Tweet The Obama administration announced that it would remove a provision in the health care law because it is too expensive and would not work in the long run. Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of health and human services, said that the premiums from the long-term care insurance program would be too high that only a few healthy people would sign up for... 

Tweet President Barack Obama and the Congressional leaders announced late Sunday that they have agreed on a deal that would cut trillions of dollars in government spending as well as increase its debt limit. The leaders would present the terms of their deal on Monday and they hope that it would be enacted before the August 2 deadline. Just as the President... 

Tweet Analysts say that a last minute debt limit deal will depend on Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell. For several weeks he has been discussing with Vice President Joe Biden, with whom he made a deal last December to extend the Bush-era tax cuts. Senator McConnell also had a meeting with President Barack Obama last Saturday to discuss the possibilities... 

Tweet It looks like the Republicans are not that united after all. They crumbled under pressure of the deadline to increase the government’s credit limit. A meeting in the White House ended with no concrete results as the nation nears another economic disaster. Moody’s Investors Services last Wednesday said that it would review the United States government’s... 

Tweet President Obama focused on four items in his speech today on his plan to reduce the federal debt: lower domestic spending, less defense spending, get rid of excess spending in Medicare and Medicaid and eliminate tax breaks that help the rich. The most controversial are expected to be Medicare and taxes and some liberal groups like MoveOn.org have... 

Tweet Senate Democrats criticized the Republicans for their threat of a government shutdown if their proposed budget cut is not approved. Both parties are adamant about their stand over budget deficit and federal spending. Last Saturday, the House of Representatives voted to limit federal government spending by at least $61 billion. This measure will likely... 

Tweet It is obvious by now that the Democrats are frustrated by routine filibusters and buzz kills that are flying in from all over. Seeing to the procedural blockades and with nothing better to do, the Democratic parties are urging their leaders to negotiate with Republicans to change the rules regarding the Senate’s core principles. Speaking of rules,... 

Tweet Recently Jon Stewart, the famous comedian, took a few jabs at the political parties for being a little lame towards the Health Bill issue for 9-11 firefighters. According to government reports, the affected parties during the post 9/11 incidents were supposed to be entitled to health care packages. However, the Senate Republicans and a couple of... 

Tweet Just a few days ago, followed by the post-election frenzy, Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell said, “I have thought about these things long and hard over the past few weeks. I’ve talked with my members. I’ve listened to them. Above all, I have listened to my constituents. And what I’ve concluded is that on the issue of congressional... 

Tweet Now that the Republicans seem to gain a legislative power in the House, several gay conservative groups are asking the GOP to bear in mind, who their friends were in the first place. Yes, it is a fact that the gay community dished out maximum number of votes for their favorite politicians. Now it’s up to the big shots to return the favor in kindness. GOProud,...