Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) says the new health care law's individual mandate, which will require most people to purchase health insurance, is necessary to keep Americans from waiting until they are sick to buy insurance.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Sen. Lee (R-Utah) and other Tea Party Leaders gave speeches at the first meeting of the Senate Tea Party Caucus.
Rep. Paul Broun is standing by his tweet that he made during the President Obama’s State of the Union Address. Broun tweeted “ Mr. President, you don’t believe in the Constitution. You believe in socialism.”
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Richard Dreyfuss Comments on Ed Schultz Quotes
In an interview after the State of the Union Address, Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) says that the Healthcare challenge Sets Up GOP Takedown Of Social Security and Medicare
Dr. Donald Berwick Head Of The Centers For Medicare and Medicaid, is questioned about wether Obamacare redistributes wealth in the way he has said health care should.
Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) and Rep. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) responded to questions about parts of Obama's State of the Union Address, including what federal agencies could be merged or dissolved.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) on Wednesday announced they have introduced legislation to restore the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP), which the Obama administration eliminated in 2009.
In keeping with his theme of improving the country’s fiscal footing and increasing transparency in government, President Barack Obama took a popular political stance in Tuesday’s State of the Union address by vowing to veto any earmarks. Members of Congress from both sides respond.
