House Democrats' frustration with White House spokesman Gibbs boils over - TheHill.com

House Democrats' frustration with White House spokesman Gibbs boils over - TheHill.com: "The frustration that House liberals have had with White House press secretary Robert Gibbs has festered throughout the 111th Congress. And it boiled over this week as two House Democrats called for Gibbs’s head after he made controversial statements to The Hill about the “professional left.”"

Stryker CEO tapped for federal Manufacturing Council

Stryker CEO tapped for federal Manufacturing Council MassDevice - Medical Device Industry News - U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke tapped Stryker Corp. (NYSE:SYK) CEO Stephen MacMillan for the 2010 Manufacturing Council. MacMillan will serve as the medical device and diagnostics industry's representative on the 25-member federally chartered council.

Obama signs tariffs bill to aid manufacturers - Washington Times

Obama signs tariffs bill to aid manufacturers - Washington Times: "President Obama on Wednesday signed a bill lowering tariffs on materials used by U.S. manufacturers and urged Congress to approve $5 billion in additional clean-energy tax credits, saying the moves will help the country meet his goal of doubling exports in the next five years."

Mass. gift ban repeal dies on the vine

Mass. gift ban repeal dies on the vine - "It looks like the Massachusetts "gift ban" won’t be repealed after all. A provision to spike the Commonwealth's ban on gifts for physicians from medical device and pharmaceutical companies failed to make it into the final omnibus economic development bill on Beacon Hill, meaning the gift ban remains intact unless the legislature brings up the issue again next session"

Vote Sets Stage for New Health Plan Challenges-wsj.com

Vote Sets Stage for New Health Plan Challenges-wsj.com: Opponents of the Obama administration's health-care overhaul said Missouri voters' rejection of a key plank could re-energize the push in other states to challenge the measure.

Trustees: Medicare hospital fund extended for 12 years-washingtonpost.com:

Trustees: Medicare hospital fund extended for 12 years-washingtonpost.com: The annual checkup of the government's big benefit programs for the elderly showed that the administration's sweeping health care overhaul will extend the life of the Medicare hospital insurance fund by 12 years

FDA Seeks to Bolster Medical Device Rules-wsj.com:

FDA Seeks to Bolster Medical Device Rules-wsj.com: The Food and Drug Administration proposed shoring up medical-device approval rules that have been criticized as lax and inconsistent by consumer advocates and the agency itself.