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Healthcare Reform and the Presidential Campaign
Healthcare is on the top of the list for potential voters of both parties in the presidential campaign, but Republicans and Democrats sound as if they're in different worlds. When the election's over, will they be able to come together or will partisanship prevent the compromise required by two-party rule? Also, the Iraq War funding bill stalls in Senate partisanship, and auto-makers say they're "going green." Do they really mean it?
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenHealthcare is on the top of the list for potential voters of both parties in the presidential campaign, but Republicans and Democrats sound as if they're in different worlds. When the election's over, will they be able to come together or will partisanship prevent the compromise required by two-party rule? Also, the Iraq War funding bill stalls in Senate partisanship, and as the Los Angeles Auto show opened today, the theme was going green. Is it really "greenwashing?"
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3 storiesIraq War Funding Bill Stalls in Senate
Immigration reform went nowhere this year, and this morning, as the Senate and Congress cast their last votes before the Thanksgiving recess, partisan differences stopped the farm bill and emergency funding for the war in Iraq. Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the Pentagon may have to wait until next year.
Read the story6 minPolarization Poisons Healthcare Debate
Healthcare is one of the issues citied as most important by potential voters of both parties. Presidential candidates all trumpet their plans. But Democrats and Republicans sound as if they're in different worlds. One side advocates "universal healthcare" while the other warns against "government interference" and "socialized medicine."
Read the story35 minAre Automakers 'Greenwashing' at the LA Car Show?
A federal appeals court ruled today that Bush Administration fuel-economy standards are too lax to blunt the impact of climate change. Also on the losing side were some of the same automakers who are trying to persuade the world they're "going green."
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