Health Care (Continuation of Past Blog)



Today Febuary 28, 2011 President Obama spoke about the health care reform once again.  In his speech today he talked about how he was willing to give the states earlier flexibility in how they implement the overhaul signed into law last year.  He also gave a bipartisan proposal.  This proposal stated that he would allow states to apply for  innovation waivers in 2014.  If this were to happen it would be three years earlier then they planned for the states to start applying for them in the health care reform.  Aftering hearing this the Republican Govenor of Kansas, Sam Brownback, went on to say that "This offers a little bit of flexibility, which I think is a positive thing, but it doesn't change the overall objection to the bill."  I think that the govenor is right.  This would be positive but the bill will still be the same no matter what he does and it will have the same objectives it had in the beginning. 

Hopefully soon the President and the Government will figure out the Health Care Reform.  I really think that the proposal Obama put on the table will be a positive thing for the Reform, and maybe it will help the GOP to accept the Health Care Reform as it is.

Links:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/02/28/obama.health.care/index.html

Department Of Justice



The Department Of Justice  is the United States federal executive department responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries.  This department is led the Attorney General, who is Eric Holder.  The Department Of Justice was founded June 22, 1870-July 1, 1870 and is located in Washington DC in the Robert F. Kennedy Department Of Justice Building.  In 2010, there were 111,993 employees and the annual budget of the department was $27.7 billion.  Since the founding of the department the Attorney General position has been avalible in 1789 there has been many of outstanding people who served at this position.  Some of the people who had the honor to have been named Attorney General are:  Edmund Randolph, Charles Devens, Frank Murphy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Michael Mukasey who served before the current General Eric Holder.  In total there has been 82 Attorney Generals.  Each Department has a mission statement which says what their goal is.  The Department Of Justice Mission Statement is "To enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans".  This statement is highly important to the US no only because it's what they are going to do to protect us and to serve justice but because it's what people need to do themselves.  The people need to help prevent crime by doing what is right instead of wrong.  The Department Of Justice is very important to the US because it helps us to to enforce the law correctly instead of incorrectly.  One of the things this department does is enforce and review laws. 


On April 28, 2010 Eric Holder came and gave a little review of the Arizona Immagration Law.  In this video he states that they were considering a court challenge of the law which means they would sue the state for the law.  Like I stated the Department of Justice is very important to the US and always will be.  This department will most likely in my mind will be one of the most important ones in the US because it deals with the law that the people must follow.

Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice#History
http://www.justice.gov/