Health Problems Pose Governing Challenge (The Politico, 1/25/07):
The average age of members of the U.S. Senate is older than it has ever been, according to Senate Historian Richard Baker. For many senators, advanced age is starting to show, raising questions about their ability to govern.
Until his retirement last month, former majority leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., […]
Dissidents’ Detainee Bill May Face Filibuster (WaPo):
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist signaled yesterday that he and other White House allies will filibuster a bill dealing with the interrogation and prosecution of detainees if they cannot persuade a rival group of Republicans to rewrite key provisions opposed by President Bush.
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Frist (R-Tenn.) acknowledged that a majority of […]
Bill Frist strikes again:
An FBI raid on the Capitol Hill office of a congressman under investigation in a bribery scandal did not violate the constitutional separation of powers, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said on Sunday.
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“I don’t think it was a separation of powers question. I’ve looked at it very carefully,” Frist, a Tennessee Republican, […]
On the same day that the Times ran a hit piece on the Clintons’ sex life, the Post decided that it would be a good idea to run a puff piece on our pal Bill Frist. Funny how that worked out.
In the interest of fairness, I’m going to balance the scales a bit.
First of […]
Bush Urges Graduates to Use Science to Protect Human Dignity (NYT):
“Science offers the prospect of eventual cures for terrible diseases and temptations to manipulate life and violate human dignity.”
Isn’t the greater threat to dignity Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist?
Bill Frist certainly seems to have an interesting strategy for positioning himself as a Presidential candidate. Going by his performance on the immigration reform legislation, he’s going to be the “get it done” candidate. He’s going to produce results, one way or the other. Take a complicated issue, put everyone under the […]
As far as our Legislative Branch is concerned, which of these two options do you think the founding fathers were in favor of?
1) A system where all elected representatives, be they in the House or Senate, would have an equal voice in crafting the nation’s legislation. Laws would be clearly crafted so that the lawmakers […]
Bill Frist, M.D. (3/17/05):
…that footage, to me, depicts something very different than persistent vegetative state.
Bill Frist, M.D. (3/17/05)
“I question it based on a review of the video footage which I spent an hour or so looking at last night in my office. “She certainly seems to respond to visual stimuli.”
Bill Frist, M.D. (1/29/06):
“I didn’t […]
Should someone who thinks you can get AIDS from tears really have his own AIDS charity? Apparently not:
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s AIDS charity paid nearly a half-million dollars in consulting fees to members of his political inner circle, according to tax returns providing the first financial accounting of the presidential hopeful’s non-profit.
The returns […]
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has long been considered one of the Republicans’ top candidates for the 2008 presidential election. And if he keeps on tripping over himself, it would be wise of us Democrats to cheer him along. When we last left Mister Frist, he was under investigation for selling stock in HCA (a […]
