The Ragin' Cajun will be speaking kindly of Senator Mary Landrieu (D. LA) this weekend:
http://www.kplctv.com/...
Fort Polk Progress is set to honor U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-New Orleans, for her efforts on behalf of Fort Polk at a special luncheon from noon to 1:30 p.m. Monday, May 13 at the Landmark Hotel, located at 3080 Colony Blvd. in Leesville.
"Sen. Landrieu's unwavering support during her entire Senate career has positioned Fort Polk to be one of the most modern bases in the Army with training capabilities that are unmatched anywhere else in the United States," said Fort Polk Progress Chairman Michael Reese. "In addition to her efforts to properly resource Fort Polk, Sen. Landrieu was also instrumental in encouraging the off-base communities to work together to accelerate the improvement of schools, roads and planning for future growth and development. Because of all of these achievements, we are convinced that Fort Polk, if properly evaluated by military leadership, will continue to be the vibrant base it is today in the future. As the projected decision date for troop strength looms at the end of June, Sen. Landrieu remains a cornerstone in our effort, and this luncheon is our way of showing her how very much we appreciate her enduring support."
Keynote speaker for the event is James Carville, who is credited with guiding William Jefferson Clinton to the United States Presidency in 1992. That same year, Carville was also honored as the Campaign Manager of the Year by the American Association of Political Consultants for his leadership of Clinton's campaign, the release states. - KPLCTV 7, 5/8/13
The event will take place Monday, May 13th at 1:30 PM at the Landmark Hotel in Leesville located at 3080 Colony Blvd. Tickets are $18 per person and they need to be purchased ahead of time by calling the Vernon Parish Chamber of Commerce at 337-238-0349; the Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce at 318-442-6671; the Beauregard Parish Chamber of Commerce at 337-463-5533; or the SWLA Economic Development Alliance at 337-433-3632.
In other news, Landrieu is praising actress Eva Longoria for her success as an entrepreneur:
http://www.businessweek.com/...
You may know Eva Longoria as star of the ABC series Desperate Housewives. Today the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship is recognizing Longoria as an expert on minority women-owned businesses.
Longoria has business cred. She has been a co-owner of restaurants in Los Angeles and Las Vegas (and has experience dealing with the highs and lows of the restaurant business; the Vegas joint filed for bankruptcy protection in 2011). And last year, the television star launched the Eva Longoria Foundation to promote education and entrepreneurship among Hispanic women.
That gives Longoria a large constituency, as Committee Chairwoman Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La.) pointed out at the onset of the hearing: 10 percent of U.S. women-owned businesses are owned by Latinas. Longoria is speaking in today’s hearing, and the committee has yet to post her testimony to its website (the hearing is being broadcast live here):
http://www.sbc.senate.gov/...
- Bloomberg Businessweek, 5/8/13
Meanwhile, Landrieu's opponent, Congressman Bill Cassidy (R. LA-6), continues his fight to weaken Medicaid:
http://theadvocate.com/...
As the president’s Affordable Care Act health care law moves closer to implementation, Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, on Tuesday filed his legislation to attempt to create more financial and efficiency accountability for Medicaid funding.
Cassidy is pushing his tweaked Medical Accountability and Care Act — the first version died in Congress last year — as a way that he contends will more fairly allocate funding to states in a “per capita” way while reining in overall Medicaid spending, which he argues is out of control.
Cassidy’s MAC Act would reduce Louisiana’s — and other states’ — share of the Medicaid health-care funding for the nation’s poor.
Medicaid is the government health insurance program for the poor and is paid with federal and state dollars.
Gov. Bobby Jindal has rejected the Medicaid expansion that is part of the Affordable Care Act, called Obamacare, claiming it will be too costly over time and that its basis is a broken health care system.
Cassidy prefers the MAC Act as a type of “per capita cap” system that he believes can draw more bipartisan support than the type of “block-grant” Medicaid system for states pushed by some Republicans and also entice more doctors to participate. He said he wants to change Medicaid financing so states will not be able to just use the federal government as a “blank check” for matching funds.
Instead, Cassidy said, the bill proposes distributing funds on a per-capita basis to states based on the number of Medicaid enrollees in four categories: the elderly, blind or disabled, children and adults. Louisiana, for instance, has a lot more disabled patients while a state like Vermont has a lot more elderly ones.
Cassidy’s bill would, over a 10-year phase-in period, adjust federal payments so states could only receive within 10 percent of the national average of what is received per capita. - The Advocate, 5/8/13
If you would like to donate or get involved with Landrieu's campaign, you can do so here:
http://www.marylandrieu.com/...