Timothy E. Wirth and Samuel A. Worthington
| May 25, 2012, 11:29 a.m.
The world is at an urgent crossroads in public health. With only a few more than 50 cases worldwide so far in 2012, we are closer than ever to eradicating polio. But progress might not hold with the Global Polio Eradication Initiative facing a nearly $1 billion funding gap.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney
| May 24, 2012, Midnight
No action by House Republicans more confirms they have driven themselves off the ideological cliff than their recent vote to label the Constitution itself as “unconstitutional.”
Boyd Patterson
| May 24, 2012, Midnight
Late last year, a deaf man was held in a Colorado jail for 25 days because he was not given access to a sign-language interpreter. And once he was given access and was able to communicate with officials, the charges against him were dropped. He spent nearly a month in jail in a violation of his basic rights to a fair and speedy trial simply because he wasn’t given a timely opportunity to communicate with authorities.
Emily Woglom
| May 24, 2012, Midnight
The gross overreaction by critics of the National Ocean Policy has now moved beyond baseless criticism.
Roll Call Reporter
| May 24, 2012, Midnight
The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.
Tim Ryan
| May 23, 2012, 12:01 a.m.
Over the past week, some in Washington and the media have seized on headlines to further their philosophical views devoid of the facts and irrespective of the current legal and regulatory framework. Before calling for broad and sweeping prescriptions that could have long-term negative effects on economic growth, we first need to find out exactly what happened.
Roll Call Reporter
| May 23, 2012, Midnight
The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.
John Engler
| May 23, 2012, Midnight
This year’s World Trade Week sees welcome action on several fronts. The U.S.-Colombia free-trade agreement is taking effect and the United States is negotiating with eight other countries from the Asia-Pacific region to advance our Trans-Pacific Partnership. Also, the United States and European Union are working hard on a new and dynamic Transatlantic Partnership.
Norman Ornstein
| May 23, 2012, Midnight
Here is another good news/bad news column about the 112th Congress. First, the good news. It appears that there is a rare consensus in the House and Senate around passage of legislation to reauthorize the Food and Drug Administration’s user fee programs.
Michael Shank
| May 23, 2012, Midnight
Recent Istanbul negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 and this week’s Baghdad negotiations have tempered, albeit temporarily, the cry for war.
Don Wolfensberger
| May 22, 2012, Midnight
Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein, two of Washington’s most respected political observers, have published two books on Congress in the past six years, the most recent being “It’s Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism.”
Roll Call Reporter
| May 22, 2012, Midnight
The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.
Dan Epstein
| May 22, 2012, Midnight
Hollywood glorifies them, the media lauds them as heroes, and Members of Congress wave bills around asserting to protect them, but are federal whistle-blowers being retaliated against by their own agencies?
Stan Collender
| May 22, 2012, Midnight
Like most federal budget watchers, I assumed that the extremely negative political reaction to the federal government shutdowns in 1995 and 1996 meant that tactic wasn’t likely to be threatened again, let alone actually used. That changed last year when a shutdown became the favored approach for many on Capitol Hill.
Christopher Conover and Jerry Ellig
| May 21, 2012, Midnight
Some consumers and businesses might see a little extra cash this summer as a result of the 2010 health care law. The Kaiser Family Foundation recently reported an estimated $1.3 billion in rebates will be delivered from health insurers who spent more than the law allotted on administrative expenses and profits.
Cheryl M. McNair
| May 21, 2012, Midnight
By the age of 35, my late husband, Ronald E. McNair, had earned his doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, became an accomplished physicist and gone on to serve as the second African-American astronaut in our nation’s history.
Roll Call Reporter
| May 21, 2012, Midnight
The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.
Tim Glaeser
| May 21, 2012, Midnight
Last week, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Congress that China is assisting North Korea with its missile program. The secretary’s admission came on the heels of the hermit nation’s internationally condemned test rocket launch.
Gen. James Jones
| May 18, 2012, Midnight
For a half century, the NATO alliance has been the cornerstone of the United States’ and Europe’s shared security. The alliance’s enlargement has been a priority at each major meeting of NATO heads of state since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Rep. Michael Burgess
| May 17, 2012, Midnight
As a physician working in Congress to help guide public policies that support American innovation, I see few things more promising than the tremendous strides in the development of personalized medicine.
