One of New
Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s granddaughters was at the White House when
President Barack Obama formally signed an executive order opening the door for
more stem cell research.
Senator
Bernie Sanders has proposed quadrupling the money spent on community health
centers across the country. Sanders
says his bill can be the foundation to national health care reform because the
centers would guarantee universal access to primary care.
Governor Jim Douglas’s profile with President Obama
continues to grow. The president has invited Douglas
to be a special guest for tonight’s speech to a joint session of Congress.
Prominent civil rights
activist the Rev. Al Sharpton spoke at Middlebury College last night, telling a
packed house of 675 people to get involved and be agents of change.
A proposal by U.S.
Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont to create a "truth commission" to
investigate abuses by the Bush administration is getting a lukewarm reaction
from President Barack Obama.
Governor Jim
Douglas will meet privately with President Barack Obama today to discuss the
economic stimulus package now under consideration in the Senate.
Vermont’s health care system got kudos from the U.S. Senate on
Tuesday. The state has been a leader in bringing health care into the digital
age – and maintaining patients’ privacy.