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BlogHers Talk Health Care with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (AUDIO)

With this week's release of the Senate's health care reform bill, the timing couldn't have been better for BlogHer's chat with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). Women bloggers discussed the new bill, as well as Stupak, breastfeeding, and even ...

From ERIN KOTECKI VEST, BlogHer,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Kirsten Gillibrand,  Sunlight Foundation,  U.S. Senate,  Lisa Stone,  U.S. Democratic Party

The Senate Health Care Bill Is Out-How Does It Stack Up?

Though broadly similar to the House bill, Mr. Reid’s proposal differs in important ways. It would, for example, increase the Medicare payroll tax on high-income people and impose a new excise tax on high-cost “Cadillac health plans” offered by ...

From ERIN KOTECKI VEST, BlogHer,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Congressional Budget Office,  Cadillac,  U.S. Republican Party,  Harry Reid

2009 Video Game Gift Guide

My 6-year-old already has a callus from the Nintendo DS. My 4-year-old can flip on the Xbox without asking me for help. My husband disappears into his PC for hours while I hear the clang of swords. My brother and I take 'Rock Band' lunch breaks on any ...

From ERIN KOTECKI VEST, BlogHer,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Nintendo,  The Beatles,  Jay-Z,  Eminem

House Democrats Pass Landmark Health Care Bill

(Rep. Anh “Joseph”) Cao was originally expected to vote “no” on the bill along with the rest of his colleagues because it didn’t explicitly ban funding for abortion. But since Democrats agreed to allow a vote on the Stupak amendment, and the U.S. ...

From ERIN KOTECKI VEST, BlogHer,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. House of Representatives,  Barack Obama,  NPR

BlogHers Talk Health Care with Rep. Cynthia Lummis (AUDIO)

You can listen to audio of the call here on BlogHer: You can also read the transcript of the call here on BlogHer: Nancy Watzman: Hi, welcome, everyone. I’m Nancy Watzman of the Sunlight Foundation representing BlogHer today and their community ...

From ERIN KOTECKI VEST, BlogHer,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Cynthia Lummis,  Sunlight Foundation,  U.S. Congress,  Lisa Stone

House Dems Unveil Their Health Care Bill

House Democrats announced their health care reform legislation today, and it includes a public option. The nearly 2,000 page bill -- a combination of three different versions passed by House committees -- would cost $894 billion over 10 years and ...

From ERIN KOTECKI VEST, BlogHer,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Nancy Pelosi,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Congressional Budget Office

BlogHers Talk Health Care with Senator Jeff Merkley (AUDIO)

Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon tackled questions from women bloggers on health care this week- answering on topics ranging from the public option's chances to exactly how the proposed reform would work for a particular family. You can listen to audio ...

From ERIN KOTECKI VEST, BlogHer,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Jeff Merkley,  Sunlight Foundation,  Lisa Stone,  U.S. Senate,  Safeway Inc.

Maria Shriver Answers Questions about The Shriver Report

The findings of The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything have caused quite a stir here at BlogHer. I recently connected with Maria Shriver only days before The Women’s Conference-- to learn more about what it means to live in A Woman’s ...

From ERIN KOTECKI VEST, BlogHer,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Maria Shriver

BlogHers Talk Health Care with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (AUDIO)

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi joined BlogHers for a health care reform discussion where she tackled many questions on women and health care. The Speaker spent 30 minutes answering questions from maternity care to middle class tax implications from ...

From ERIN KOTECKI VEST, BlogHer,  16 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Nancy Pelosi,  U.S. House of Representatives,  Sunlight Foundation,  Blogher,  Lisa Stone

President Barack Obama awarded Nobel Peace Prize

In winning the Nobel Peace Prize, President Obama joins an elite group of U.S. presidents. He is the fourth to win the prize, the third to win it while in office and the first to receive it during his first year in office. Unlike his predecessors, ...

From ERIN KOTECKI VEST, BlogHer,  9 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama

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