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Senate Republicans Grill Point Man on Health Care Law
By Andrea Stone - AOL News
WASHINGTON (Nov. 17) -- Republican senators today grilled President Barack Obama's point man on the new health care law, vowing that the next Congress would keep a close eye on the federal agency that oversees coverage for one in three Americans. "You said you would be open and transparent. Many people may be a little skeptical of this comment," Sen. Jim Bunning of Kentucky told Donald Berwick, who as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services runs an agency with a budget larger than the Pentagon's. Saying Republicans had been "locked out" of writing the health care law, ...
Stephen Strasburg, Wimp, Had an Egg McMuffin Addiction in High School
By Will Brinson - AOL NewsStephen Strasburg has been shut down by the Washington Nationals for 10 days. Because of that, he's obviously a wimp who can't handle the rigors of being a future Hall of Famer and the savior of a franchise, duh. But now seems like an appropriate time to reflect on the struggles of Strasburg the young man, who hit rock bottom with an addiction that faces many Americans: McDonald's. You see, once a long time ago, before the world knew he was the savior, he had a problem with Egg McMuffins. (This is, of course, why he showed up to Tony Gwynn's baseball team at San Diego State looking kind of ...
Jim Bunning Thinks Stephen Strasburg Is a Wimp
By Josh Alper - AOL NewsSome things never change: Birds fly, waves pound the sand and cranky old men complain that everything was better in their own day. Today's entrant is Jim Bunning who was, of course, a starting pitcher for 17 big-league seasons before becoming a Republican Senator from Kentucky. A reporter from Politico asked Bunning for his thoughts about Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg missing his start on Tuesday with shoulder soreness. Bunning grabbed his arm with a fake exclamation of pain and then decided to question Strasburg's manhood. "Five-hundred twenty starts, I never refused the ball," ...
Jim Bunning Backs Rand Paul for His Senate Seat, Bucking GOP Establishment
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailySen. Jim Bunning, the contrarian Republican senator and onetime flame-throwing major league pitcher, has gone against the GOP establishment in Kentucky and endorsed Senate hopeful Rand Paul, son of the 2008 presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul. Paul, an eye surgeon and anti-tax activist, has emerged as the favorite in the May 18 Republican primary against Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson, the preferred pick of the state's Republican establishment to succeed Bunning, the Wall Street Journal reported. Grayson has been endorsed by former Vice President Dick Cheney. Bunning's impending ...
Jim Bunning Still Beaning Opponents
By David Whitley - AOL NewsAccording to various media reports on Tuesday, a Hall of Fame pitcher was a "heartless SOB," a "jackass" and a lot worse. According to other reports, he was a Constitutional hero who was just trying to stop the fiscal insanity in Washington. Speaking of nuts ... "Who is that crazy obstructionist?" Jon Stewart screamed on the Daily Show. He's Jim Bunning, baseball legend, U.S. Senator, world-class crank and America's No. 1 lightning rod. Democrats reviled him. Republicans averted their eyes. The Tea Party threw a rally for him. I hate to mix sports and politics, since the only thing that ...
Lawmaker's Impasse Ends, Senate OKs Jobless Aid
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (March 2) -- The Senate on Tuesday passed a $10 billion measure to maintain unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless and provide stopgap funding for highway programs after a holdout Republican dropped stalling tactics that had generated a Washington firestorm. Kentucky Republican Jim Bunning had been holding up action for days but conceded after pressure intensified with Monday's cutoff of road funding and extended unemployment benefits and health insurance subsidies for the jobless. Bunning wanted to force Democrats to find ways to finance the bill so that it wouldn't add ...
Democrats Reach Deal with Sen. Jim Bunning of Kentucky to End Filibuster
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailySenate Democrats reached a deal with Sen. Jim Bunning of Kentucky late Tuesday to end his filibuster of a bill to temporarily extend unemployment benefits. In exchange for allowing the Senate to move forward, Bunning will get a vote on his proposal to offset the $10 billion cost of the bill. Bunning's amendment would end a tax credit awarded to a bio-fuels process, saving $24 billion -- more than enough to finance the jobless benefits. The Senate voted on both measures Tuesday night, with Bunning's amendment failing on a vote of 43 to 53, and the overall bill passing 78 to 19. The deal ...
Ben Bernanke: Economic Rock Star of the Year
By Joann M. Weiner - Politics DailyMaking lists is fun. We like to read about the most Googled stories of the week, the most e-mailed topics of the moment, the best songs and greatest films of the century, the richest people in America, and the best-dressed women of the year. How many, however, flock to learn the names of the top Global Thinkers of the Year? Not a whole lot, I suspect. ...
Congressmen Push for More Time to Read Bills
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyAfter hearing chants of "Read the bill!" at town hall meetings across America, members of both parties, on both sides of Capitol Hill, pushed efforts Wednesday to make legislation available to the public before Congress votes on it. On the House side, four Congressmen -- two Democrats and two Republicans -- circulated a letter urging their colleagues to support a floor vote to make bills available online 72 hours before a vote. Although the congressmen introduced a bill on the matter in June, it has never been scheduled for a vote by the House Democratic leadership. "Americans made it ...
Sen. Jim Bunning to Retire, Blames Fellow Republicans
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyKentucky Republican Jim Bunning announced today that he will retire from the Senate at the end of this term.In his written statement, Bunning sharply pointed to the lack of support from his fellow Republican senators as the single biggest reason for his decision not to seek re-election. "Over the past year, some of the leaders of the Republican Party in the Senate have done everything in their power to dry up my fundraising," Bunning said. "The simple fact is that I have not raised the funds necessary to run an effective campaign for the U.S. Senate. For this reason, I will not be a candidate ...
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