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Bart battles Great Lakes algae blooms
NEWS RELEASE CONGRESSMAN BART STUPAK 1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN ************************* Stupak bill to limit phosphorus, address algae blooms in Great Lakes WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Congressman Bart Stupak has introduced legislation to limit domestic cleaning products, such as laundry detergents and dish washer soap, from containing more ...
Be Nice Matty And See What You Get
Kicked in the you know where. Is it any wonder now that the Bridge Company is litigious! I am angry at what the Michigan Governor has written since it conflicts completely with what she said in her interview on the Detroit radio station.
Miller should tend to her job, not attend rallies
The involvement of Michigan's Candice Miller in a rally that is putting down the very same government that she works for is very interesting.
Republican congressional women pushed back against a government study suggesting women should wait until age 50 for regular mammograms, warning that such recommendations could lead to government rationing of medical tests and undetected breast cancer cases in younger women.
Insurers Say They Won't Alter Mammogram Coverage Despite New Guidelines
Insurance companies say mammogram coverage is unlikely to change despite the debate over the effectiveness of breast cancer screenings for women in their forties.
Mammograms still vital in saving lives
Reps. Sue Myrick, R-N.C., center, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov.
'Anti-tea party' paper threatened with 'another Ft. Hood'
Police in Michigan are investigating after an irate reader of the Port Huron Times-Herald reportedly called in a threat to the newspaper after it criticized a local House representative's participation in the anti-health reform Tea Party protest two weeks ago.
GOP Rep. on Mammograms: "This Is How Rationing Begins"
Recently released breast cancer screening recommendations represent a "step backward" for women's health care and the "slippery slope" health care could take under Democrats' proposed policies, a group of Republican congresswomen said today.
Threat Against Michigan Paper Investigated
NEW YORK A woman who allegedly threatened the Times Herald of Port Huron, Mich., saying she would take a gun to the newspaper and "do what they did at Fort Hood," is being investigated, the paper reports.
House Narrowly Passes Health Care BillLoading...
WASHINGTON_In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry.
Views differ on Miller rally participation
Politics is the topic of the day, and a lot of you want to weigh in on the Times Herald's Thursday opinion about U.S. Rep.
Race for Michigan governor already shaping up
Even though the election is nearly a year away, the race for Michigan's next governor is well under way.
Are abortion rights the best starting point?
I have been thinking a lot about what it takes to sensitize non-feminist folk to issues that have broad implications for women.
Miller's rally participation was shameful
In our new information age, we have ever-growing access to what our politicians are doing in Washington.
In a victory for President Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry.
Barack Obama expects to sign health care legislation 'by end of year'
A relieved President Barack Obama said he expected to sign health care legislation by the end of the year after the US House of Representatives narrowly passed a sweeping reform bill that would provide insurance coverage to almost every American at a cost of $1.2 trillion over ten years.
Report: Now 237 millionaires in Congress -- six from Michigan, two representing Metro Detroit
While many Americans are struggling to make ends meet, a number of national lawmakers are living comfortably: Figures from 2008 suggest 44 percent of Congress members are millionaires, compared to around one percent of the general population.
House Passes Health Care Reform
The U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday passed the Affordable Health Care for America Act , which its supporters say "will slow the growth in out-of-control health costs and introduce competition into the health care marketplace to keep coverage affordable and insurers honest.
House passes health care bill on close vote
Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry.
How they voted: Reps. from Michigan, Metro Detroit split along party lines on health care
U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, R-Livonia. One need look no further than Metro Detroit to see the partisan divide holding up the Obama administration's attempt to overhaul the nation's health care system.
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