America Has Waited A Long Time For Health Reform Says Reid
Friday, November 20th, 2009Says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), “We have been working to reform health care since the first half of the last century.” (0:16)
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Pelosi Happy With Senate Abortion Language
Thursday, November 19th, 2009House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expresses her approval of abortion language in Sen. Harry Reid’s health care reform bill. The Senate bill grants the secretary of Health and Human Services to decide if federal funds will be allocated for those under the public plan. It would also require that private insurers split premiums from subsidies used to pay for abortion coverage. (1:05)
Republican Brady Calls For Geithner’s Resignation
Thursday, November 19th, 2009At a Joint Economic Committee hearing Thursday, U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) calls for the resignation of the witness, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. (0:21)
TRNS Discusses Sarah Palin With Charles Dunn, Dean Of Government At Regent University
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009TRNS Bureau Chief Ellen Ratner speaks with Charles Dunn, the Dean of Government at Regent University in Virginia, on how the Conservative community views Sarah Palin and steps the former Vice Presidential candidate can take to improve the way she is perceived by the public. Dunn also discusses Palin’s resignation from the Alaskan governorship, describing the decision as “very smart politics.” (7:32)
Republican Issa Voices Concerns Over Costs Of Same-Sex Benefits Legislation
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009House Oversights and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Rep. Darrell E. Issa (R-Calif.) says during a mark-up of the Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009, a bill that would provide certain benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees, that he has concerns about the bill’s cost. (0:12)
Kansas Republican Invokes “Cool Hand Luke” Over Air Force Tanker Contract
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) says the issue involving the WTO, the EU, Airbus and the U.S. military was like the movie “Cool Hand Luke. Says Roberts, “what we have here is a failure to communicate.” (0:38)
Pentagon Should Keep Air Force Contracts In U.S. Says Republican Bond
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009Senator Kit Bond (R-Mo.) says he doesn’t “think our European friends should be rewarded with U.S. contracts for products they illegally subsidized. It’s time the Pentagon starts looking out for maintaining our own defense industrial base.” (0:28)
HHS Official Defends Sebelius’s Previous Statement On H1N1 Shots
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Nicole Lurie is questioned by Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) on remarks made by Health and Human Services Secretary Katherine Sebelius in September when she claimed production of H1N1 shots was on-schedule. Lurie claimed Sebelius was using the best information available to her at the time. (0:49)
EU, Airbus Are Benefitted At Expense Of U.S. Workers Says Democrat Murray
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) says Wednesday that “Now that WTO has ruled that what the EU and Airbus are doing is illegal, we don’t think they should be allowed to continue benefitting at the expense of our workers.” (0:46)
House Republican Says Domestic Partner Benefits Bill Is Flawed
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009House Oversights and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Rep. Darrell E. Issa (R-Calif.) says during a mark-up of Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009, a bill that would provide certain benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees, that the legislation is flawed and contradicts past votes. (0:13)