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Labor relations board, who has indicated in his writings that he believes that by federal regulation, you can abolish the secret ballot in union elections, which is one of the major issues before the country. what this is going to do is cause the election of a lot more republican scott browns in november, who are determined to come in and provide some checks and balances in washington, to stop the overreaching of the government. i mean, we have a senate to provide advice and consent. i mean, we ...

Tucked into the health care bill is a sweeping overhaul of the student loan program. heres how it worked for more than half a century. borrowers could get college loans either from banks or from the federal government. in return for administering loans to students, the private banks received hefty government subsidies, around $8 billion a year. on thursday, congress eliminated loans from private banks, saving $61 billion in subsidies. that makes the federal government the only lender to students...

The president has thrown fuel on the fire in the civil -- when the debate about politics is an angry debate to begin with. 41 senators said no. some democrats said no, im going to put this guy in to the national labor relations board whos indicated in his writings that he believes by federal regulations theyre going to balance the union elections which is one of the major issues in the country. what this is going to do is cause more scott browns in november who are determined to come in and prov...

Before we continue with senators mikulski and alexander, a look at a change that got little notice during the week. tucked into the health bill is a sweeping overhaul of the student loan program. borrowers could get college loans from banks or from the federal government in return to administering loans for students, the private banks received hefty government subsidies, around $8 billion a year. on thursday, congress eliminated loans from private banks, saving $61 billion in subsidies. that mak...

Republicans going forward as we look to 2010, the fall election already, mild term election this november? is the strategy to beat up the democrats on the health care law, or do you think they need to focus on the economy and other topics? >> well, i mean, theyre going to beat them up on everything, peter. theres a narrative thats been building since the stimulus, the first program the president passed, and that is the democrats are growing government, the growth and reach of government is out o...

South carolina and new york, youll lose your medicare advantage. the legacy on taxes is going to be enormous, from 2014 to 2023, a trillion dollars in additional taxes. the legacy for student loans is going to be terrible because in this bill the federal government takes over the student loan program. if you think fannie mae and freddie mac did a good job with housing, wait till the government runs student loans, $9 billion taken out of students loan program to pay for health care. the process t...

A challenge to the student loan program. it makes government the sole source of federal student aid, expected to total over $150 billion, with a b, next year. his office promises to make sure all billions are delivered in time for the start of classes. hes a money man through and through, graduate of the harvard business school. he worked for wachovia, headed his own consulting firm, americas future, or at least the money for it, now in his hands. dana, one of the things lost sometimes, missed, ...

Ambition of a world with zero weapons. he says this is a big step in the right direction. the reset, weve heard that time and time again, since the outset of the obama administration, the reset in u.s.-russian relations. to that, secretary clinton said we are back in the business of creating person to person contacts and creating business opportunities abroad for the united states. so, the president making that announcement today. a busy day here at the white house with a lot going on and mortga...

Get those jobs expanding at a level to really get people back to work. martha: and people fill up inventories and theyll sit on it and see how it goes, i would imagine, gerri willis, thanks, good to have you with us here on fox. >> thanks, martha. bill: and what is next on health care? congressional democrats putting the final touches on the health care reform law, and agreeing to a package of fixes and sending it to the president for his signature and democrats winning approval of -- vote 220-2...

>> more than anything else they need pay for their health care expansion. and they have sort of an ideological, philosophical difference about how to do a student loan program. we believe it makes sense to have these 2,000 lenders across the country, jobs created in the private sector working with that program. they thought for some time the federal government ought to run it. >> greta: you have a philosophical different with the democrats that is separate from why are student loans are part of ...