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Donald Lambro

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Donald Lambro is the chief political correspondent for The Washington Times, the author of five books and a nationally syndicated columnist. His twice-weekly United Feature Syndicate column appears in newspapers across the country, including The Washington Times.

He received the Warren Brookes Award For Excellence In Journalism in 1995 and in that same year was the host and co-writer of the nationally televised PBS documentary, "Inside The Republican Revolution," a behind-the-scenes report on the first 100 days of the 104th Congress.

Before launching his syndicated newspaper column in 1980, Mr. Lambro was a reporter for United Press International, covering Congress, the federal bureaucracy and national politics. His investigative series on federal spending programs, “Watching Washington,” was twice nominated by UPI for a Pulitzer Prize.

He was named the Heritage Foundation’s Distinguished Journalism Fellow in 1981 and has been a media fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University for the past seven years.

He received the “Outstanding Journalist Award” from the Conservative Political Action Conference iin 1981 for his book, FAT CITY. And he was the recipient of the National Taxpayers Union award for “outstanding efforts to curtail government spending.” His investigative work as a Washington columnist was also nominated for a Pulitzer by United Feature Syndicate.

Born and raised in Wellesley, Mass., and a graduate of Boston University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in journalism, Mr. Lambro began his career as a reporter for the Boston Herald-Traveler, joining UPI in 1968 in Hartford, Conn., where he covered the state house.

In addition to numerous television, radio and speaking appearances, he has also written for many magazines and other periodicals, including Reader’s Digest, Parade, The Wall Street Journal, the Washingtonian Magazine, National Review, Barron’s and The World Almanac.

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Not all Dem governors for health reform

Medicaid cost feared as unfunded mandate

Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009

When the nation's 28 Democratic governors were asked to send a letter to congressional leaders last month expressing their support for health care reform, seven refused to sign the letter and even some who did complained that the pending reform plans could hit them with budget-busting expenses.

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A bumpy ride for Democrats

Mountains of debt and taxes fueling anti-incumbent mood

Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009

If you want to understand what is really happening in American politics today, the latest Rothenberg Political Report on the 2010 Senate races is an eye-opener.

Independents changing course after Obama's first year

Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine said Wednesday that President Obama remains popular among voters, including independents, despite his party's gubernatorial losses in Tuesday's elections and polls showing a sharp decline in his job approval ratings.

Tea partiers hone skills in N.Y. House race

Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009

Their candidate lost in the end, but for many in the rapidly expanding "tea party" movement, this fall's special House race in upstate New York was a "training ground" that taught its cadre of loosely organized grass-roots activists how to challenge both major parties and has only whetted the movement's appetite for the 2010 midterm elections.

Beware the health insurance police

Is it constitutional to force Americans to buy coverage?

Monday, Nov. 2, 2009

A constitutional debate among legal scholars is being waged over a key provision in the Democrats' health care legislation that poses this question about the freedom to be an American: Can the federal government force people to purchase medical insurance or pay a tax if they refuse?

Big gamble's slender reed

Support wanes over public option marker

Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's big health care gamble immediately began losing support Monday when he announced he was including a government-run insurance plan in the massive bill.

Constitutionality of health overhaul questioned

Legal scholars divided over Congress' authority

Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009

On top of all the other obstacles facing President Obama in his quest to pass health reform is this one: Does the U.S. Constitution allow the government to require uninsured Americans to buy medical insurance or impose a tax penalty if they refuse?

Glimmering new dawn for the GOP

Obamacare could generate some negative coattails

Monday, Oct. 26, 2009

This may be the age of Barack Obama, but not for the Democratic Party.

Unhealthy smoke and mirrors

Insurance reform will cost more, not less

Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009

President Obama showed us just how serious he is about changing the divisive "tone" in Washington when he lashed out at the health insurance industry in his weekly radio address last Saturday.

Tough votes make for a tough race for Lincoln in 2010

Republican rivals lead in early polls

Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009

In a sign of the worsening political environment for Democrats in recent months, two-term incumbent Sen. Blanche Lincoln is running into trouble in Arkansas, where recent independent polls show her trailing all four of her major Republican rivals who hope to deny the lawmaker's bid for re-election in 2010.

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