by Bruce Webb Key Senate committee passes health care plan The Senate Finance Committee passed a long-awaited $829 billion health care bill Tuesday by a 14-9 vote. Sen. Olympia Snowe,…

…Baucus Plan on Tuesday afternoon Breaking: Rockefeller Says “No Way” on Baucus Framework I have sat besides Max Baucus for 22 years on the Finance Committee. … I’m probably one…

…Six is on life-support. Baucus released something unilaterally yesterday which suggests he is asking for buy-in to the plan or not in advance of a meeting Tuesday between Reid, Pelosi…

…in June and was at 17.5% at the start of this recession). The Labor Department said Tuesday that the American work force produced, at an annual rate, 6.4 percent more…

…the release of the 2009 Social Security Report Tuesday afternoon we fully expect a full court press to push the Conrad-Gregg/Cooper Wolf SAFE bi-partisan commission legislation which is designed to…

by Bruce Webb The 2009 Report of the Trustees of Social Security will be released late in the afternoon on Tuesday the 12th. Reports from all years are available starting…

…in a piece from Lori Montgomery on Tuesday Recession Puts a Major Strain On Social Security Trust Fund: As Payroll Tax Revenue Falls, So Does Surplus With unemployment rising, the…

…Associated Press. “Some have been there six or seven years.” Wilkerson, who first made the assertions in an Internet posting on Tuesday, told the AP he learned from briefings and…

…reacted favorably to his speech. Sixty-eight percent of speech-watchers questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey Tuesday night had a very positive reaction to the president’s address, with 24 percent…

…– As Prepared for Delivery Address to Joint Session of Congress Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Madame Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, and the First Lady of the United…