Labor unions and leftist activists are expected to once again descend upon the Captiol in Madison, WI on Tuesday. They plan to protest Governor Scott Walker’s first 2-year budget proposal, which seeks to cap entitlement programs and make cuts in education while expanding school voucher programs, in an attempt to close a $3 [...]
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Latest Protests Bring an ‘Epic’ Wisconsin Donor Back Into the Spotlight
Posted: June 17, 2011 in 2012 Budget, Big Labor, Health Care, Healthcare, News, Politics, State Politics, Tea Party, TechnologyTags: AFL-CIO, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, electronic health records, electronic medical records, epic systems, Fidel Castro, governor, Greater Wisconsin Committee, Greater Wisconsin Political Fund, health care reform, health information technology, judith faulkner, Kaiser Permanente, Kloppenburg, Madison, Obama, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, paul soglin, Prosser, protest, scott walker, tammy baldwin, Wisconsin
Will Money & Power in Wisconsin Politics Influence Health Care Policy?
Posted: May 23, 2011 in Budget, Congress, Health Care, Health Care, Labor Unions, Legal, Obama, Policy, Politics, Regulation, State PoliticsTags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Cedars Sinai, Cleveland Clinic, Congressman Paul Ryan, electronic health records, electronic medical records, epic systems, evidence based medicine, Governor Scott Walker, Greater Wisconsin Committee, Greater Wisconsin Political Fund, JoAnne Kloppenburg, judith faulkner, judy faulkner, Justice David Prosser, Kaiser Permanente, koch, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Russ Feingold, Sen. Herb Kohl, single payer health care, stimulus, tammy baldwin, tommy thompson, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, wisconsin senate
by Liberty Chick If you want to take a pulse on the political vibe in this country, one need only look at Wisconsin. The state has become the barometer for judging not just the public’s appetite for political battle, but the competitive landscape as well. The spotlight on anything that has six degrees of separation [...]
Andy Stern Joins Georgetown University as Research Fellow
Posted: December 22, 2010 in Andy Stern, Education, Health Care, Labor Unions, News, Obama, People, Policy, SEIUTags: Andy Stern, auto task force, debt commission, ed montgomery, georgetown university, Journolist, Obama, patricia mcginnis, public policy, research fellow, SEIU, SIGA Technologies, Washington Post
[original post 7/24/2010] Andy Stern has just gained yet another job. Earlier this month, Stern also accepted a position on the Board of Directors for SIGA, a producer of anti-viral and biological warfare defense products. But this job seems to have some policy teeth, with a think-tank title akin to Media Matters or the Center [...]
ObamaCare: Show Me the SEIU Money!
Posted: December 21, 2010 in ACORN, Health Care, Labor Unions, Obama, SEIUTags: 527, Andy Stern, Anna Burger, campaign finance, health care
[original post 11/17/2009] Throughout the debate over health care reform, there has been a great deal of discussion over the role of special interests in influencing the votes of lawmakers. Liberal democrats, progressive think tanks and mainstream media have repeatedly accused anyone who opposes government run health care of standing with special interests instead of [...]
