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FAQ on Abortion Amendment in House Bill

Confusion was rampant all week, but on this both sides agree: the debate reflects the conflict between the rule banning federal funding for abortions, and the expansion of the government's role in health care. Universal health care is a Democratic and ...

From ALEC MACGILLIS, The Washington Post,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Kaiser Family Foundation,  U.S. Senate,  Bill Nelson

Some Democrats to fight abortion amendment in health bill

The House passed its version of health-care legislation Saturday night by a vote of 220 to 215 after the approval of an amendment that would sharply restrict the availability of coverage for abortions, which many insurance plans now offer. The ...

From ALEC MACGILLIS, The Washington Post,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Diana DeGette,  Barack Obama,  Joe Lieberman

Grandiose rhetoric pushes details aside

Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) declared it the "most consequential vote each of us will take in our service here." Saying the plan would create "a European welfare state," he asked his colleagues, "What side of history do you want to be on?" Rep. John ...

From ALEC MACGILLIS, The Washington Post,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Congress,  George Miller,  Devin Nunes

Alec MacGillis -- Why aren't President Obama's job-creation efforts more direct?

Yet the national unemployment rate has now hit 10.2 percent, helping explain why Republicans won the governors' races in Virginia and New Jersey last week, just a year after the party's 2008 drubbing. And Obama declared Friday that more action is ...

From ALEC MACGILLIS, The Washington Post,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  U.S. Republican Party,  Center for Economic and Policy Research,  Jack Reed

Painting a street green hasn't stimulated one new job

The block is part of one of the biggest initiatives ever undertaken by the federal government, a nationwide push to improve the energy efficiency of buildings. But as the national unemployment rate crosses into the double digits and Republicans ...

From ALEC MACGILLIS, The Washington Post,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  Steven Chu,  David Bradley,  Mitch Daniels

White House: 650,000 jobs saved, created by stimulus

White House officials said the reports -- which were filed by state and city governments and other recipients of stimulus grants and loans -- will confirm their recent estimates that the $787 billion package passed in February has so far saved or ...

From ALEC MACGILLIS, The Washington Post,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: White House,  Jared Bernstein,  Martin O'Malley,  Arnold Schwarzenegger,  U.S. Republican Party

Making a mandate actually work

And the question of whether people will follow a government order that they carry health insurance -- an issue that will help determine whether universal health care is a success or costly failure -- will depend on more than the penalty they would pay ...

From ALEC MACGILLIS, The Washington Post,  25 Oct 2009

Related Topics: White House,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Brookings Institution,  Columbia University

30,000 Stimulus Jobs, Many in D.C. Area, Reported

Businesses that received federal contracts from stimulus spending reported creating or saving about 30,000 jobs, according to figures released Thursday. The reports also suggest that the program has been particularly beneficial for the Washington region. ...

From ALEC MACGILLIS, The Washington Post,  15 Oct 2009

Related Topics: White House,  General Services Administration,  Interior Department,  PricewaterhouseCoopers,  Commerce Department

Report Card Due on Stimulus

Recipients of stimulus grants, loans and contracts -- which make up about a third of the total package -- were required to file at the start of the month their first reports on how they spent the money and how many jobs were created. On Thursday, the ...

From ALEC MACGILLIS, The Washington Post,  14 Oct 2009

Related Topics: White House,  General Services Administration,  Barack Obama,  National Health Service

Mayo Clinic Criticized for Limiting Medicare Patients

The renowned Mayo Clinic is no longer accepting some Medicare and Medicaid patients, raising new questions about whether it is too selective to serve as a model for health-care reform. The White House has repeatedly held up for praise Mayo and other ...

From ALEC MACGILLIS, The Washington Post,  12 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Mayo Clinic,  White House,  Jane Jacobs

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