Many soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from serious, long-term, physical and mental health problems, due to their service. It is unconscionable to cut the already limited health care benefits available to these brave men and women. |
Mercury emissions will continue to harm the environment and to endanger the health of children and pregnant women, until this Administration puts public health before politics. |
Methamphetamine labs can be found in virtually every state in our nation. Nobody is safe, and we all share the burden of cleanup costs. |
Minnesotans voted their preference today for leaders who will build bridges rather than moats. |
Once again, the Republicans in the Senate have rejected an increase in the minimum wage. They support tax breaks for multi-millionaires, but they oppose helping the working poor to earn a decent income. |
Providing working Minnesotans with at least seven days of paid sick leave every year is the right thing to do to. It benefits our families and helps our businesses become more worker friendly and family friendly. |
So I rely on those assurances, ... That's her expertise and responsibility, and that of her agency. But I will continue to provide to her and to the inspector general the information and allegations brought to my attention by anyone involved in that inspection. |
the blatant patronage ... is shocking and disgraceful. |
The Bush Administration claims there is a Social Security crisis only to distract Americans from its serious mismanagement of the federal budget. |
The chief justice certainly has far greater sway in terms of court proceedings, so the importance of the position is even higher, ... An associate justice is one of eight, but a chief justice is one of one ... The scrutiny will be, if possible, even higher. |
The fine print in the President's Social Security proposal is that all present and future workers under age 55 will have their promised retirement benefits cut. |
The successful election in Iraq was an important step toward establishing an independent democracy in that country. Tremendous credit should go to the U.S. Armed Forces, who made voting possible throughout much of the country, and to the millions of Iraqi citizens, who risked their lives to vote. |
There is no fair or justifiable reason to single out dairy farmers for such drastic programmatic cuts and tax increases. |
There's nobody in charge. Powell acknowledged that he doesn't have the authority to order things to be done; he can only try to persuade federal agencies to do things. There's no single person in charge. |
We never intended to have the government play the market in US Airways stock, |