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Nick Burbules 8 hours ago
TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACKThe good news: the Senate health care bill passed a major hurdle, and the principle was perhaps established that conservaDems can vote to block a filibuster while still voting against the bill (though Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tried mightily to equate them). But it was also clear that a couple of key votes probably won’t be there for a strong public option
Nick Burbules 1 days ago
OVER THE TOPThe PROCEDURAL vote later today on whether to BRING THE HEALTH CARE BILL TO THE FLOOR for amendment and debate is not a vote FOR the bill. Repeat as necessary.What will the “centrists” do? The votes to watchhttp://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/11/20/senators_to_watch.htmlhttp://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/health-care/
Nick Burbules 2 days ago
HOLY WARMore details on the Senate health care billhttp://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/cbpp-despite-insufficient-subsidies-health-care-bill-enormous-step-forward.phphttp://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_11/021055.phphttp://www.slate.com/id/2236147/http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/11/19/806032/-The-2010-HCR-Provisions-in-House-and-SenateNot fully implemented until
Nick Burbules 3 days ago
SETTLING SCORESThe CBO scoring comes in for the Senate health care bill, and it’s a good news/bad news thinghttp://news.firedoglake.com/2009/11/18/senate-bill-costs-849-billion/[David Dayen] MSNBC is reporting that the CBO has scored the Senate’s merged bill as costing $849 billion dollars over 10 years. The bill would reduce the deficit by $127 billion by 2019 because of the revenue-raisers.
Nick Burbules 4 days ago
SETTING THE BARThe burden of responsibilityhttp://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_11/021017.php[Steve Benen] The to-do list itself is almost overwhelming. After eight years of Republican failure, incompetence, mismanagement, and corruption, Democratic leaders on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue were tasked by the electorate to rescue the economy, resolve two costly wars,
