Posts Tagged ‘Tom Ridge’
LiveBlog for Friday, August 21, 2009
Friday, August 21st, 2009
• Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) calls in at 7:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform and Afghanistan.
• Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform and his town hall meetings.
• Comedian John Fugelsang joins Steph in studio in NYC at 8:05am Pacific for more discussions of everything politics and pop culture.
• President Obama took his health care message to talk radio yesterday, telling listeners of a Philadelphia host that he wants to overhaul the nation’s health care system out of necessity rather than politics.
• Senate health care negotiators agreed late last night to ignore the increasingly strident rhetoric from GOP and Dem leaders and to keep working toward a bill that can win broad support from the rank-and-file in both parties, according to sources familiar with the talks.
• Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge says he successfully countered an effort by Attorney General John Ashcroft and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to raise the nation’s terror alert level in the days before the 2004 presidential vote.
Tags: Allyson Schwartz, Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Donald Rumsfeld, Health Care Reform, Joe Sestak, John Ashcroft, John Fugelsang, Tom Ridge
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LiveBlog for Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
• Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA) calls in at 6:05am Pacific to talk about the economy and President Obama’s plan to get rid of overseas tax havens.
• Comedian Jimmy Tingle calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about President Obama, the economy, his new CD “Humor for Humanity” and his upcoming appearance in Arlington, MA.
• Simon Lazarus, attorney with the Federal Rights Project, calls in at 8:06am Pacific to discuss the rumors of who President Obama will nominate to replace Justice Souter on the Supreme Court
• Actress Kathy Najimy calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about her new play, “Back to Bacharach and David.”
• President Obama yesterday spelled out his proposals to close corporate tax loopholes on U.S. multinational corporations and crack down on overseas tax havens. The goal is to create new jobs in the U.S. and make the tax code fairer.
• President Obama yesterday vowed to consult regularly with senators in both parties to ensure an orderly confirmation process that will allow Justice Souter’s replacement to be confirmed by the beginning of the Supreme Court’s next session.
• Sen. Arlen Specter boosted his 2010 re-election prospects by switching to the Dem party, but may be vulnerable if the GOP can persuade former Gov. Tom Ridge to run, according to a Quinnipiac poll released yesterday.
Tags: Arlen Specter, Barack Obama, David Souter, Federal Rights Project, Jimmy Tingle, Kathy Najimy, Simon Lazarus, Tom Perriello, Tom Ridge
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