Although the president and Democratic Congress have tried to jam through a massive health care reform plan before the public gets wind of what is going on, they will not, it seems, succeed in passing a bill, or even obtaining a vote in Congress before the August recess. And that is bad news inde

Every single desire and concern of the American people is met by Obama's miraculous proposal. July 24, 2009 - by Jeffrey H. AndersonIn his televised press conference on Wednesday evening, President Obama said three separate times that he was being “honest” with the American people.So we know he was telling the truth.Therefore, we know that we can take the president at his word when he said:If you already have health insurance, the reform we’re proposing will provide you with more security and mo

The Democrats’ agenda of “universal health care” is in deep trouble, as more Americans (including many “Blue Dog” congressional Democrats) are growing increasingly uneasy about the costs.The Congressional Budget Office projects that the proposed House of Representatives plan could cost over $1 trillion dollars, rather than saving money. A similar plan in place in Massach

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the Senate won't vote on a bill to overhaul the health-care system until September -- after the August break. But there won't be much of a vacation for the health-care lobbyists. Their work does not stop. In three months -- April, May and June -- America's biggest drug makers spent $40 million lobbying Congress on health care. That's the conclusion of an analysis of the most recent lobbying disclosure reports by NPR's Dollar Politics team,

There’s a dispute inside the Obama administration about who should have the authority to appoint and direct the chief intelligence officer at oversees outposts. Should it be CIA Director Leon Panetta, since the job is traditionally a CIA responsibility? Or should it be Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair, who runs the intelligence community overall? Blair certainly thinks it should be him. In May, Blair issued a directive saying that the CIA station chief is will be dual-hatted as