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Group Releases “Medicare Perspective Index” to Shed Light on Prescription Drug Debate: Irreverent List of Factoids a Grim Parody of Harper’s Index — But a Lot More Expensive

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With a nod to Harper's Index, The National Center for Public Policy Research is releasing today the "Medicare Perspective Index," a compilation of factoids that give an irreverent but useful snapshot of the policy ironies within the $400 billion Medicare ...
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Message to Congress on Medicare: Don’t Rush to Put a Legislative Turkey on America’s Thanksgiving Table

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Congress is rushing votes on the just-released Medicare conference report too swiftly and risks taking an action it will later regret, warns The National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think-tank. "The Medicare conference report reconciled, with significant alterations, ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Group Critical of Sharpton’s Civil Rights Flip-Flop

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Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 applaud the majority of U.S. senators seeking an end to obstructionist tactics that are keeping many federal judicial nominees from receiving a timely vote on their nominations. To draw attention to this ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Group Joins Senate Majority in Seeking Timely Votes on Judicial Nominees

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Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 applaud the majority of U.S. senators seeking an end to obstructionist tactics that are keeping many federal judicial nominees from receiving a timely vote on their nominations. To draw attention to this ...
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Project 21 Press Release: There Is No Black Liberal Majority

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Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 applaud the majority of U.S. senators seeking an end to obstructionist tactics that are keeping many federal judicial nominees from receiving a timely vote on their nominations. To draw attention to this ...
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The Government Can’t Even Put Out a Fire

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There's a good bit of idiocy in this piece, which tries to tie forest fires to global warming. Environmentalists have a lot of gall. They oppose forest thinning and sensible management programs to reduce the chance of monster forest fires ...
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Legal Briefs #33: Asbestos Lawsuits Often Frivolous

Reverend Al Sharpton's dramatic 24-hour reversal on federal judicial nominee Janice Rogers Brown is strongly criticized by members of the African-American leadership network Project 21. 48 hours ago, Sharpton agreed with Project 21 that Brown deserves fair treatment, including a ...
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Legal Briefs #33: Call the Police, Get Sued

Call the police in Florida and you might get sued. Because of the repeal of a little-known state law, if a police officer or firefighter is injured while responding to a call, he can sue for damages. Says the Palm ...
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Medicare: It’s About the Future, Stupid! by Edmund F. Haislmaier

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Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle has identified with pinpoint accuracy the key stumbling block in the pending Medicare legislation. He repeated that Democrats want to add prescription drug coverage to Medicare, but added: "if we're going to change the character ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Group Calls for Fair Hearing on Black Court Nominee

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Janice Rogers Brown, a black associate justice serving on the California Supreme Court, is the latest Bush judicial nominee to face the intense criticism of liberals. Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 are calling upon senators to give ...
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