Massachusetts State Sen. Scott Brown has been surging in the polls lately in his campaign to fill the Senate seat formerly held by the late Senator Ted Kennedy. Twitter and the blogosphere has been brimming with excitement of the prospect of Republican winning the seat that has been in the hands of the Democrats...
Gov. Mark Parkinson proposed a $380 million tax increase Monday night during his State the State address to the KS Legislature. This includes a 1 cent increase in the state sales tax and an additional $69M in tobacco taxes. If these tax increases are implemented, the sales tax would go from 5.3% to 6.3%...
Rep. Joe Sestak blames Democratic leaders in Congress for the significant drop in public support for reforming the health care system. Sestak goes on to accuse the leadership of failing to defend proposals that helped carry the party to victories in 2008. In a meeting with reporters, Sestak went on to say, “At times,...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, irritated with White House pressure to accept the Senate health reform bill, took a rhetorical swing Tuesday at President Barack Obama, questioning his commitment to his 2008 campaign promises. When reminded that candidate Obama promised to make all health care negotiations open to C-SPAN cameras, Pelosi shot back, “There are...