edited by: Anne O'Malia,
Delaware Editor
The health care debate has so many moving parts that it's hard for anybody to keep them straight. So we decided to put together an overview of where we're at—both good and bad—and what we're all going to need to keep fighting for. Neither of [...]
Public Option Please Sen. Carper's Stupid Alternative Is Not A Public Option
Daily Kos: State of the Nation The Carper so-called triggered "alternative" to the public option is a joke that I'd laugh at if it wasn't so painful to do so. It's' [...]
The House health care bill that passed last month was an historic milestone. But, like all bills, it wasn't perfect. In particular, the bill contained an amendment offered by Congressman Bart Stupak of Michigan which would deny millions of women access to abortion services, services they' [...]
The public option is once again under assault in the Senate.
The Republicans are attempting to use a procedural tactic known as a "filibuster" to indefinitely delay a substantive vote on the health care bill. A filibuster requires sixty votes to overcome, so by using this tactic [...]
By Justin Williams
With the Bush tax cuts set to expire at the end of 2010 and both health care reform bills calling for increased tax revenue, the Obama Administration and Congress are about to saddle the American people one of the largest tax increases [...]
House health reform proposal misses target of curbing costs (The News Journal - Editorial) www.castle.gov
Wilmington | November 7, 2009 - The U.S House of Representatives is tentatively scheduled to vote this weekend on H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act.
It is an attempt to reform the country’s health [...]
The Senate starts debating health care next week. But if it passes without a public option, there's only one person to blame: Harry Reid.
As the majority leader of the Senate, the power to pass a public option is squarely in Reid's hands. Will Reid let three [...]
A troubling trend has emerged in regard to hot-button issues like anthropogenic global warming and health care. It may not come as a surprise, but there no longer appears to be an interest by many on the left to engage in deliberative analysis and debate about proposed legislation. There are [...]
Delaware Health Care for America Now Thanks
Senators Carper and Kaufman for Voting to Proceed
Delaware Healthcare coalitions as part of Health Care for America Now (HCAN) – the nation’s largest health care campaign – released the following statement thanking Senators Carper and Kaufman for voting for [...]
Well, it took out-and-out bribery of fellow Senators, one hundred million dollars of pork for Louisiana alone , but Senate Majority leader Harry Reid was able to cobble together the bare minimum of sixty votes to move the health care debate to the floor [...]
If Delaware had a Republican United States Senator, the government takeover of health care would be dead today.
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