Rarely does the government, that big, clumsy, poorly regarded oaf, pull off anything short of war that touches all lives with one act, one stroke of a president's pen. Such a moment now seems near. After a year of riotous argument, decades of failure and a century of spoiled hopes, the United States is reaching for a system of ...

Pivotal moments in American health care history: _1798: The Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen in 1798 marks the beginning of federal involvement in health care. _1854: President Franklin Pierce vetoes a national mental health bill on the basis that it would be unconstitutional to regard health as anything but a private matter in which government should ...

A list of federal reservoirs by state that were not initially authorized for water supply but are now being used for that purpose: ARKANSAS — Lake Ouachita, DeGray Lake, Blue Mountain Lake, Bull Shoals Lake, Greers Ferry Lake, Nimrod Lake, Norfork Lake GEORGIA — Carters Dam and Lake, Allatoona ...