Top 10 Greatest GOP Moments of 2011

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Stimulus :: Iowa Programs

Lennox Community Center
Wednesday, September 28 2011 @ 03:58 PM CDT

USDA Rural Development is assisting the with the construction of a community center in Lennox, IA with grant funds totaling $114,750.  A majority of these funds were made possible through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.   The total cost of the project is estimated to be $680,000.

“We are pleased to be assisting with this community center project that will provide a wonderful service to residents living in and around Lenox,” said Bill Menner, USDA Rural Development State Director in Iowa. 

Groundbreaking Ceremony for Library in Lewis, IA

Wednesday, August 31 2011 @ 12:47 PM CDT

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Medicare & Medicaid Eliminating Unnecessary Procedures in Florida and 10 Other States

After years of criticism that it has paid billions of dollars for unnecessary procedures, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will soon ramp up efforts to rein in costs for unnecessary procedures. In 2012 CMS will perform an audit before paying for several big ticket cardiology and orthopedic procedures in certain key states. The news has provoked strong reactions from cardiologists and Wall Street.

In Florida, in fact, 100% of stent, ICD, and pacemaker implantation procedures will undergo review before payment. Similar programs will take place in California, Michigan, Texas, New York, Louisiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, and Missouri, but the precise percentage and mix of cases that will undergo auditing has not yet been stated.

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What is Mitt Romney hiding?

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Obama and Congress Already Raised Taxes On the Rich.

By Paul Rogat LoebDid you know Obama’s health care bill contained a $20 billion a year tax on the richest Americans? I didn’t until I stumbled onto a mention of this the other day, although writing about politics is my life and I knew enough to be angry at the gutting of a national public option.

I asked a dozen other friends, half of whom work in health care or health care policy and most of whom are fellow political junkies. None of them knew either. If those who follow these issues intensely don’t know about something that all of us would cheer as a step toward getting the wealthiest to pay their fair share, most American voters sure aren’t going to know either.

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1.4 Million Workers To Benefit From Minimum Wage Increase In 2012

In January, San Francisco will officially be the first U.S. city to have a minimum wage of above $10, nearly $3 more than the federal minimum wage of $7.25. And that won’t be the only locale in which workers will see a little extra pay in 2012. In fact, eight states will be raising their minimum wage next year, which, according to the Economic Policy Institute, will benefit 1.4 million workers:

There are eight states that have legislated annual, inflation-linked increases in their minimum wage. This “indexing” of the minimum wage ensures that the real value of the lowest-paid workers’ wages does not shrink as normal costs of living go up. On Jan. 1, 2012, minimum-wage workers in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington will all see an increase in their paychecks.

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This Santa fulfills a girl's difficult wish

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OFA :: Why Mike Gives

“I’m a small donor—the first time I ever donated to any campaign was to Barack Obama in 2008. I gave a number of small donations then and have done the same this year.”

Mike is one of the over one million small donors who are helping to build this campaign.

“If we have any chance of returning America to the greatness we had in the past—with the most highly educated populace and the best infrastructure in the world—then we have to vote for President Obama.

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