Usually, high-powered insurance company lobbyists in Washington, DC takes a long, luxurious August vacation – but not this year. This year the lobbyists have turned their sights to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) in a blatant attempt to hijack reform.1 After spending millions of dollars and employing thousands of lobbyists only to lose […]
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Secretary LaHood: Republicans Tell Me In Private The Stimulus Is Working #p2 #tcot #teaparty
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said on Wednesday that despite all their public criticism, Republican lawmakers tell him in private that they think the administration’s stimulus package has been a success. "I believe the economic recovery plan has worked," LaHood said, in an interview with the Huffington Post, "and I’ve had Republican members tell me […]