In a move that surprised no one, House Republicans voted early Sunday morning to delay Obamacare for one year and repeal its tax on medical devices,…

Those trying to get rid of the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) are traveling the country trying to drum up support to force Congress to “defund” the new law, just as the many of the law’s reforms are about to take effect.  A group led by former Senator Jim DeMint who now heads The Heritage […]

President Barack Obama met with African-American church  and faith leaders at the White House to discuss the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington. The discussion with the President focused on how civil rights and equality are closely tied to voting rights and closing the gap on education, unemployment, and access to health care.  The […]

On the eve of Indiana Black Expo and with community concerned about violence in Indianapolis and other Indiana cities and the fall out of the Trayvon Martin case, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence visited Afternoons with Amos.  In his most extended interview on the program since becoming Governor, Pence talked with Amos and listeners on a […]

He’s been hard at work since the first week in January as the newest US Senator from Indiana. I sat down over the weekend with Senator Joe Donnelly and talked about a wide range of issues.  The Senator told about his trip to Afghanistan to visit our troops and the concern he has about the […]

The Indiana Legislature’s in its final week with several key issues yet to resolved. Indiana House Minority Leader Rep. Scott Pelath appeared on Afternoons with Amos to give a sober assessment of what Hoosiers face from the Republican supermajority.  Pelath blasted Republicans and Gov. Mike Pence for their failure to deal with Medicare expansion under […]

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(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) OMG is this for real? Yes it is!!!!! A Florida businessman who owns 40 Denny’s restaurants says he’s going to start tacking on an additional 5 percent charge to customers’ bills as a way to offset the costs of Obamacare! All I can say is that I know where I […]

The US Supreme Court has ruled that the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the health care reform measure passed by Congress in 2010 over fierce opposition from Republicans and the Tea Party, is LEGAL!  Voting to uphold the basic structure of the law were Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Ginsberg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan. Voting […]