Tag Archives: U.S. Government

Julie Borowski: Should Pro-Life People be Forced to Subsidize Planned Parenthood?

Source:Life & Liberty Magazine presenting part of their 2015 Christmas wishlist. Source:The New Democrat With all due respect to Julie Borowski over at Life and Liberty Magazine who I personally don’t know and just saw her name for the first … Continue reading

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The New Republic: The Long March to Medicare

Source:The New Democrat The fiftieth anniversary of the most successful government health insurance program in the country, if not the most successful health insurance program period. No other health insurer has provided more health insurance to more Americans than Medicare. … Continue reading

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USA Today: Senator Tom Coburn: ‘A Deficit of Debt Discussion’

Source:USA Today-former U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (Republican, Oklahoma) 2005-13. Source:The New Democrat  “The 2016 presidential race is beginning in earnest with new candidates entering the crowded field weekly. The Republican Party boasts a host of compelling and well qualified aspirants, … Continue reading

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C-SPAN: President Bill Clinton’s Welfare Reform Press Statement

Source:The New Democrat The 1996 Welfare to Work Law, I believe is the best part of the Clinton Presidency. Along with moving the Democratic Party back to the Center-Left and making it a national party again. That can win outside … Continue reading

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Associated Press: Sandy Kozel- Deal Reached Over Iranian Nuclear Program

Source:The New Democrat From what I’ve seen of the Iranian nuclear deal so far, it looks very good to me. The only issue that I have with it is the part where Iran, can veto, or challenge requests made by … Continue reading

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Associated Press: Mark Sherman Explaining Supreme Court’s Health Care Ruling

Source:The New Democrat What I get from Mark Sherman, is that the challenge to the Affordable Care Act in King V Burwell, is that the challengers were saying that the subsidizes through the health care exchanges in the ACA are … Continue reading

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VOA News: Janet Weinstein- Activists- Higher US Minimum Wage Still Not High Enough

Source:The New Democrat The so-called conservative economist in this piece, said something that is simply false and perhaps even insulting to minimum wage workers, that I have to correct, or I don’t think I would be doing my job. He … Continue reading

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The Washington Post: Katrina Vanden Heuvel- A New Definition of Freedom in America

Source:The New Democrat It’s great to see Democrats talking about freedom again. This is something that Liberals and Progressives should be talking about anyway. Since we created freedom in America. With the U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, the national infrastructure … Continue reading

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Slate Magazine: Josh Voorhees: Lincoln Chafee Campaign Plan: Attack Hillary Clinton on Her 2002 Iraq War Vote

Source:The New Democrat Then Senator Hillary Clinton’s 2002 Iraq War vote, is just one example of why the Democratic frontrunner for president is not a lock, or slam dunk to win the Democratic nomination. That vote of hers back then … Continue reading

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Lyle Denniston: Did The Founders Want Term Limits For Supreme Court Justices?

Source:The New Democrat  Damn! I found something that I agree with Mike Huckabee on. And perhaps tomorrow I’ll find something that I agree with Michael Moore on, but don’t hold your breath. I’ve been thinking about this for a while, … Continue reading

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