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LiveBlog for Thursday, June 11, 2009
Thursday, June 11th, 2009
• Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform and the supplemental spending plans for Iraq and Afghanistan.
• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 7:05am Pacific to talk about Bill O’Reilly and the rise of fanatical, supremacist hate groups and crimes.
• Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) calls in at 7:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform and the stimulus package.
• Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-CA) calls in at 8:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform and the accelerated stimulus package.
• A rifle-wielding white supremacist entered Washington, DC’s Holocaust museum yesterday afternoon, fatally shooting a security guard before being wounded himself by the return fire from other guards. Law enforcement officials identified the suspect as James Von Brunn, an 88-year-old neo-Nazi from Maryland.
• President Obama urged lawmakers yesterday to work through partisan differences that are threatening health care legislation just as it starts moving through Congress. He insisted they pass a bill this year that reins in costs and helps provide coverage to nearly 50 million uninsured people.
• The Obama administration issued new regulations yesterday that set pay limits on companies that receive TARP assistance, with the toughest restrictions aimed at seven recipients of “exceptional assistance.”
Tags: Barack Obama, Chris Van Hollen, Eric Boehlert, Health Care Reform, Holocaust Museum, James Von Brunn, Lynn Woolsey, Media Matters for America, Pete Stark, TARP
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