The Senate Finance Committee has decided today to approve an $829 billion plan that will overhaul healthcare in the United States in an attempt to make it more affordable and accessible to every citizen of the U.S. This means that the entire Senate will now be able to debate over the bill, which would constitute the largest expansion of the government’s role in healthcare since 1965’s creation of Medicare.
The bill concerning healthcare reform, which is President Obama’s top domestic priority, was approved by a party-line vote in which only one Republic senator, Olympia Snowe, decided to cross party lines and …read more

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I think that a candidate’s opinions on small business should be a key factor in deciding whether to vote for them. I spent some time on Hillary Clinton’s website this morning, trying to figure out just what her plan for small business is. There’s a list of key issues that she’s promising to work on, right on the front page. Stuff like helping the veterans and such. The closest Clinton has to a plan for small business on that list — the one that is easy to find and …read more