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Examining the 111 Exemptions from Health Care Reform

November 15th, 2010 | Comments Off

The names of the first 111 exemptions from the Obama Health Care Plan have been located. We undertook an examination of the contributions by these entities, or their principal officers, to see which party received the most contributions. Many corporations use their own PACS or donate to other PACS. The unions do the same. Curiously, it appears that Republican donors did well in obtaining exemptions and donated much less so far in 2010. One of the exemptions seems to have gone to an organization that benefits only non-citizens. The CWVBEA is a group that provides insurance to legal non-citizen workers in the U.S. from various Caribbean nations. Enrolless of Dem Contrib 34,478 Enrollees of Repub Contrib 336,761 Enrollees of Unknown Contrib 804,172 Number of Dem Contrib 15 Number of Repub Contrib 20 Number of Unknown Contrib 76 Donations to Democrats $8,271,000 Donations to Republicans $461,225 The full report, showing … Read entire article »

Filed under: American Economy, Analysis, Original writing, Reporting

Hillary’s Options and Denver

May 20th, 2008 | Comments Off

This is the year America elects a female President. Well, if not this year, then when? That is the problem that Hillary and her supporters have. In a year that was made to elect her, a black man is running against her and to her left. Hillary has little to lose by taking this campaign to the convention. She retains her seat in the Senate and can probably be re-elected repeatedly from New York. If she stands firm until the convention, she places a great deal on the shoulders of the men and women in the committees who will be deciding on seating delegates. There are always problems, and this year is no exception. Two large states have delegates that may not be seated, because those states chose to hold their primary at … Read entire article »

Filed under: American Politics, Executive Branch, Hillary