Op-Ed: 2008 Medicare Debate: Savings and Performance on the Line President Bush is expected to propose significant Medicare cuts in his 2009 budget proposal. Congress should reject the lame duck Bush administration's efforts to balance the budget on the back of the Medicare program while protecting their insurance industry allies. Instead, Congress should focus on solid policy proposals that would deliver key fiscal savings to Medicare and boost the long-term performance of the program.
Activists Promote Restoration of Americans with Disabilities Act At a January 8 briefing hosted by the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, advocates and legal experts spoke on the need for Congress to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Restoration Act of 2007.