Robert Poole Jr., one of Gov. Rick Scott's transition team transportation advisers, has an article out on the Weekly Standard's website that urges Republicans to invest in a 21st century interstate system as an alternative to President Barack Obama's high-speed rail plans.
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On Thursday, former Gov. Charles Buddy Roemer of Louisiana launched an exploratory committee for running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.
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The U.S. House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns, held a hearing on Wednesday on Medicaid and Medicare fraud and heard ideas from Craig Smith, who served in the state Agency for Health Care Administration, on how to curb it -- and cut down the fraud which costs taxpayers anywhere between $60 billion and $90 billion, according to estimates.
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The U.S. House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, under the umbrella of the full Energy and Commerce Committee, dealt with Medicaid and Medicare fraud Wednesday -- and, while officials from the Obama administration could not provide solid numbers, other witnesses estimated that fraud and waste in these programs cost taxpayers between $60 billion and $90 billion.
A group of clinic owners, doctors and staged-accident "recruiters" was arrested Wednesday in Miami by a state task force cracking down on auto insurance fraud.
"Operation Dark Horizon" netted 17 arrests, with eight more individuals being sought by investigators.
Authorities said the scam involved a Personal Injury Protection (PIP) racket, where auto accidents were staged to bilk insurers through phony claims.
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While organized labor and the media continue to fixate on Wisconsin, the Ohio House voted Wednesday to curb collective-bargaining by public-sector workers.
With Senate approval and Gov. John Kasich's signature assured, 400,000 government workers in the Buckeye State will lose the privilege of bargaining for health benefits and pensions.
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Fiscal hawks, led by tea party favorite U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, attempted on Wednesday to forward a constitutional amendment requiring Congress to pass a balanced budget. While the measure failed, as expected, Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio said he was proud to back it.
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Various outlets are reporting President Barack Obama has signed the House bill that will keep the federal government funded for two more weeks, temporarily avoiding a shutdown. The bill, approved by the Senate earlier Wednesday by a 91-9 vote, cuts $4 billion from the two-week budget and puts the Republican-led House in a strong position to get more of the cuts they're looking for as they seek to rein in spending.
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