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Democrats plan to vote on a health care reform bill in the House of Representatives.

Issa: Dem reforms are a "political suicide pact" - Live Pulse: Issa: Dem reforms are a "political suicide pact" November 04, 2009 Categories: House Issa: Dem reforms are a "political suicide pact" In a POLITICO op-ed today, Republican Rep.

According to the Center for Responsive Politics , with an estimated net worth of 26.6 million U.S. dollars, Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Schapiro is the richest top official in the Obama administration, while President Obama himself ranked 6th in the list with 3.7 million U.S. dollars.

Over at Politico.com, Republican Congressman Darrell Issa , has an article noting how the history of government-run health care in several of our states has been nothing short of a disaster, and wondering why they persist in pursuing repetition of these "failed experiments". Please see " Dem proposals: Legislative delusion ", Darrell Issa, 11/4/09 ...

Even in tough times, it's good to be a lawmaker: According to a report released this week by the Center for Responsive Politics, there are 237 millionaires serving in Congress, according to 2008 figures.

CRP says California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa is the richest lawmaker on Capitol Hill, with a net worth estimated at about $251 million.

In a letter to the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce , Postal Service and the District of Columbia , D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton blamed Republicans for contributing to the city's high rate of HIV/AIDS. Responding to Republican efforts to probe ...

Even members of Congress - many among the country's richest people -- aren't impervious to the nation's economic recession.

As House Democrats prepare to introduce new health care reform legislation this week, federal employees' health benefits once again became a political football in the debate over the bill.

U.S. Reps. Darrell Issa and Duncan Hunter said they opposed the health care reform legislation unveiled Thursday by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

One Republican's political action committee on Sunday suggested Democrats enticed former Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava with "favors" in return for her endorsement of the race's remaining Democratic challenger.

CIT Group Inc. filed for bankruptcy Sunday afternoon, after getting approval on most of the details from its creditors.

Surprising, if not shocking, news from the Watertown Daily Times this morning: Dede Scozzafava, the Republican and Independence parties candidate, announced Saturday that she is suspending her campaign for the 23rd Congressional District and releasing all her supporters.

The double standard on ACORN exposes the real underside of American politics: Our democracy is skewed against the voices of the poor.

American International Group Inc. a s payments to banks face closer congressional scrutiny after a House Republican requested records to review whether the Federal Reserve Bank of New York quashed the insurera s effort to pay less than 100 percent on derivative contracts.

On Wednesday, October 28, the Special Master for Troubled Asset Relief Program Executive Compensation Kenneth Feinberg testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

The latest failure of Congress to pass the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act is raising serious concerns among 9/11 victims and their families.

The government's legal aid program for the poor has agreed to recover taxpayer money that it spent inappropriately on a decorative Italian-stone wall, but lawmakers in Congress are now pressing for an investigation into new whistleblower concerns about the program.

Analysis and discussion with Republican Representative of California Darrell Issa; A House panel wants to know if members of Congress receive sweetheart loans from Countrywide and the Oversight Committee issues a subpoena to Bank of America which now owns the mortgage lender asking for documents related to the program.

Do we have a Congress or just a bunch of inept juveniles masquerading as national leaders? One wonders.