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Get the Facts the House Republicans Don't Want You to Have

From the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Contrary to recent reports federal funding for family planning services makes sense. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) the Family Planning Medicaid Expansion ...

Most republicans think the US health care system is the best in the world; democrats disagree

Boston, MA - A recent survey by the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Harris Interactive, as part of their ongoing series, Debating Health: Election 2008, finds that Americans are generally split on the issue of whether the United States has the best health care system in the world (45% b...

Blunt: House Republicans Fight to Ensure Taxpayer Resources Aren't Used to Fund Abortions Overseas

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) issued the following statement today in support of efforts by Reps. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), Chris Smith (R-N.J.), Joe Pitts (R-Pa.) and others to make sure taxpayer money being used t...

Despite polarized opinions, Democrats and Republicans perform same amount of 'green' actions

FAIRFAX, Va., January 31, 2008Political party affiliation has little bearing on the number of green actions people take, a new study by Porter Novelli and George Mason University shows. According to the survey of more than 11,000 American adults and nearly 1,000 of their children, Democrats and Re...

TABS Group Releases Intriguing Voting Trends Based on Vitamin and Supplement Usage: Republicans More Likely to Use Supplements

SHELTON, Conn., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- TABS Group, a marketing consulting and research company based on Shelton, CT (http://www.tabsgroup.com ), has released the survey results of voting preferences based on purchase behavior of Vitamin and Nutritional Supplements. Working with th...

DNC: Bush Republicans Care More About Politics Than Our Nation's Kids

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Democratic National Committee Press Secretary Stacie Paxton issued the following statement after President Bush vetoed a bill that would give health care to low-income children: "In a country as wealthy as ours, it is immoral to deny health ca...

DNC: Bush Republicans Have the Wrong Priorities

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement in response to President Bush sending Congress a request for an additional $46 billion in war spending, for a total of $196 billion, while he vetoed a bill to give h...

DNC: With Orr Appointment, Bush Republicans Put Partisan Ideology Ahead of Good Policy

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following release was issued today by the Democratic National Committee: Yesterday, news broke that Susan Orr, a staunch anti-family planning advocate, has been appointed to head the U.S. contraception programs at the Department of Health and...

Ad Campaign Targeting Republicans On Medicare Prescription Drug Program

A $500,000 television and radio ad campaign blaming GOP lawmakers for not seeking lower prices for the Medicare prescription drug program has been launched by the// Association of Trial Lawyers of America on Tuesday. The ad campaign accusing the lawmakers for blocking provisions that would ha...

Ex-House Aging Committee Chief of Staff Bob Weiner Warns of Insurance Control Over Health Bill Outcome, Praises House Version, 'Disappointed' by Senate; Weiner and Policy Analyst Jordan Osserman Offer Bill's 'Prognosis'

...n in today's Palm Beach Post, " THE PROGNOSIS FOR REFORM," Weiner and Osserman contend, "With no public option, the Senate Finance bill, developed by republicans and Blue Dogs and led by Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Charles Grassley (R-IA), does not assure lower premiums -- yet reducing spiraling health costs...

Republicans in Medical Technology

Interview of the Vice President

...bsolutely nothing that I can see that's of benefit or consistent with the promises that they made when they went out and ran for election. I think the republicans are going to do well next year. Q You don't think there's some basic philosophical questions that the party ought to confront? THE VICE PRESIDENT:...

Leading AIDS Groups Turn Up The Heat on '08 Presidential Candidates

...publican candidate has made a similar commitment. All eight Democratic candidates support comprehensive sex education, whereas seven of eight republicans have opposed it. Most of the Democrats support lifting the ban against HIV-positive foreign nationals visiting and/or immigrating to the U.S....

FDLI 50th Annual Meeting Heralds New ERA in Healthcare Innovations, FDA Regulations

...thy Americans Act -- omnibus legislation to reform the healthcare system in the United States -- said that it was vitally important that Democrats and republicans work together to enable FDA to improve the drug delivery process. The Healthy Americans Act seeks to provide universal, affordable, quality health cov...

Pelosi: Bush Veto of Stem Cell Bill Says 'No' to the Hopes of Million of Families Across America

...tem cell research. Science has the potential to answer the prayers of America's families; it is irresponsible for the President and many Congressional republicans to stand in the way of such progress." CONTACT: Brendan Daly or Nadeam Elshami of the Office of the Speaker ofthe House, +1-202-226-7616 Terms an...

Dean: President Bush Has Turned His Back on the American People

...ans who support stem cell research and the 100 million Americans suffering from debilitating diseases who could benefit from this life-saving science. republicans should stand up to this President and instead stand with the American people by overriding his veto. We absolutely must elect a Democratic President i...

Republicans in Medical Dictionary

Values

...Values Based Counseling? ... Values promote healthy living and relationships, ... In terms of their political values , what most distinguishes republicans from ... Only two political values orientations score even moderately high in the ... Moral values ruled this election, with 22 percent of vot...

Republicans in Biological News

Advice to the new administration: UM foreign and domestic policy guide

... State Children's Health Insurance Program for 10 years in 2009. Neither presidential candidate would want to veto such an effort so early in office. republicans must agree to new public coverage limited to the poor while Democrats must agree to tax incentives to boost private market coverage. Help states set-...

New Study Reveals the Emotional Impact and Effectiveness of Negative Campaigning

...ide the election, but so could voters who cross party lines. Only two percent of Democrats plan on voting for McCain, while nine percent of republicans support Obama. -- Obama wins in a landslide among voters ranking high in Openness; and McCain closes the gap among Conscientious voters -- To...

New study looks to define evangelicals and how they affect polling

... evangelicals, but in a tight election year, they don't have to -- only a few are needed. The perception over whether evangelicals are remaining loyal republicans or are leaning Democratic depends, in great measure, on which survey is being cited. Evangelicals are the most discussed but least defined population ...

Despite awareness of global warming Americans concerned more about local environment

...itical leanings, Konisky said. Democrats and political liberals clearly express more desire for governmental action to address environmental problems. republicans and ideological conservatives are much less enthusiastic about further government intervention. ...

Americans remain pessimistic about the environment, Stanford-AP survey finds

... of Republicans. ''The decrease in pessimism among republicans is significant, while the increase among Democrats...an, with 92 percent of Democrats and 77 percent of republicans calling for environmental improvements, compared to 94 percent of Democrats and 76 percent of republicans last year. As in 2006, the proportion of people...

Republicans in Biological Technology

Advice to the new administration: UM foreign and domestic policy guide

... State Children's Health Insurance Program for 10 years in 2009. Neither presidential candidate would want to veto such an effort so early in office. republicans must agree to new public coverage limited to the poor while Democrats must agree to tax incentives to boost private market coverage. Help states set-...

New York Benefit to Celebrate Recent Medical Marijuana Successes

... York. New York Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno is supportive of allowing medical marijuana, but has not brought the issue to a vote. With the republicans facing a tough election this November, when they could very well lose control of the Senate, we're hoping they'll pay attention to the public opinion ...

Anti-Cloning Petition Drive Launched in Wisconsin

...th are sponsored by Republicans. Such bills have netted blows from both republicans and Democrats who contend such anti-science proposals will harm Wisconsin b... group said in a prepared statement. The bills face a mixed future. The republicans control the Legislature, making approval of both a strong possibility. Howe...

WTN Interview with Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin: Facilitating technology growth and regional economic development is a priority

...al core to work together rather than competitively with one another. I am just at the beginning stages but there have been great conversations with republicans as well as liberal Democrats, and I have not had anyone pooh-pooh the idea yet. I have a long way to go. To me this could be a really promising thing!...

Wisconsin Needs More Investment Capital

...he Governor and the package released by the Senate republicans show there is bipartisan agreement on the need to ...nd communications. The Governor and the Senate republicans apparently agree theres a capital gap of $300 mill...em. There would be no cost to the state. Senate republicans would also seek tax credits and deferrals for priv...

WTN Interview: Senator Ted Kanavas

...n obstructionist trying to prevent any kind of help for companies like Midwest Airlines. He stopped a great deal of initiatives that were put forth by republicans who were trying to build the states economy. So I was ran for senate for three reasons: 1) To win back republican control of the senate so we could t...

Doyle and the Legislature Have Much To Agree Upon When It Comes To The Economy

...s property tax freeze budget proposal? Legislative republicans voted for it because they thought it was great pol...e, the 45-page package has much to recommend it to republicans and Democrats alike. Grow Wisconsin as well as the plan unveiled by Senate republicans show there is bipartisan agreement on the need to ...

An In-Depth Look at Wisconsin's Mediocre Economic Report Card

...id. "And it will encourage job creation and capital investment in the technology sector. We need to spend our time working together as Democrats and republicans to get our economy moving again, and this bill is a great example of what happens when we do." Even as the tax code change goes into effect, COMME...

Senate Passes an Investment Capital Package; the Assembly Should Follow Suit

...conomy, said Kanavas, a Brookfield Republican who worked with Democrats and republicans alike in helping to pass the bills by 3-1 margins. We have to get this econ...e Senates work must still be approved by the Assembly, where majority party republicans are more fractious on how and even if -- to spur venture capital investmen...

Unwrapping Political Perks for the Holidays

...tion and propelled Feingold past two-term incumbent Bob Kasten in the general election. This time around, Feingold is the two-term incumbent and three republicans will be scrambling for attention. Santas gift to the three is the time to read Feingolds voting record on issues that really matter to Wisconsin. ...

Republicans in Biological Definition

Stem cell

...m cell research programs, some in the US have questioned the funding restriction. In April 2004 , 206 members of Congress, including many moderate republicans and some other prominent public figures, signed a letter urging President Bush to relax the policy. The 2004 Democratic presidential candidate, Sena...