NASA | For Good Measure For more information: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GPM/news/gpm-for-good-measure-video.html The need for measuring the when and where and how much of pr… By: NASAexplorer Continue reading
Tag Archives: measure
Vt. health care subsidy increases may have life
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) Vermont lawmakers say the House Health Care Committees defeat of legislation on health insurance subsidies may not mean death for the measure. The House Health Care Committee on Friday killed on a 5-5 tie vote a bill to raise a new tax on sugary soft drinks and use the money to pay for public health education and subsidies designed to smooth the transition to a health care overhaul Continue reading
Today @NCCapitol: Health care, unemployment, and the Red Route
Posted: 6:30 a.m. Continue reading
Los Angeles County Republican and Libertarian Parties Join Growing List of Groups Opposing Measure B
LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwire – Oct 8, 2012) – Adding to the groundswell of opposition building against Measure B, the so-called “Safer Sex” initiative on the Nov. 6th ballot in Los Angeles County, the Republican and Libertarian Parties of Los Angeles County both joined in announcing their opposition to the controversial ballot initiative, said the No on Government Waste Committee. “With the Republican and Libertarian Parties both announcing their opposition to Measure B, the truth about this ridiculous proposal is finally getting out and voters are beginning to see what the consequences will be for taxpayers and public health should Measure B pass,” said James Lee, communications director for the No on Government Waste Committee Continue reading
Hundreds protest Spanish health cuts
PROTESTERS have marched in Madrid against a a new government measure restricting free health care for some immigrants, which has already provoked a revolt by some doctors and regional health bodies. Hundreds of people demonstrated noisily against the measure, which will limit access to free health care for immigrants without full legal status in Spain. Other Spanish cities also hosted demonstrations. Continue reading
USA: Libertarian Ticket Says Yes to Marriage Equality
Libertarian Party Vice Presidential nominee Judge Jim Gray today urged Ohio voters to place the proposed Freedom to Marry amendment on the 2013 statewide ballot and to approve it. Gray endorsed the measure on behalf of both himself and presidential candidate and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson. Continue reading
Marijuana will be legal by 2016, Libertarian candidate predicts
SEATTLE Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party nominee for president, predicted Thursday that marijuana will be legal nationwide within the next four years. Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico, said he thinks that pot legalization will be approved by voters in Washington and Colorado this fall, helping to spur other states to follow suit. Continue reading
Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson predicts pot will be legal by 2016
Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party nominee for president, predicted Thursday that marijuana will be legal nationwide within the next four years. Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico, said he thinks that pot legalization will be approved by voters in Washington and Colorado this fall, helping to spur other states to follow suit. “We are a tipping point here on this issue,” Johnson said in an interview during a visit to the Seattle area as part of his longshot campaign Continue reading
Libertarian Candidate Predicts Pot Will be Legal by 2016
Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party nominee for president, predicted Thursday that marijuana will be legal nationwide within the next four years. Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico, said he thinks that pot legalization will be approved by voters in Washington and Colorado this fall, helping to spur other states to follow suit. “We are a tipping point here on this issue,” Johnson said in an interview during a visit to the Seattle area as part of his longshot campaign Continue reading
GOP Lawmaker Compares Free Contraception to 9/11, Pearl Harbor Attacks – Video
02-08-2012 13:40 Watch: Follow Rep. Tim Huelskamp, a Kansas Republican, claimed the measure reintroduced “anti-Catholic bigotry” to American life Continue reading
House Republicans launch all-out assault on health care law
POSTED: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 – 2:00am UPDATED: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 – 2:14am WASHINGTON (CNN) House Republicans continue their all-out assault on President Barack Obama’s signature health care reform law Wednesday, with a planned vote to repeal the measure. The vote will be the latest of more than 30 House GOP efforts to undermine the 2010 Affordable Care Act, including previous Republican-led moves to repeal the measure or cut funding for various provisions. Any House repeal effort is sure to die in the Democratic-led Senate, and the White House made clear Obama would veto such a measure Continue reading
GMO showdown
Published: Sunday, June 17, 2012 at 9:17 a.m. Continue reading
Coalition Against the Deceptive and Costly Food Labeling Proposition says Scientists and Academic Community Oppose …
SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –Leading scientists and academics today issued a statement in response to the qualification of a measure on California’s November ballot that would require mandatory labels of food grown or produced using genetic engineering. Like the overwhelming majority of scientific and medical experts and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, these scientists believe that foods made with the benefit of modern biotechnology are safe and that labeling them as “genetically engineered” would mislead consumers by creating the false impression that foods containing GE ingredients are less safe than foods made without the benefit of biotechnology Continue reading
Tillis sponsoring eugenics payout bill
Mecklenburg County state representative and House Speaker Thom Tillis is sponsoring a new bill to help people who were sterilized against their will. Continue reading