BJP dares Congress to seek fresh mandate in Andhra Pradesh - MSN India
27 May 2012, 5:32 am
Hyderabad, May 27 (PTI) Andhra Pradesh BJP has dared the N Kiran Kumar Reddy government to seek a fresh mandate, citing a "volatile" political situation in the state against the backdrop of ongoing questioning by CBI of YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan ...

Mandate could force some core Democrats to bail on president - Daily Oklahoman
27 May 2012, 12:10 am
WEDGE politics typically involves using an issue to divide your opponent from potential supporters. President Obama has flipped the practice on its head. He's using wedge politics on his own supporters. Nowhere is that more apparent than the controversy ...

Obama Should Blame Himself, Not The Court - Town Hall
26 May 2012, 10:58 pm
Sometime in the next month, the United States Supreme Court will rule on the constitutionality of Obama's individual mandate, the provision forcing everyone in the United States to buy health insurance. Based on how badly this provision was ...

On the mandate, a dangerous crack in the bishops' united front - Pewsitter
24 May 2012, 6:57 pm
The counter-attack has begun. You knew it was coming, didn’t you? For weeks now the American bishops have been marching in lockstep unity, completely unanimous in their opposition to the HHS contraceptive mandate. The Catholic hierarchy has been headed ...

Obama Birth Control Mandate: Catholic Bishops Divided On Legal Battle - Huffington Post
23 May 2012, 8:39 pm
NEW YORK (RNS) The wave of lawsuits filed this week by more than 40 Catholic groups against the Obama administration's birth control mandate was meant as a demonstration of church unity and influence in the face of what some bishops see as a ...

Losing mandate could double health care law costs - CBS News
22 May 2012, 8:54 pm
(MoneyWatch) The federal government is fighting mightily to maintain the requirement, or "mandate," that everyone buy health insurance under the fledgling Affordable Care Act (ACA). A new Rand study reveals why. Without the mandate, the ...

NFL to mandate knee and thigh pads for players - YAHOO!
22 May 2012, 2:28 pm
If the NFL has its way, players will be forced to wear knee and thigh pads beginning in 2013. The NFL might not get its way. The competition committee will discuss the impending rule with the NFL Players Association and there is some expected backlash from ...

Challenge to birth control mandate - FOX News
22 May 2012, 1:45 pm
LAWRENCE MORRIS, CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY: This is not about contraception. It is about government compulsion. It is about making our university an agent of the government. I mean look at the first two criteria, you must serve primarily Catholics ...

Catholics sue over Obama mandate - Philadelphia Daily News
22 May 2012, 7:32 am
NEW YORK - Roman Catholic dioceses, schools, and other groups sued the Obama administration Monday in eight states and the District of Columbia over a federal mandate that most employers provide workers free birth control as part of their health ...

Catholic dioceses, colleges sue over Obama mandate - CBS News
21 May 2012, 6:54 pm
NEW YORK — Roman Catholic leaders opened a new front against the Obama administration mandate that employers provide workers birth control coverage, filing federal lawsuits Monday on behalf of dioceses, schools and health care agencies that ...