Public Campaign Action Fund - healthcare

Healthy Dose of Reform

Katie Schlieper — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:44:59 +0000

Deborah Burger, President of the California Nurses Association, knows as well as anyone the effects our current campaign finance system has on health care policy: while HMOs write checks up and down Capitol Hill, we watch insurance premiums spike and affordable health care move further and further out of the grasp of ordinary people. That's why she's excited by what the Fair Elections Now Act could mean for comprehensive healthcare reform.

"Too Much Texas Influence" in Iowa

Meghan Scott — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 09:41:00 +0000

James Berge of Kensett, Iowa writes to the Globe-Gazette that his representative in Congress, Tom Latham, has chosen to vote for the good of Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay and his state of Texas, rather than for the good of the people he...

DeLay and Drug Companies: Best Friends Forever

Meghan Scott — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 10:54:00 +0000

"It's not hard to put a dollar figure on House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's importance to corporate America," write Bloomberg News' Michael Forsythe and Jonathan D. Salant. "For drug makers, his support is worth $13 billion; for petrochem...

Maureen Dowd on DeLay

David Donnelly — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 09:17:00 +0000

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd calls out DeLay: Mr. DeLay moved yesterday to file a friend of the court brief with the Supreme Court asking that Ms. Schiavo's feeding tube be restored while the federal court is deciding what to do...

DeLay, unhinged

David Donnelly — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 18:14:00 +0000

Even if you're paranoid, they can still be out to get you.DeLay, in his own words, to the Family Research Council on Friday, via TIME:"It is more than just Terri Schiavo. This is a critical issue for people in this position, and it is also a...

Medicaid funding, and a culture of money

David Donnelly — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:39:00 +0000

Today the American Progress Action Fund's Progress Report points out that Tom DeLay has taken every opportunity to vote to slash Medicaid funding—which has paid for Terri Schiavo’s care:Schiavo’s medications are paid for by Medicaid. Ju...

Quid. Pro. Quo. T-Minus 13 Days and Counting

David Donnelly — Wed, 20 Oct 2004 03:43:00 +0000

The Daily DeLay: T-Minus 13 Days and CountingDeLay offered quid pro quo endorsement to son of Rep. Nick Smith in exchange for Smith’s vote on Medicare.Earlier this month, Tom DeLay was reprimanded, rebuked, admonished, etc. by the House Ethi...