House passes VA Management Accountability Act

House passes campaign finance bill // By Ben Pershing Thursday, June 24, 2010; 9:51 PM House Democratic leaders pushed a sweeping new campaign finance reform measure through their chamber Thursday, overcoming the objections of critics on both the left and the right. The DISCLOSE Act, written as a response to the recent U.S. Supreme Court Citizens United ruling that allows corporations and unions unlimited spending on ...

The House on Thursday overwhelmingly voted to repeal automatic payment cuts to doctors under Medicare, endorsing a rare bipartisan deal that Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) negotiated with Democrats. The bill, which passed by a vote of 392-37, puts Congress on the precipice of ending a fight nearly two decades old over a formula known as the sustainable growth rate (SGR). Since 2003, lawmakers have put off cuts under the Medicare formula 17 times, perennially punting the solution through s ...

Now it's on to the senate. Wow. NJ ...

The House voted Thursday to put the government on autopilot for six months, precluding a shutdown through the election and postponing a potential showdown on GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan's agency budget cuts until next spring when Republicans hope to hold more power in Washington. Ryan returned to the Capitol from the campaign trail to vote for the half-year measure, even though it spends billions of dollars more than the Wisconsin lawmaker's budget plan, which has hel ...

Montana’s Republican-controlled House voted Thursday, 54-46, to approve federal subsidies for Medicaid expansion. Although Democrats are outnumbered 59-41 in the Montana House, a unified Democratic caucus joined forces with 13 Republicans who defected from their party’s leadership, to push Senate Bill 405 through the House chamber. The bill would expand Medicaid coverage to between 27,000 and 46,000 low-income Montanans who earn less than 138 percent of the federal poverty level. All 41 H ...

It's going to a committee. Why? Do they really need to study this bill? It's very simple. Why this bill should become law: The bill would give the VA Secretary greater authority to fire employees and remove them from SES service due to poor performance in the same manner a Member of Congress can remove a member of their staff. The bill would require the VA Secretary to give the Senate and House Veterans’ Affairs Committees notice of removal within 30 days of removing an indi ...

A woman in a hot air balloon realised she was lost. She reduced altitude and spotted a man below.She descended a little more and shouted: "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago but I don't know where I am."The man below replied, "You're in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You're between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude."''You must be an Engineer", said th ...

If anyone is thinking of working for Adept Word Management, I would highly recommend you look elsewhere. I worked for her for a while and she gave me the runaround about getting paid and it took months. I stopped working for her for a few months. She contacted me again and said that she had a client that would pay immediately and so I got screwed again. It's been months to get paid and she's giving me the runaround again. Now she says I owe her money! Very unprofessional and unorganize ...

He is unbelievable. His own kind (Democrats) are catching on. It's too bad he's had a free pass for over 5 years. The media should have confronted him head on. Can you imagine what he must be like when he goes home at night? link ...

Obama states we will not be taking the lead in this but, according to the following news article, we will be taking the lead assisted by France and Britain. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14922018,00.html The following article includes diagrams of the no-fly zone, the size and info about the Libya Air Force, and a quote from the following article from Gaddafi: Anticipating the move, Gaddafi had threatened to attack any air or maritime traffic in the Mediterranean, including ...

It's about time. Nobody should be able to serve in congress until they're 92. That's just ridiculous. ...

and your premiums do not go down, your copays and deductibles increase, and you end up with less coverage? ...

Demonstrating just how ideologically alligned with the Obama administration was the entire US State Department, moments ago the WaPo reported that "the entire senior level of management officials resigned Wednesday, part of an ongoing mass exodus of senior foreign service officers who don’t want to stick around for the Trump era." ...

A growing number of undocumented immigrants are landing managerial positions. At the same time, fewer are doing jobs that require manual labor. Some 13% of undocumented immigrants had management or professional jobs in 2012, up from 10% in 2007, according to a new Pew Research Center report. Meanwhile, 29% held construction or production posts, such as a food processor, garment worker or machinist, down from 34% in 2007. The transition reflects a shift within the undocumented populat ...

Never got into jazz music until I met my father in law. He was in the Dave Brubeck quartet in the 50s or early 60s. One of the greatest muscians of all times. ...

Democrats edged closer to finding 216 lawmakers to back a landmark health-care bill Saturday, as party leaders and White House officials were working on an executive order that they hope will win over a substantial number of antiabortion Democrats. The House Rules Committee continued its session on the third floor of the Capitol, where the panel is tasked with setting the terms of Sunday's floor debate. House leaders have decided to take a separate vote on the Senate version of the healt ...

let the flaming begin . . . . ...

He's not on any life support and is resting comfortably. To make a long story short, apparently he ran through all their retirement money and now she has no savings. On top of that, he ran up about $60,000 in credit card bills that she knew nothing about, because the bills were sent to our house.He's been living a pretty secretive live for years, telling her he was working out of town when in fact he was right here in town, but living elsewhere. We don't know where he was living. ...

What a stupid law. Beginning March 12, the city will prohibit restaurants, mobile food carts, delis and concessions at movie theaters, stadiums or arenas from selling sugary drinks in cups or containers larger than 16 ounces. The city will begin fining sellers for violating the ban in mid-June. Yet you can buy as many 16 ounce drinks as you want. That's a waste of time and taxpayer money, don't you think? ...

Don't think it will pass the House. Border security is NOT first in this bill and Janet Napolitano is the one who will make the decision on whether the border is secure or not...and we all know she thinks it is secure...that's why they never finished the fence. Yet the border agents are saying it's not secure and....well, if it WAS secure, how did 11 Million illegal immigrants cross it? This bill also sets limits on ag workers, lower than what it is now. BTW, vote was 68-3 ...

Filibuster denied. Took a lot of guts on the part of M. McConnell. TP will hit him hard in Kentucky. But he did the right thing. ...

How many Texans will shoot each other with the defense of "Stand your ground," claiming they are scared of each other? http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2015/05/29/its-official-texas-legislature-passes-open-carry/ ...

This isn't quite political but I know I can get answers here. Their slogan is "strengthening democracy by limiting corporate interference in national and international policy-making so that ordinary people can hold corporations accountable for their actions......' I just heard this on TV and decided to look them up. They want to retire Ronald McDonald because he "promotes unhealthy kids." She showed up at the shareholder meeting and spoke against Ronald McDonald. When do ...

WASHINGTON — In a landmark vote for gay rights, the Senate on Saturday voted to advance legislation that would overturn the military ban on openly gay troops known as "don't ask, don't tell." The 63-33 test vote all but guarantees the legislation will pass the Senate, possibly by day's end, and reach the president's desk before the new year. The House had passed an identical version of the bill, 250-174, earlier this week. Repeal would mean that, for the firs ...

Hopefully, when the Senate and House blend the bills, it will truly be good for the country. Only time will tell. I noted that 3/4 of the amendments were not introduced or voted on in the Senate. WASHINGTON - Prodded by national anger at Wall Street, the Senate on Thursday passed the most far-reaching restraints on big banks since the Great Depression. In its broad sweep, the massive bill would touch Wall Street CEOs and first-time homebuyers, high-flying traders and small town lenders. T ...

VAWA passes House, with full protections for LGBT, Native Americans Jane C. Timm, @janestreet 1:31 PM on 02/28/2013 Twitter62 Facebook1K+ 0 House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, accompanied by fellow House Democrats, leads a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, to discuss the reintroduction of the Violence Against Women Act. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) The House of Representatives passed the Violence ...

Long version from the NY Times: Medicaid Expansion Battle in Michigan Ends in Passage Carlos Osorio/Associated Press Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan, center, flanked last month by officials of a hospital in Royal Oak, promoted his Medicaid plan. By MONICA DAVEY Published: August 27, 2013 FACEBOOK TWITTER GOOGLE+ SAVE E-MAIL SHARE PRINT REPRINTS CHICAGO — The fierce struggle among Republicans over whether to make Medicaid available to more low-i ...

I must have missed the part where he called for the escalation of violence and denounced all the white supporters who showed up at the rally and march. It’s been an eventful weekend for the Trayvon Martin case. Two independent voice analyses found the voice calling for help on the 911 tapes was not that of George Zimmerman. Fire Department records show the call for a second ambulance for GZ was cancelled, casting further doubt on his claim to have sustained l ...

House passes VA Management Accountability Act

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