State senator Margaret Carter and representative Tina Kotek were elected to represent the interests of the Portsmouth neighborhood.
On two major issues, public housing and health care, Carter and Kotek have failed all of their constituents in North and NE Portland.
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Both Carter and Kotek support the discredited and abhorrent policy of UNLIMITED neighborhood concentration of public housing.
The request for legislative relief below challenges Read the rest of this entry »

Last updated January 23, 2009 7:58 a.m. PT
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Residents of cities and counties could vote to randomly test police officers for drugs under legislation proposed by Rep. Charles Ross of Naches (na-CHEEZ’).
He told The Yakima Herald-Republic most people he talks to support the idea. A similar bill died in last year’s Legislature.
Random drug testing is opposed by police unions. The incoming president of the Yakima Police Patrolmans Read the rest of this entry »

The poll released by DAV this morning, which was conducted by Belden Russonello & Stewart, found that Americans believe veterans health care funding is at the top of our national priorities; strongly believe that the government is not doing enough to support veterans; and overwhelming favor requiring Congress to determine the budget for veterans’ health care one year in advance to prevent delays. The nationally representative telephone survey of Read the rest of this entry »

By Jack P. Freer
For the past 15 years, the New York State Legislature has failed to pass a bill so sensible that most New Yorkers probably believe it already to be law. The Family Health Care Decisions Act, introduced in 1993, would allow families and guardians to make medical decisions for patients who can no longer decide for themselves.
In the vast majority of states, it is the law, but not in New York. Because of that, helpless Read the rest of this entry »

Kennedy Returns to U.S. Senate, Pushes Health-Care Legislation
Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) — Senator
, who has brain
cancer, touted health-care legislation as he returned to the U.S.
Senate for this week's debate on an economic stimulus plan.
Kennedy, who underwent surgery in June on a malignant brain
tumor, told reporters he expects legislation extending health-
care insurance coverage to more Americans to be among President-
elect
's priorities Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–House Democrats unveiled the details of a $20 billion health information technology plan as part of their larger stimulus package on Friday, an approach that could allow them to avoid the objections that have stalled similar legislation in recent years.
The draft legislation, released by the House Ways and Means Committee Friday, will create incentives for doctors who adopt electronic health record technology. There is broad Read the rest of this entry »

Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) — Senator
to lead a working group on insurance
coverage as part of an effort to write health-care legislation.
Kennedy, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health,
Education, Labor and Pensions, said in an e-mailed statement
today that Clinton will head one of three groups in his attempt
to overhaul the U.S. health-care system. Senator
will
lead a group focusing on prevention and public health, while
Senator
of Maryland Read the rest of this entry »

The American College of Nurse‐Midwives (ACNM), the nation’s oldest women’s health organization, applauds Rep. Ed Towns (D‐NY) and Rep. Fred Upton (R‐MI) on the bipartisan introduction of their legislation, the “Midwifery Care Access and Reimbursement Equity Act of 2009,” (H.R. 1101). This legislation will improve access for Medicare beneficiaries to the vital women’s health services offered Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on: Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 21:00 CDT
By Jack P. Freer
For the past 15 years, the New York State Legislature has failed to pass a bill so sensible that most New Yorkers probably believe it already to be law. The Family Health Care Decisions Act, introduced in 1993, would allow families and guardians to make medical decisions for patients who can no longer decide for themselves.
In the vast majority of states, it is the law, but Read the rest of this entry »

By Anne E. Kornblut
President Obama signed legislation on Wednesday extending health insurance to millions of low-income children, ending a two-year Democratic effort to enact a bill that former president Bush had vetoed.
The House passed the legislation — known as S-CHIP — on Wednesday afternoon by a vote of 290 to 135 and brought it swiftly down to the White House for a signing ceremony. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hailed it as “the beginning Read the rest of this entry »