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 'claire mccaskill'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:55 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4436732&cid=t_134272_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fhe9bjIQ7Sr8%2F By Tad DeHavenOver at Downsizing the Federal Government, we focused on the following issues this week: Sen. Rand Paul bucks the trend of wimpy spending cut proposals with a more serious plan. Perhaps Charlie Sheen's agent should consider getting him a gig with HUD. A Senate Democrat supports a plan that would focus on spending cuts and not tax increases. Policymakers should roll back the punishing regulations and taxes that make it difficult for businesses of all races and sizes to succeed. Federal energy policy, Newt Gingrich, and "rank gooberism." This Week in Government Failure is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4436732 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:33:23 +0100 4436732 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405039&cid=t_134272_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FsrV6gqPFfCk%2F The increase in chatter in Washington about Justice Souter’s replacement is a clear signal  that pundits have gotten about as much mileage as they can over speculation and want to have an actual nominee to dissect. Even though the administration has been evaluating candidates since the inauguration (and before), there’s no real reason for President Obama to announce a replacement before the Court’s term ends in late June. The only limiting factor is that the president needs to have a new justice in place by the time the Court resumes hearing cases in October. So, clearly, this politically savvy president will be weighing his legislative priorities against the relative amount of political capital he’ll have to spend to confirm possible nominees. Similarly, Republicans seem to be ke... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405039 Wed, 13 May 2009 14:53:05 +0100 2405039 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2249703&cid=t_134272_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fm4qZragGUB4%2F This week, a handful of fiscally conservative Republican senators have been trying to cut earmarks out of the $410 billion omnibus appropriations bill. According to Taxpayers for Common Sense, the legislation contains 8,570 earmarks worth $7.7 billion. Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) has sought to strike specific items, like the $200,000 earmark for Tattoo Removal Violence Prevention Outreach Program in Burbank, California and the $1.9 million earmark to the Pleasure Beach Water Taxi Service in Connecticut. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has taken a broader approach by introducing an amendment to strike all earmarks from the bill and revert to last year’s spending levels. Not surprisingly, they have been unsuccessful. And given recent events, one must wonder if these efforts by fiscal conservative... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2249703 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:47:37 +0100 2249703 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2061752&cid=t_134272_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F12%2F23%2Fthe-situation-of-judges-2%2F Situationist contributor, Adam Benforado published another terrific op-ed last week, “Get the Best Legal Minds on Courts” (in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer). * * * Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill wants you to know that fat cat federal judges are not going to ruin Christmas — not on her watch, anyway. Last Thursday, she railed against a cost-of-living increase for the judiciary that was included in the auto bailout plan being debated on the Senate floor: “We have families all over this nation that are scared today, that aren’t buying Christmas presents. Federal judges get lifetime appointments and they never take a dime’s cut in pay.” McCaskill’s attack won her praise from fiscal conservatives, but it represents the naïve thinking that puts ... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2061752 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:00:58 +0100 2061752 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=755696&cid=t_134272_134_f&fid=35152&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsstrumello.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fmissouri-barometer-of-american-values.html Missouri has long been viewed as kind of a bellweather for the American population's views on the world. The state sits in the middle of the country, but has both Midwestern and Southern cultural influences, reflecting its history as a border state between the two regions. But its also a state where a slight majority (52%) of voters live in two major urban areas: St. Louis and Kansas City. Although voter turnout surges in the state's rural counties, with its strong contingent of so-called Christian conservatives, managed to tip the elections in favor of Republicans in the late 1990s, that delicate balance has been tipped the other way in the past, which opened the doors to prominent Democratic Congressmen like Dick Gephardt.More recently, incumbent Republican Senator Jim Talent barely sque... Scott's Web Log blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=755696 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:30:00 +0100 755696