thehill.com - 5/26/2009
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The congressional drive to bring tobacco under Food & Drug Administration control -- given new life in the Senate last week -- is poised to approach the finish line in the Senate in June, but not without a bipartisan fight from North Carolina's two senators. Sens. Kay Hagan (D) and Richard Burr ...
washingtonpost.com - 5/22/2009
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America is Getting Fed Up
The Sundries Shack —
... that I recommend you read today. There is a smoldering discontent in this country right now that is bordering on righteous anger. In only five months, people are growing very tired of having the government meddle in their affairs. One day some cocky government lifer who never managed to work for a paycheck in his adult life is telling us that we should buy this car or spend this much money on a house. The next day another bunch of alleged do-gooders is telling us they want to regulate one of life’s simple pleasures for our own good as if we were simple-minded children. ...
Health Care Tuesday
Daily Kos —
... bold face lies about their activities. But the lies of Karen Ignagni have been well documented here on THCB and we don’t need to rehash them now. From Reuters: Countless workers in the United States are trapped in jobs they would like to leave because they cannot get health insurance elsewhere, calcifying innovation and mobility in the world's largest economy. From The Hill: The congressional drive to bring tobacco under Food & Drug ...
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