Don't make me send you to the mayor's office.

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Tom Cochran, CEO of the United States Conference of Mayors, says mayors should be directly involved with school systems.


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There is no funding for auto-makers.

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Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) says any further funds for auto-makers would require an emergency funding process.
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The similarities are greater than the differences.

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Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) compares the congressional and presidential budget.

01:27
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No place to reform reform.

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Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) satys the reconciliation process is no place to negotiate major reforms.

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Discipline and flexibility

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Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) explains that residual funds provide both discipline and flexibility.

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Lungren: Democrats spend, tax, and borrow too much.

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Rep. Daniel Lungren (R-Calif.) criticizes the Democratic budget and promises a Republican alternative next week that will spend less, tax less and borrow less.

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What about the under-insured?

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Robert Zirkelbach of America's Health Insurance Plans disagrees with the premise.


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Federal health insurance is not public health insurance.

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Robert Zirkelbach of America's Health Insurance Plans clarifies Obama's plan.

02:13
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Can your sister's genes get you declined?

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Robert Zirkelbach of America's Health Insurance Plans explains that it would be illegal to decline health insurance based on genetic screening, either of the applicant or of a relative.

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Universal healthcare: How do private insurers fit in?

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Robert Zirkelbach of America's Health Insurance Plans explains the role of private insurers in healthcare reform.


02:01
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Is Comparative Effectiveness Research "rationing"?

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Robert Zirkelbach of America's Health Insurance Plans explains that CER is not rationing.


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Private insurers say effective care controls costs.

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Robert Zirkelbach of America's Health Insurance Plans explains that best care controls costs.




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Not All of the Stimulus Money is Creating Jobs

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Rep. Jimmy Duncan (R-Tenn) points out that not all of the stimulus money is creating jobs.
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$55 Billion in Fraud Anticipated

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Dan Burton (R-Ind.) asks Earl Devaney, chairman of the Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board about an expected $55 billion in fraud as the Recovery Act funds go out.
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Where to Find That Transparency

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Earl Devaney, chairman of the Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board, said that he was creating a user friendly website: http://www.doioig.gov/index.php?menuid=460&viewid=613&viewtype=PAGE , and that some reporters are already using it.
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Minority Whip Jon Kyl on new tax rules

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Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz) says that half of all small businesses will be adversely affected by the new tax rules.



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"What did they know and when did they know it."

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House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), asked if Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner should be dismissed over the AIG bonuses.
"The question is what did they know and when did they know it."
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Begging for Nurses, But You Can't Get In

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Jean Giddens, Ph.D., University of New Mexico College of Nursing, talks about the shortage of spaces for qualified nursing students, even as the national nursing shortage worsens.

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Overuse of Prisons is Needlessly Expensive

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Adam Gelb, Pew Center on the States, says over reliance on prisons is wasting taxpayer money.
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), These Stories Are Tragic

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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), says that we had started to become comfortable with 46 million uninsured, but 86.7 million, uninsured at least part of the year reminds us that "these stories are tragic."
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