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The National Christmas Tree lighting lottery now open

by Jaime L. Hartman Nov 05 2009, 07:22 AM The 2009 National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony will be held on December 3, 2009. The ceremony is a time honored holiday tradition which includes the illumination of the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse just south of the White House. The United States Marine Corps Band and other nationally known entertainers will perform, and the ...

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Federal employees to pay more for health insurance

by Jaime L. Hartman Oct 01 2009, 06:47 AM Federal employees and retirees will be coughing up more money for their health insurance next year, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced this week. While the average cost increase is 8.8 percent, enrollees in the most popular insurance plans will pay up to 15 percent more. This unpleasant announcement comes fast on the heels of ...

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Federal Employees Health Benefits Threatened

by Jaime L. Hartman Sep 24 2009, 06:51 PM If Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) had his way, the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program would end and federal employees would be forced to purchase insurance through the new state-based health exchanges that are a centerpiece of the health reform bill. The ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee quietly offered the ...

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re: Audit: Medicaid paid for nonemergency care of illegal immigrants

by Jaime L. Hartman Sep 17 2009, 01:21 PM MadMommy - Many people have the same impression as you do, but they are mistaken. The only illegal immigrants whose emergency room bills are covered by Medicaid are those who would qualify for Medicaid if they were legal, meaning that they are low income or disabled. If they would not qualify for Medicaid (or choose not to provide the required ...

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Audit: Medicaid paid for nonemergency care of illegal immigrants

by Jaime L. Hartman Sep 17 2009, 09:45 AM Lost in the furor over whether or not illegal immigrants would receive government funded health insurance under the Democratic health reform bill is the fact that federal and state tax money already goes to pay for the emergency care of illegal immigrants under the Medicaid program. In the case of Texas, the annual total is a princely $300 ...

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The week's 10 best political jokes - August 7, 2009

by Jaime L. Hartman Aug 08 2009, 11:36 AM 10. "Sonia Sotomayor was just confirmed by the U.S. Senate for the Supreme Court. I'm not sure how this works. So, does she sit next to Randy or Simon Cowell? Either way, it's going to be a great season." --Jimmy Fallon 9. "North Korea, it turns out, they were offered a meeting with Al Gore in exchange for the two American ...

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Defense to issue new social networking policy

by Jaime L. Hartman Aug 06 2009, 01:54 PM It’s a conundrum that Joseph Heller might have created if he were writing Catch-22 today. The military has wholeheartedly jumped on the social networking bandwagon, using Twitter and Facebook as part of their recruiting and public relations campaigns, even as it blocks access to the same websites on government owned computers and networks. ...

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The 50 Most Beautiful People on Capitol Hill

by Jaime L. Hartman Jul 31 2009, 12:46 PM The old adage slams Washington as “Hollywood for ugly people” but the folks at one local newspaper beg to differ. The journalists at The Hill took a break from their normally serious jobs of reporting on pending legislation, reelection campaigns, and lobbying strategies to share the loveliness of the 50 most beautiful people on Capitol Hill. The ...

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Federal Reserve rated worst among key agencies

by Jaime L. Hartman Jul 31 2009, 12:01 AM To no one’s great surprise, it turns out that most Americans have a dim view at the moment of the agency whose job it is to provide the nation with a stable monetary and financial system. Only 30 percent of those surveyed by Gallup this month rated the job the Federal Reserve Board is doing an “excellent” or “good.” While this could be a clear ...

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Twitter blocked at White House

by Jaime L. Hartman Jul 27 2009, 05:54 AM White House press secretary Robert Gibbs let slip last week that Twitter is blocked on White House computers when asked during an interview on C-SPAN if he was personally using the popular social networking site. The irony of blocking Twitter from White House staff while simultaneously using the web site to promote the administration’s agenda ...

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