Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday he has, “ordered the Pentagon to begin planning now for a triple crisis facing the government this March,” telling reporters it was a “perfect storm” that would leave the military with a worst-case outcome: a “hollow force.” Panetta and the nation’s top uniformed officer,...
New numbers from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Studies confirm that national health expenditures grew by the unusually low rate of 3.9% for the third year in a row in 2011 and held steady as a percentage of gross domestic product, according to the analysis, published on Monday in...
Health insurers in many states are continuing to increase premiums at double-digit rates despite the intentions of the Affordable Care Act, The New York Times reported. Many of the rate increases significantly outstrip the overall rise in health care costs, which has slowed in recent years. The largest hikes are...
Between 1964 and 2010, an average of 60.2% of voters turned out to cast ballots in presidential years. In midterm elections, the average stands at 46.2% -- a 14-point drop-off. Hats off Tom Schaller for crunching the numbers … http://bit.ly/xIsRj
From Public Policy Polling, Congress is less popular than NFL Replacement Refs, head lice, colonoscopies, Genghis Kahn and Donald Trump (Top 5 picks from a list of 13)!
According to a new analysis by National Journal, “four-fifths of the House Republicans now represent districts in which the white share of the voting-age population exceeds the national average, while almost two-thirds of House Democrats represent districts in which the minority share of the voting-age population exceeds the national average....
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