MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'capitol hill'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:31:20 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4664142&cid=t_150140_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F1TDXomJZ2s0%2F By Tad DeHavenToday the Cato Institute placed an ad in major newspapers highlighting specific spending cuts that policymakers should make to restore our country's fiscal sanity and economic stability. Our public call for policymakers to demonstrate leadership on spending cuts comes in the midst of the on-going battle on Capitol Hill over funding the government for the remainder of fiscal 2011. A graphic at the top of the ad measures the $61 billion in cuts that Republicans have proposed against fiscal 2011 estimates for total spending, the deficit, and interest on the debt. As the graphic shows and the ad notes, it is clear that “leaders and members of both parties are in deep denial about the fiscal emergency we face.” There are news reports that Republican and Democrat negotiators ar... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4664142 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:07:14 +0100 4664142 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477706&cid=t_150140_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FkBtriqdFwnY%2F By Roger PilonToday POLITICO Arena asks: Is the Obama budget a serious stab at deficit reduction? And do congressional Republicans have any credibility in knocking the budget plan since, other than Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.), they have not detailed many cuts that would seriously slice the deficit? My response: It's Valentine's Day and love is in the air, especially on Capitol Hill where Congress anxiously awaits the 10:00 a.m. arrival of the president's FY 2012 budget. It should be well shredded by noon. And as it is, across the land we'll be hearing the cries of "Not me, please, not my sinecure" -- no more plaintively than from the minions of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. How will the average Chicago Bears fan endure without the latest BBC soap -- excuse me, Masterpiece Th... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477706 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:25:55 +0100 4477706 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4337908&cid=t_150140_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FGE5MNSlFpJg%2F By Tad DeHavenThe Washington Times says that the upcoming farm bill re-write could “sow division in the GOP.” While House Republican leaders John Boehner, Eric Cantor, and Kevin McCarthy voted against the 2008 farm bill, the new chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), is a dedicated supporter of farm subsidies. The Times recalls Boehner’s comments on the 2008 farm bill: “The farm bill has often been abused by politicians as a slush fund for bizarre earmarks and wasteful spending projects, and the latest version … is no different,” Mr. Boehner, then the GOP minority leader, said at the time. It’s too bad then that the Boehner-friendly Republican Steering Committee, which decided the committee chairs, didn’t appear to blink at handing the agric... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4337908 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:39:56 +0100 4337908 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4013151&cid=t_150140_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FFKV1Qhml-8k%2F By Walter OlsonEconomists can actually measure the value of insider connections: [L]obbyists connected to US Senators suffer an average 24% drop in generated revenue when their previous employer leaves the Senate. The decrease in revenue is out of line with pre-existing trends, it is discontinuous around the period in which the connected Senator exits Congress and it persists in the long-term. … Measured in terms of median revenues per ex-staffer turned lobbyist, this estimate indicates that the exit of a Senator leads to approximately a $177,000 per year fall in revenues for each affiliated lobbyist. The fall is steeper, the researchers find, when the departing member of Congress sat on a powerful committee such as Appropriations, Senate Finance, or (on the House side) Ways and Mea... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4013151 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:40:51 +0100 4013151 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3972916&cid=t_150140_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fadhd-fact-or-fiction-join-me-on-capitol-hill%2F2010.09.15 Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is probably overdiagnosed by physicians. In the lay public, the term is often used jokingly to describe the common feeling of distraction we experience in a world filled with interruptions. With a constant stream of text messages, Facebook updates, TV commercials, and fast-paced Twittering, there’s little wonder that we all feel frazzled at times. But the occasional experience of jangled nerves is not a proper basis for a diagnosis of ADHD. Unfortunately, there has been great confusion between the actual disorder, and its misuse as a label for simply feeling distracted. So to help set the record straight and to tease out fact from fiction, I’ll be attending a forum on Capitol Hill with my co-bloggers Dr. Kevin Pho and Dr. Rob Lamb... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3972916 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:41:12 +0100 3972916 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378463&cid=t_150140_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FoUsfeofrzc0%2F By Michael F. CannonFrom the invaluable Tim Carney: The Obama team regularly dismisses opponents as industry lackeys. The Democratic National Committee blasted out e-mails this week warning that “for every member of Congress, there are eight anti-reform lobbyists swarming Capitol Hill” and “Congress is under attack from insurance lobbyists.” But drug industry lobbyists, according to Politico, spent the weekend “huddled with Democratic staffers” who needed the drug lobby to “sign off” on proposals before moving ahead. Meanwhile, we learn that the drug lobby is buying millions of dollars of ads in 43 districts where a Democratic candidate stands to suffer for supporting the bill. The doctors’ lobby and the hospitals’ lobby are also ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378463 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:20:44 +0100 3378463 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3370389&cid=t_150140_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FXeUc84F5Iyc%2F By Michael F. Cannon (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3370389 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:20:32 +0100 3370389 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3126767&cid=t_150140_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F12%2F28%2Fpower-up-your-pitch-with-lobbyhelpr%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell on AOL’s Politics Daily. Power-Up Your Pitch with LobbyHelpr. Posted in Politics Daily Tagged: capitol hill, chaos theory, corruption, health care reform, insurance, lobbying, lobbyist, political cartoon (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3126767 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:57:07 +0100 3126767 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2625957&cid=t_150140_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F5KElqCyhhK8%2F Here is the message members of Congress should send to Ben Bernanke during the Fed chief’s annual Capitol Hill testimony this week: He is fighting for his job. With his term up in January of next year, Bernanke needs to be called to account for the Fed’s many questionable actions during the financial turmoil of the past year. Even while correctly identifying the “global savings glut,” Bernanke sat by and did nothing about the unsustainable build-up of leverage in the housing market—the “bubble” which famously burst in late 2008. Bernanke also used Fed financing to bail out Bear Stearns and AIG—hotly political moves which should rightfully have been left to Congress—and oversaw the massive expansion of the Fed’s balance sheet from about $900 billion to over $2 trillion. ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2625957 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:24:29 +0100 2625957 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2598185&cid=t_150140_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F8n5--smt01A%2F President Obama’s new drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske, says he wants to banish the idea of a “war on drugs” because the federal government should not be “at war with the people of this country.” At a Cato policy briefing on Capitol Hill on July 7, former Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr explained why carrying out an end to the “war on drugs” will require a bipartisan solution. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2598185 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:07:26 +0100 2598185 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2464101&cid=t_150140_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FjNvnLCy3gRU%2F There are lots of reasons Washington should not bail out the automakers.  Whatever the justification for saving financial institutions — the “lifeblood” of the economy, etc., etc. — saving selected industrial enterprises is lemon socialism at its worst.  The idea that the federal government will be able to engineer an economic turnaround is, well, the sort of economic fantasy that unfortunately dominates Capitol Hill these days. One obvious problem is that legislators now have a great excuse to micromanage the automakers.  And they have already started.  After all, if the taxpayers are providing subsidies, don’t they deserve to have dealerships, lots of dealerships, just down the street?  That’s what our Congresscritters seem to think. Observes St... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2464101 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:04:51 +0100 2464101 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405023&cid=t_150140_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FNDxdjh4svC0%2F Obama’s new drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, says it is time to move away from the “war” rhetoric surrounding federal drug policy.  Since Kerlikowske has just assumed office, this is exactly the right thing to do — set a whole new tone from the militarized approach we have seen over the past 20-30 years.  Drug abuse is a problem that must be dealt with, but we don’t need to send troops to Latin America, we don’t need former generals like Barry McCaffrey to oversee drug policy, and we don’t need police officers conducting raids on American homes with machine guns and  flash bang grenades. The political climate on drug policy is shifting.  Republican governors like Arnold Schwarzenegger are calling for a... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405023 Thu, 14 May 2009 17:21:32 +0100 2405023 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405025&cid=t_150140_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FJBpC4vSvZRs%2F This morning in The Wall Street Journal: The Obama administration’s new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the U.S. is fighting “a war on drugs,” a move that would underscore a shift favoring treatment over incarceration in trying to reduce illicit drug use. …Gil Kerlikowske, the new White House drug czar, signaled Wednesday his openness to rethinking the government’s approach to fighting drug use. Mr. Kerlikowske’s comments are a signal that the Obama administration is set to follow a more moderate — and likely more controversial — stance on the nation’s drug problems. …The Obama administration is likely to deal with drugs as a matter of public health rather than criminal justice alone, with treatment’s role gr... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405025 Thu, 14 May 2009 14:22:01 +0100 2405025 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405027&cid=t_150140_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F51Qr1ymVBqE%2F Congress is off on another crusade, to save Americans from credit cards.  People get into debt, run up big fees, generally feel abused, and complain to their elected officials.  Never mind the obvious convenience, which is why credit cards have become an indispensable part of American commerce.  Legislators plan on micro-managing the credit terms which may be offered across America. Reports the New York Times: “We like credit cards — they are valuable vehicles for many people,” said Senator Christopher J. Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut, the chairman of the Senate banking committee and author of the measure now being considered by the Senate. “It’s when these vehicles are being abused by the card issuers at the expense of the consumers that we must step in and change the rules.�... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405027 Thu, 14 May 2009 13:07:07 +0100 2405027 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2386823&cid=t_150140_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FRDDzgDMYdZs%2F Jeff Zeleny at the New York Times Caucus Blog reports, “President Obama will present a set of proposals on Monday aimed at changing international tax policy, calling for the elimination of benefits for companies and wealthy individuals that harbor their cash in offshore accounts.” Cato scholars have long made arguments in defense of tax havens. In The Wall Street Journal, Senior Fellow Richard Rahn outlined the policy the federal government should be taking instead: The correct policy for the United States to follow is to reduce its corporate tax rate to make it internationally competitive, and to move toward a tax system that does not punish savings and productive investment so severely. We know from the experiences of many countries that reducing tax rates and simplifying th... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2386823 Mon, 04 May 2009 15:01:58 +0100 2386823 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2380717&cid=t_150140_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FffTTAB9H2nw%2F New articles, videos and Podcasts today: In the Chicago Tribune, David Boaz questions whether Arlen Specter’s party change will take the Senate further to the left. Appearing on News Channel 8 in Washington, Boaz comments on Obama’s record as president. Watch Brandon Arnold discuss Obama’s first 100 days in office on BNN Canada. For  more on Obama’s first 100 days, watch Gene Healy’s interview on AP TV. Join Cato on Capitol Hill tomorrow to see Chris Preble and Paul J. Saunders discuss Preble’s new book, The Power Problem: How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous, and Less Free. Chris Preble will be on Capitol Hill again on May 11 with Jim Harper to explain why overreaction and misdirection play into the strategy o... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2380717 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:29:26 +0100 2380717 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2380729&cid=t_150140_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FMJkA19HmurE%2F Truth may be a rare commodity in the halls of Congress, but at least now there’s a statue of the abolitionist and feminist Sojourner Truth. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2380729 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:02:09 +0100 2380729 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1386912&cid=t_150140_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F274284850%2F Kids, parents, adults, advocates, researchers, heart and stroke survivors will make a personal plea on capitol Hill for lawmakers to help them save lives…You’re the Cure! You’re the Cure advocates call on Congress to step up the fight against heart disease and stroke. Nearly 600 advocates, including American Heart Association President Daniel W. Jones, M.D., President-Elect Tim Gardner, M.D. and other officers wearing red will meet their representatives in Congress on Capitol Hill on April 28-29 to boost funding for heart and stroke research and prevention programs. If you want to join American Heart Association’s You’re the Cure network please do so. You do not have to be a doctor or nurse to help save a life. Tags: american heart association, capitol hill, ... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1386912 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:38:43 +0100 1386912 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1375295&cid=t_150140_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F271198476%2F Here you are have the bi-monthly Digest of our most Popular blog posts. (Also, remember that you can subscribe to receive our blog RSS feed, or to our newsletter at the top of this page if you want to receive this digest by email). Brain Fitness News and Events Upcoming Events: I will be speaking at five Health, Education and Gaming events over the next couple of months to introduce findings from our recent market report. Please introduce yourself if you attend any of these events. Preventing Memory Loss-Special Issue: Congressional Quarterly Researcher, one of the main publications on Capitol Hill, published an impressive 24-page special issue titled Preventing Memory Loss. Highly recommended if you want to be on top of the latest research trends and their policy implications. Cogni... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1375295 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:38:11 +0100 1375295 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1356661&cid=t_150140_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F266362196%2F Ever wondered what explains the sometimes surreal, often misguided, health policies by our government? Well, it is beyond our humble brains to capture and articulate what may be going on...but we now see that lack of access to quality information is certainly not the main problem. Decision-making processes, and structural incentives, would probably merit more attention.... I mention this because we are really impressed by the just-published 24-page special issue on Preventing Memory Loss by Congressional Quarterly Researcher, one of the main publications in Capitol Hill. The publication is not free, but worth the price for anyone active professionally in the healthcare sector, or interested in learning about latest research and policy trends, from academics to students. You can buy ... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1356661 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:09:17 +0100 1356661