A Tale of Two Health Care Systems
Category: universal health care
Socialized medicine isn't even on the table right now... unfortunately.
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Congress:
We Need to Bring Back the OTA
Category: science policy
It would only take about one seven-hundredth of one percent of the federal budget.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 10:28 AM • 0 Comments •
US to Consider No Longer Calling Mandela, ANC "Terrorists"
Category: Africa
You can file this one under "should have been done about twenty years ago." From the Mail & Guardian: Lawmakers on Tuesday debated legislation to remove former South African president Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress (ANC) from an...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 8:57 AM • 1 Comments •
Senate Passes Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
Category: Congress
It's an important step forward, but the only true long-term solution is universal health care.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 10:45 AM • 10 Comments •
Barack Obama Receives Key Endorsement from the Heart of Texas
Category: Barack Obama
On Monday, Obama was endorsed by Congressman Chet Edwards, whose district includes Texas A&M University, the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library, and George W. Bush's Crawford ranch
Posted by Nick Anthis at 5:09 AM • 0 Comments •
String of Obama Victories Portends a Strong Performance in the General Election
Category: Barack Obama
Obama wins big in Maryland, Virginia, and DC, but now he has even bigger fish to fry.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 5:07 PM • 0 Comments •
House Passes SCHIP Expansion
Category: health policy
but not with a veto-proof majority.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:58 AM • 0 Comments •
Fundraising Scam Not Enough to Keep NRCC in the Black
Category: Republican Party
Tensions mount between Congressman Tom Cole and the Republican leadership.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 1:55 PM • 3 Comments •
House and Senate to Vote on Children's Health Insurance Expansion Despite Veto Threat
Category: health policy
Congress appears to be on track for another major standoff with President Bush. The Washington Post reports today that the House and Senate have reconciled their differing versions of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP or CHIP) expansion and...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 12:23 PM • 1 Comments •
Senate to Vote on Mandatory Public Access to NIH Research Results
Category: open access
Following the House, which passed its version in July.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 9:01 PM • 0 Comments •
Update: Senate Also Passes CHIP Expansion
Category: health policy
This just in: the CHIP expansion has passed both houses of Congress.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 5:00 AM • 1 Comments •
House Passes CHIP Expansion
Category: health policy
despite Republican opposition to expanded health care access for kids.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 4:50 PM • 0 Comments •
House Approves Mandatory Public Access to NIH Research Results
Category: open access
The next step is the Senate.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 1:58 PM • 0 Comments •
Take Action on CHIP!
Category: health policy
Let's get this bill rolling....
Posted by Nick Anthis at 4:16 PM • 5 Comments •
Hearing on Interference with Climate Change Science Interesting but Slightly Disappointing
Category: political interference
Members of the Bush Administration are forced to defend the Administration's policies of political interference in climate science.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:50 PM • 5 Comments •
This Is Me Banging My Head Against the Wall
Category: political interference
The House passes the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act 331-94. Should we be surprised that all 94 nays come from the Republican side of the aisle?
Posted by Nick Anthis at 9:20 PM • 8 Comments •
George Deutsch to Testify at Upcoming Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Hearing
Category: political interference
This should be interesting....
Posted by Nick Anthis at 1:56 PM • 2 Comments •
House to Vote on Embryonic Stem Cell Bill This Thursday, Amniotic Stem Cells No Substitute for the Real Thing
Category: stem cells
Yes, that's TOMORROW!!!
Posted by Nick Anthis at 1:16 PM • 0 Comments •
Potential Changes to Mandatory Sentencing Laws
Category: law
Under the new Democratic Congress, many are hoping to change these outdated and sometimes blatantly racist laws.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 9:47 AM • 0 Comments •
Oversight of Bush Administration High on Democrats' Agenda
Category: Democratic Party
The Democrats are already making big plans to investigate some of the Bush Administration's more outrageous instances of political interference in science.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 5:47 PM • 0 Comments •
John Boehner Selected as Republican House Minority Leader
Category: Republican Party
Although painted as a moderate choice, Boehner's record on key science issues borders on appalling.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 4:22 PM • 3 Comments •
Beyond Victory: What 2006 Means for the Democrats and for Science
Category: elections
As the sun sets on the conservative movement in America, 2006 marks a new beginning for the Democrats, and hopefully for American science.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:39 AM • 0 Comments •
My Election Day Message
Category: elections
There is so much to say about the importance of today's election, but not a great deal that hasn't already been spelled out time and time again. Most importantly, if you haven't already voted, go vote today! Hopefully you'll have...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 6:39 AM • 2 Comments •
Another Reason to Vote Democratic
Category: elections
If George Bush is driving our nation down a one-way road to hell, it's the Republican-controlled House and Senate that are enabling him to do this. On October 17th, Bush signed into law the Military Commissions Act of 2006, which...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 6:12 PM • 0 Comments •
Texas Congressional District 17: Chet Edwards
Category: Congress
There's a hot congressional race going on right now deep in the heart of Texas in District 17, which stretches from just north of Houston to just south of Fort Worth and includes my alma mater, Texas A&M University. The...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:39 AM • 1 Comments •
Private Stem Cell Funding Good for Now, Not Forever
Category: stem cells
Wealthy billionaires, including many Republicans, are picking up the tab for US embryonic stem cell research in the face of restrictive Bush Administration policies. Is this a permanent solution, and does this mean that the Republican Party is now an ally of science? Not likely.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 4:07 PM • 1 Comments •
HR 810 Passes in Senate
Category: stem cells
I'm on vacation right now, but I had to come out of hiding for this one. HR 810 passed in the senate today, 63-37. That was enough to meet the 60 vote mark for passage, but it won't be enough...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 8:12 PM • 2 Comments •
HR 810 Senate Debate and Vote on July 17th and 18th - Your Action Needed
Category: stem cells
It has been announced that the highly anticipated debate and vote in the Senate on HR 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, will take place on July 17th and 18th (next Monday and Tuesday). This is great news, but...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:10 PM • 0 Comments •
Bush to Scientists, Public: Go Fuck Yourselves
Category: stem cells
Bush hasn't used his veto yet, but he's promised to employ it on, of all issues, stem cell funding. Not surprisingly, this is indicative of the general Republican Party attitude toward the field.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 8:51 AM • 12 Comments •
Progress of Stem Cell Bill, and Its Media Coverage, Still Plagued by Problems
Category: stem cells
On the 29th of June, the Senate finally announced an upcoming vote on HR 810, a bill which would overturn President Bush's current prohibitions on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. The progress of the bill still faces many hurdles, and a recent article in the journal Science did little to publicize them and in fact contained several problematic and even inaccurate statements.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 8:00 PM • 1 Comments •
An Inconvenient AP Story for Republicans
Category: global warming
Yesterday, the AP released a story describing the general approval within the scientific community of the science behind Al Gore's new documentary An Inconvenient Truth. Not to be outdone, global warming denialist James Inhofe (R - OK) released his own press release via the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and it's about as crazy as anything else he's had his hands on.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 6:42 PM • 15 Comments •
House Republicans Vote for More Political Interference in Science
Category: political interference
The Miller Amendment on scientific integrity came up for a vote in the House Science Committee today and was solidly voted down by the Republican majority. In fact, while all Democrats voted for it, all Republicans voted against it.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 8:59 PM • 1 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
From the Archives: Open Access and the Democratization of Science
Category: open access
In May, Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) introduced the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006 to the US Senate, which would require free public access to most government-funded research within six months of the research's publication. This post (from the archives) explores this piece of legislation and the issue of open access in depth.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:55 AM • 4 Comments •
Senate Stalls Amendment Which Would Tackle Anti-Science Censorship
Category: political interference
In the ongoing struggle against political interference Michael Stebbins of Sex Drugs & DNA reports that Representative Brad Miller (D-NC) has introduced a scientific integrity amendment to HR 5450, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act, which is currently under consideration in the house.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 1:06 PM • 6 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
