Birth Control Bill Could Save College Students Money

Measure restores incentive to discount birth control pills
President Barack Obama has overturned many Bush administration policies, and he continued that tradition with his most recent budget bill.
The bill Obama signed Wednesday contains a provision that reinstates an incentive that the Bush administration ended at the beginning of 2007. The financial [...]

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Obama Signs $410 Billion Spending Bill

President criticized because of earmarks
President Barack Obama signed a massive spending bill Wednesday, totaling $410 billion. He has received much criticism for signing a bill that contains thousands of earmarks. He spoke critically of earmarks during his campaign, and many Republicans have accused him of hypocrisy for encouraging passage of [...]

Obama Will Sign Spending Bill, Fight Pork Later

Hacking off their earmarks
Ed Henry reports for CNN that President Obama is discussing guidelines which will help eliminate the parade of political “pet project” earmarks that are being inserted into pending legislation. To give you some idea of what a problem this is for America’s government, the recent spending bill [...]

Spending Bill Stalled in Senate

One-sided support
A huge spending bill is making its way through Congress, but last week Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid postponed the vote. He didn’t think he would have enough votes to pass the bill because no Republican amendments have passed. The bill needs 60 votes to pass, so it must have [...]

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