9th District Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky held a town hall meeting on health care reform this week, where she was met by both supporters and opponents of the legislation. Among the opponents of reform were several in the crowd that booed the late Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy.
In the ongoing drama surrounding what may be the most ambitious piece of Barack Obama's social agenda, Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank and Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr both held town hall meetings the other day on the proposed health care legislation. Jackson's town hall, while peppered with protesters out front, was a study in how to hold a well-orchestrated public event.
There's really nothing Chicago-related about this flowchart, but we just think it's cool. Call us jerks, if you must, for admiring two smart-ass bloggers who broke down the proposed healthcare reform. Hey, President Obama, are you paying attention?
Much was made yesterday morning about the cost of President Obama's quick trip back to Chicago for his speech before the American Medical Association's annual meeting, pitching his proposed health care reform plan. But the speech itself was received warmly for the most part. Calling the current cost of health care a "ticking time-bomb" and while not supporting caps on malpractice lawsuits, Obama did call for improvements to the system that would:
Governor Quinn said in a press conference yesterday that he supports the proposal of the newly-minted reform commission that would put caps on personal campaign contributions. Quinn stopped short of supporting the specifics of the proposal - limiting contributions to $2,400 per person - but did embrace the idea. Quinn added he'll speak before the commission later this week to discuss some of his own reform ideas. [WBBM]
In a new federal indictment returned on January 22, former president of Teamsters Local 743 Robert Walston is alleged to have "conspire[d] . . . to knowingly and intentionally distribute and possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, namely, 5 kilograms or more of mixtures and substances containing cocaine."
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