Wall Street Journal-House Health Care Plan "Worst Bill Ever"
The Wall Street Journal calls the House version of President Obama's health care plan "the worst bill ever," noting that it will lead to "epic new spending and taxes, pricier insurance, rationed care, dishonest accounting," and other problems. Full Report....

Senate GOP Plans Boycott of Climate Bill
A key US Senate committee crafting sweeping legislation to combat climate change will keep working with or without its Republican members, who have threatened a boycott, its chairwoman said Monday. Full Report....

AP sources: House health bill totals $1.2 trillion
The health care bill headed for a vote in the House this week costs $1.2 trillion or more over a decade, according to numerous Democratic officials and figures contained in an analysis by congressional budget experts, far higher than the $900 billion cited by President Barack Obama as a price tag for his reform plan. Full Report....

Democrats' concerns over abortion may imperil health bill
While House leaders are moving toward a vote on health-care legislation by the end of the week, enough Democrats are threatening to oppose the measure over the issue of abortion to create a question about its passage. Full Report....

Stimulus jobs overstated by thousands
The government has overstated by thousands the number of jobs it has created or saved with federal contracts under the president's $787 billion recovery program, according to an Associated Press review of data released in the program's first progress report. Full Report....

Carbon advantage of biofuels may be overstated
The world's policymakers and scientists have made a critical error in how they count biofuels' contribution to human-generated greenhouse-gas emissions, according to a paper published Thursday in the Journal Science. Full Report....

Hoyer Says Constitution’s 'General Welfare' Clause Empowers Congress to Order Americans to Buy Health Insurance
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said that the individual health insurance mandates included in every health reform bill, which require Americans to have insurance, were "like paying taxes." He added that Congress has "broad authority" to force Americans to purchase other things as well, so long as it was trying to promote "the general welfare." Full Report....

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