The White House announced today that President Obama will travel to Copenhagen on Dec. 9 to participate in the United Nations Climate Change Conference, in order to work with the international community to drive progress toward a comprehensive and operational Copenhagen accord. The White House also announced that President Obama is prepared to put on [...]
From the Washington Post:
…The toasts were gracious, of course, but also took note of history and the changing nature of an increasingly interconnected world.
"To the future that beckons all of us. Let us answer its call. And let our two great nations realize all the triumphs and achievements that await us," Obama said.
And Singh reciprocated: [...]
This is Gina again, I had to let y’all see this dress First Lady Obama is wearing to tonight’s State Dinner. Y’all know how I HATE when people talk about what First Lady Michelle Obama wears, but gold or platinum or whatever this dress is made of might very well replace purple as her [...]
Hola! Its Gina with some of the tid bits regarding the White House State Dinner tonight. If you don’t have a thing to do this Thanksgiving Eve Eve, then you can watch a live stream of the dinner over at WhiteHouse.gov. I don’t know what’s in the lineup, but its always nice to watch a [...]
Last weekend, Ron Brownstein – a reporter for The Atlantic – wrote that the Senate’s health insurance reform legislation marks a “milestone in the health care journey.”
Brownstein spoke to several leading economists, including MIT health care economist Jonathan Gruber, who agreed that the Senate’s legislation is a major step toward ending the unsustainable growth [...]
From Politico:
"It would be a mistake to conclude that the international community’s failure to reach a final treaty in Copenhagen is due to a lack of domestic legislation in the United States," said a senior White House official, who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity.
The United States, said officials, plans to propose a [...]
From The Atlantic:
When I reached Jonathan Gruber on Thursday, he was working his way, page by laborious page, through the mammoth health care bill Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had unveiled just a few hours earlier. Gruber is a leading health economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who is consulted by politicians in [...]
Just a few moments ago, the Senate voted 60-39 to move forward with debate on health reform legislation. OFA Director Mitch Stewart explained:
For the first time ever, the Senate just voted to begin debate on a comprehensive health insurance reform bill. This was the first big hurdle we had to overcome to pass reform through [...]
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid introduced the Senate version of the health reform bill on Wednesday, and tonight the full Senate is expected to vote on the "motion to proceed," which would clear the way for the Senate to begin debate on the bill. Sixty votes are needed to pass cloture on the motion, after [...]
