearing is once again about protecting taxpayers and consumers from the consequences of the Affordable Care act, mainly the giveaway of taxpayer dollars to ensures. First, section 1342 of the Affordable Care act created what are known as risc corridors, a mechanism that will protect Insurance Co...

Expense. If they live far from a va hospital, 40 miles is the agreedupon distance, you will secretary the. A. Ability to fire senior managers accused of mismanagement. They can obviously fire those who are ill performing. Timekes a very long because of federal rules about letting employees go and their process to appeal. This was one of the reasons the controversy started in the first place. V. A. More to come on this deal in the house and senate. Did address the immediate crisis of veterans bei...

A sustainable ceasefire. One that addresses all of the concerns, the longterm concerns as well, begin to talk about the underlying causes of the conflict in gaza, although they will not be resolved in the context of a ceasefire discussion. To try to build, to begin and move in a process and that is what we are trying to achieve. That thehe only way conflict is going to be resolved. If we can make some progress, the people in this region, who deserve peace, can take one step towards that elusive ...