Frippertronics (dedicated to Kyle Huff)
2007 October 10
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Of Interest- CBO chief disses Democrats' health plansAt a hearing today, the head of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) gave a blunt, negative assessment of the Democrats' health plan proposals. The Washington Post reports Instead of saving the federal government from fiscal catastrophe, the health reform measures being drafted by congressional Democrats would worsen an already bleak budget outlook, in […]
- Habitual Felons in NCThere have been efforts afoot in the North Carolina legislature to water down our state's habitual felon law that causes repeat offenders to enjoy additional prison time. In some cases, it has been maintained that the length of these sentences has been inappropriate. And there is apparently a desire to save money on prison space.Senate Majority leader […]
- Voters split on HaganFreshman Kay Hagan has yet to have a break-out moment in the U.S. Senate, a new poll suggests. The survey found that 32 percent of voters approve of the job she is doing, 32 percent disapprove and 36 percent are basically asking, "Kay who?" The Greensboro Democrat's numbers are not very different from those in an April poll, also conduct […]
- Hackney shrugs off Fetzer barbsState Republican Party chairman Tom Fetzer picked at Democratic House Speaker Joe Hackney on Thursday, and the speaker shrugged off the criticism.Fetzer said that Hackney was blowing off a state budget that is two weeks late for a "fun-filled week" at a conference in Philadephia."We’ve all heard of Nero fiddling while Rome burned. Speaker […]
- The MeltdownGovernor Perdue’s is having the political equivalent of a meltdown;—yesterday a liberal pollster wrote that she is now more unpopular than any Governor he’s polled in the country. Her job approval is lower than Congress’s; in six months her popularity’s fallen further than President Bush’s did in seven years. The meltdown is so complete she’s sailed off th […]
- NC activists target Blue Cross Blue Shield for blocking health care reformActivists gathered outside of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina's headquarters in Chapel Hill Wednesday to protest the private insurer's opposition to President Barack Obama's proposed public option as a part of health care reform. Blue Cross Blue Shield has been at the forefront of opposing the public option health plan. As the W […]
- CBO chief disses Democrats' health plans
