Roll Call

Crocodile tears are streaming down K Street and up Capitol Hill from bankers crying about the student loan subsidy rates Congress is poised to cut.But think tanks, the Congressional Budget Office and lawmakers such as Rep. Tom Petri (R-Wis.) say lenders' complaints are a diversion to keep Congress from truly cutting into the profits of the $85 billion student-lending industry.The federal government guarantees banks, private lenders and Sallie Mae a profit on every student loan originated… more

Real health care reform is being held back by a false assumption, which is shared by practically everybody from patients to doctors to lawmakers. Most of us assume that more (and more expensive) medical care equals better care -- and better health. Two separate bills, one introduced by Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) and the other by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), cut through the noise and overturn this notion.

Yes, that's right, Hillary Clinton. But before you shoot the messenger,… more