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What About the Next 100 Days of Obama’s Presidency?

Instant gratification. We are a nation of wanting the quick hit. That’s one reason why so many of us have been following the coverage all week of the 100th day of Barack Obama’s presidency. As we are marking those first …

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Fair Pay and Health Care for Kids are Closer to Reality

As I started to write this post, I realized I was at a bit of a loss. I love writing about fair pay for women, health care for children and better schools, but I just couldn’t help wondering why there’s …

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PunditMom One Year Ago — What is the Health of a Child Worth?

For the next couple of weekends before the election, I thought I’d take a little trip down bloggy memory lane — what was I musing about a year ago? This one is still a hot topic, as well it should …

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Bush Says Poor Children Don’t Need SCHIP

Right smack dab in the middle of the holiday season, President Bush has vetoed for the second time the extension of federal funding for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). But is it worse that Bush vetoed it again …

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What is the Health of a Child Worth?

With the scheduled veto override vote of the S-CHIP bill tomorrow, health care is a big topic of conversation — on the news, on the playgrounds, on the blogs. If you need one more reason to get in touch …

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The Fifteen

Jeffrey Toobin is talking about The Nine. I want to talk about The Fifteen. To override President Bush’s veto of the SCHIP – State Children’s Health Insurance Program — bill, only 15 Republicans need to move their support over to …

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I Don’t Know Where to Start

Today, the “moms” are blogging about health care. When I found out this was our common topic for the day, my response to Lawyer Mama, who had this idea, was “Hell, yeah!” But as I sit down to write …

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