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    Apr 23, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Mitt Romney vs. employer-provided healthcare insurance

    The Times' Noam Levey stitched together the clues that Mitt Romney has given about his <a href=&quot;http://www.latimes.com/health/la-na-romney-healthcare-20120423,0,7635534.story">plans for redoing healthcare reform</a>, concluding that the GOP presidential candidate's strategy is "in crucial ways more revolutionary &mdash; and potentially more disruptive" than the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. That's because Romney wants to shift from a system in which employers are the primary supplier of insurance to one in which individuals are responsible for their own coverage.
    The Times' Noam Levey stitched together the clues that Mitt Romney has given about his plans for redoing healthcare reform, concluding that the GOP presidential candidate's strategy is "in crucial ways more revolutionary — and potentially more...

    Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Robert Bennett, Healthcare Policies, Career and Workplace

    2. Mar 16, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. High pump prices? Yes, but let's hike the gas tax, senator urges

    Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), a soft-spoken accountant with a low profile on Capitol Hill, is championing a high-octane cause: increasing the federal gasoline tax at a time of high fuel prices.
    Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), a soft-spoken accountant with a low profile on Capitol Hill, is championing a high-octane cause: increasing the federal gasoline tax at a time of high fuel prices. Conceding it’s "not a very popular" idea, he says the 18.4-...

    Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Senate, Transportation, Highway Transportation, Road Transportation

    3. Mar 20, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Paul Ryan budget: Change Medicare, slash spending, lower taxes

    House Republicans would slash federal spending, lower tax rates and substantially overhaul Medicare in the 2013 budget unveiled by Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin that offers a do-over of sorts to last year&rsquo;s blueprint that left the party in political trouble.
    House Republicans would slash federal spending, lower tax rates and substantially overhaul Medicare in the 2013 budget unveiled by Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin that offers a do-over of sorts to last year’s blueprint that left the party in political...

    Tags: U.S. Senate, Republican Party, Politics, Kent Conrad, Medical Procedures and Tests

    4. Mar 20, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Romney praises Ryan budget plan, drawing fire from Obama campaign

    Paul Ryan's new budget plan drew praise from GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, and an attack from President Obama's reelection campaign Tuesday.
    Paul Ryan's new budget plan drew praise from GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, and an attack from President Obama's reelection campaign Tuesday. The House Republicans' fiscal blueprint for 2013 would slash federal spending, lower tax rates and...

    Tags: Republican Party, Politics, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Science and Technology, Health

    5. Mar 21, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. A federal budget plan, and reality

    For the second time in as many years, the House Republican leadership has put forward a deficit-cutting budget plan that's more of a political statement than a governing blueprint. The proposed budget for fiscal 2013 promotes a long list of conservative policies that are only tangentially related to the federal fisc &mdash; for example, repealing new federal restrictions on Wall Street and ending the moratorium on offshore oil drilling. Even the proposals that are purely fiscal in nature rely on changes in law that Senate Democrats won't support, such as repealing the 2010 healthcare reform law.
    For the second time in as many years, the House Republican leadership has put forward a deficit-cutting budget plan that's more of a political statement than a governing blueprint. The proposed budget for fiscal 2013 promotes a long list of conservative...

    Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Senate, Credit and Debt, Politics, Public Finance

    6. Mar 8, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Senate rejects GOP attempt to advance Keystone XL

    With gas prices becoming a high-octane campaign issue, the Democratic-led Senate beat back a Republican effort to advance the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline project.
    With gas prices becoming a high-octane campaign issue, the Democratic-led Senate beat back a Republican effort to advance the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline project. Thursday’s vote to attach the project to a must-pass transportation bill...

    Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Senate, Politics, Mitch McConnell, Bill Nelson

    7. Mar 26, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Martin Sheen joins Medicare fight with anti-GOP ad [video]

    &ldquo;The West Wing&rdquo; hasn't aired a new episode in years, but actor Martin Sheen still delivers that TV president&rsquo;s punch <a href=&quot;http://dccc.org/pages/stand-up-for-medicare" target="_self">in a new ad</a> against the GOP's plans to change Medicare.
    “The West Wing” hasn't aired a new episode in years, but actor Martin Sheen still delivers that TV president’s punch in a new ad against the GOP's plans to change Medicare. The Democratic-run effort is part of the budget battle...

    Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Healthcare Policies, Health Insurance Cost, Mitt Romney

    8. Dec 8, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  8. New anti-piracy bill gets a thumb down from Hollywood

    Company Town
    U.S. lawmakers introduced new anti-piracy legislation Thursday that would give the U.S. International Trade Commission authority to crack down on foreign websites offering bootleg movies and other counterfeit goods....
    9. Dec 9, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  9. The Morning Fix: Tebow is TV magic. Amanpour out at ABC's 'This Week'?

    Company Town
    Bronco's Tebow is TV magic. Amanpour out at ABC's `This Week'?...
    10. Dec 28, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Medicare: Saving it is the only option [Most commented]

    Opinion L.A.
    Medicare needs a makeover before it implodes, and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) may have just devised a way. If, of course, you're willing to make some concessions. The unlikely pair, as......
    11. Jan 19, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  11. SOPA and PIPA opponents warn the bills are not dead yet

    Technology
    A day after a widespread Internet blackout, key opponents of SOPA and PIPA warned Thursday that the controversial online piracy bills are not dead yet and called for lawmakers to slow down and start over....
    12. Dec 14, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Paul Ryan partners with leading Democrat on Medicare overhaul

    With Medicare emerging as a potentially central issue in the 2012 presidential campaign, a senior Republican and Democrat on Capitol Hill are teaming up to revive the push to convert the 46-year-old federal health insurance program for the elderly into a more market-based system built on commercial insurance.
    With Medicare emerging as a potentially central issue in the 2012 presidential campaign, a senior Republican and Democrat on Capitol Hill are teaming up to revive the push to convert the 46-year-old federal health insurance program for the elderly into...

    Tags: Republican Party, Politics, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Health Insurance Cost, Health

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