by Michael Muskal
President Barack Obama today praised Senate efforts to find a compromise on the public-option portion of the healthcare overhaul, calling it a creative approach that he supported.
Obama announced more than $500 million in Recovery Act funds to go to 85 community health centers across the country. [...]
WASHINGTON--Rep. Peter King (R-NY), the ranking Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee said he will ask the panel on Wednesday to subpoena White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers to compel her to testify about the circumstances leading up to reality TV aspirants Tareq and Michaele Salahi crashing [...]
Here's what George Will wrote about Mitch McConnell shortly thirteen months ago:Is this Mayor Daley's idea of a compromise? Yesterday we noted that Ald. Joe Moore (49th Ward) had introduced a budget amendment calling for the restoration of the $2.5 million in lost state mental health reimbursements. (Ongoing billing glitches at the Department of Public Health are to blame for the drop in funding.) [...]
Chicago nursing homes: Slaying of nursing-home resident in nearby motel shows how violence can spill into neighborhoods 
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by Rhonda Robinson
Once upon a time there was a frog that lived on the riverbank. Life was good. The frog was full and happy; he worked hard all day catching flies. His life was satisfying.
One day a scorpion came up to the frog and told him of the wonders that [...]
by Noam N. Levey and James Oliphant
With a historic floor vote looming on their healthcare bill today, House Democratic leaders secured an 11th-hour compromise late Friday night to settle a long-simmering debate over how to restrict federal funding for abortion.
The deal appeared to clear the way for a vote [...]
