“I smoke cigarettes and I’m not giving that up to be President of the United States,” he tells Jay Leno.
House of Representatives
Rep. Trey Radel Gets Out of Rehab, Says He Won’t Resign
The first-year Congressman was busted for buying coke from an undercover cop in October
House Passes Budget Bill to Increase Spending, Reverse Some Automatic Cuts
Bill prevents another government shutdown
Health Reform: A Prisoner’s Dilemma
Just about anyone who has ever taken an economics course has probably heard of a game theory exercise known as “Prisoner’s Dilemma.” It’s worth thinking about as we look at the agonizing decision that wavering House members are about to make on health care reform–which may well be the most treacherous vote that many of them will have to …
Health Care: The Way Forward
My recap of where things stand, from the new issue of dead-tree TIME.
House Passes Health Care Reform
The House of Representatives tonight passed 220-215 sweeping $1.2 trillion health care reform legislation. The bill garnered the support of just one Republican, Joe Cao of Louisiana; 39 Democrats voted against it.
The vote, which looked uncertain even going into the House Rules Committee last night, came after the adoption 240-194 of …
And We’re Off…
The House has just started debate on the rule on the health care bill. Thus far Rep. Tom Price, a George Republican, has objected to every speaker – mostly women Democratic representatives talking about women’s health care issues (note to GOP: the optics of Price bullying and yelling over these women ain’t great). If it’s gonna …
In the ArenaHealth Care
Bargaining Chip
Drudge is going purple-apoplectic about the looming Nationalization or perhaps Government Takeover of health care and all the–red alarm bell here–taxes and–another alarm bell–public options that will surely destroy free enterprise–no, freedom itself!–as we know it…in other words, he and his Republican friends are rabid crazy …