Diesel Civil Trust

As you know, the vast majority of bills developed through reconciliation were passed by Republican Congresses and signed into law by Republican Presidents – including President Bush’s massive, budget-busting tax breaks for multi-millionaires. Given this history, one might conclude that Republicans believe a majority vote is sufficient to increase the deficit and benefit the super-rich, but not to reduce the deficit and benefit the middle class. Alternatively, perhaps Republicans believe a majority vote is appropriate only when Republicans are in the majority. Either way, we disagree.

Letter from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (via ehoefler)

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12 March 2010,08:20 Zulu

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Processed Meat May Harm the Heart

FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) — Conventional wisdom has dictated that fat from red meat is a risk factor for heart disease, but a new analysis from Harvard researchers finds it’s eating processed meat — not unprocessed red meat — that increases the risk for heart disease and even diabetes.

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08 March 2010,11:31 Zulu

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Health Reform's Referee in the Senate, Alan Frumin - TIME

As Democrats try to salvage health care reform, there is one man who above all others will help determine its fate, and he is not Barack Obama or Harry Reid or even a member of Congress. In fact, odds are you’ve never heard of Alan Frumin, the Senate parliamentarian. But when it comes to the complex budgetary procedure known as reconciliation, the filibuster-proof process which Democrats hope to use to make certain fixes to the Senate bill, Frumin is “the defense counsel, he’s the prosecution, he’s the judge, he’s the jury and he’s the hangman,” says Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, the top Republican on the Budget Committee.

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03 March 2010,13:06 Zulu

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DEA: Colorado marijuana dispensaries are illegal - The Denver Post

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo.—The top Drug Enforcement Administration officer in Denver says marijuana dispensaries that are popping up across the state are illegal. Federal agents raided the home of a marijuana grower who spoke publicly about his large and profitable operation in his basement. DEA agents arrested Chris Bartkowicz at his Highlands Ranch home Friday during a raid in which agents seized dozens of marijuana plants.

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16 February 2010,21:53 Zulu

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The government has your baby's DNA - CNN.com

(CNN) — When Annie Brown’s daughter, Isabel, was a month old, her pediatrician asked Brown and her husband to sit down because he had some bad news to tell them: Isabel carried a gene that put her at risk for cystic fibrosis.

While grateful to have the information — Isabel received further testing and she doesn’t have the disease — the Mankato, Minnesota, couple wondered how the doctor knew about Isabel’s genes in the first place. After all, they’d never consented to genetic testing.

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08 February 2010,23:49 Zulu

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Kenya: victory for anti-abortion lobby « Afronline – The Voice Of Africa

abbyjean:

The threat by influential Christian leaders to mobilise a vote against Kenya’s draft constitution if it does not explicitly prevent any expansion of abortion rights appears to have succeeded.

Canon Peter Karanja of the NCCK told IPS, “Life is sacrosanct. The definition of life must be stipulated in the supreme law of the land, the Constitution. Life must be defined as starting at conception and ending at natural death.” The parliamentary committee has completed deliberations on the draft, and decided to define life as beginning at conception.

Phrases guaranteeing everyone the right to health care (including reproductive health care) and stating that no one may be refused emergency medical treatment have been deleted; added is a phrase ruling out abortion “unless in the opinion of a registered medical practitioner the life of the mother is in danger”.

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04 February 2010,19:00 Zulu

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WRAPUP 1-U.S. Democrats reach deal on 'Cadillac' health tax | Reuters

WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The White House and labor unions reached a tentative deal on revising a tax on high-cost insurance plans as Democratic healthcare negotiators in the U.S. Congress pushed on Thursday for a quick final compromise.

This article is a few days old, but my interest in the cadillac tax has been piqued of late. Emphasis mine.

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21 January 2010,12:07 Zulu

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The dispute traps Obama between his campaign rhetoric and the political realities of health-care reform, which depends in large part on tacit support from drugmakers and other industry groups. Under the earlier agreement with the White House, the pharmaceutical industry agreed to contribute $80 billion toward reform over 10 years in exchange for protection from further cuts.

PhRMA Hack: Campaign Promises Are Just That - Matt Taibbi - Taibblog - True/Slant

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