The health care bill that was signed into law earlier this week doesn’t exactly stop at health care. Now the government wants to kick it up a notch, by controlling the food we eat and the restaurants where we get it. Buried deep within the health care legislation is a seemingly innocuous regulation that that [...]
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Compromise Legislation is Rather Leftward Leaning
The Senate Finance Committee approved the health reform bill today by a 14-9 margin. Crafted as a compromise for reform, there is little about this bill to indicate the success of any bipartisan efforts. Sen. Olympia Snowe (Maine) was the only Republican to vote for the bill. Some claim the approval was made possible by [...]