Those hitting what appears to be a health care compromise ought to focus their energies on the getting rid of filibuster. [...] Yesterday Senator Russ Feingold issued a statement on a reported deal between liberal and moderate Senate Democrats on health care reform:
“While I appreciate the willingness of all parties to engage in good-faith discussions, I do not support proposals that would replace the public option in the bill with [...]
So what if people are going broke to get their daughter needed brain surgeries? The health care is working fine. Poor people don't deserve the right to life.' [...] Senator Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) said yesterday that he is prepared to filibuster the Senate version of health care reform legislation if it contains government funding of abortion. Nelson and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) are drafting an amendment that Nelson says mirrors the Stupak-Pitts Amendment that was approved by the House.
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Senator Bob Casey (D-Pa) stated last week that he would work to remove abortion funding from the Senate health care reform bill on which debate is opening today. This is welcome news as it is vital to have Democratic leadership on this important measure. The language of an amendment from [...]
With Congress hellbent on ruining health care as we know it — I mean, passing health care reform — here is one in-state and one out-of-state perspective.
The latter comes from the Washington Post's Charles Krauthammer, who correctly believes health care reform should not look like it's going to look:
The [...]
Seems like Steve Kagen hasn’t been listening to the folks in Appleton, Green Bay, Marinette, and across Northeast Wisconsin who want real health care reform—not a representative who stands beside Nancy Pelosi and votes for her sell-out bill.
If you’d like to help vote out one of the most liberal, [...]
Here’s an interesting nugget of information:
No Child Left Behind: 280,000+ words
House version of health care reform legislation: 319,145 words
Senate version of health care reform legislation: 318,512 words
I wonder if those same conservatives who are decrying how big the health care reform bill were singing the same tune [...]
Republican: This health care reform thing is a government takeover of 1/6th of the economy! And the bill is over two thousand pages! And it costs hundreds of billions of dollars! It’s socialism! It’ll raise the deficit!
Me: It’s not a “takeover” and it doesn’t raise the deficit–it lowers it. [...]
To debate or not to debate the Senate’s health care reform bill; that is the question.
The legislative body on Saturday is expected to vote on whether to begin debate — also known as invoking cloture — on its version of the health care bill, which was introduced Wednesday [...]
I don't know what's more amazing. That Mary Landrieu went this cheap, or that Reid had the stones to play around with the legislative language the way he did.
What does it take to get a wavering senator to vote for health care reform?
Here’s a case study.
On page 432 of' [...]
I’m definitely in favor of the health care reform bills being considered in Washington right now. But there is one thing that bothers me and makes me view these bills as nothing more than a preliminary step toward solving one of the most in-your-face problems in American health care. While [...]
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants the Senate to begin voting on health care reform legislation this week. But first, he has to round up 60 votes to vote for a Motion to Proceed which will begin Senate debate on the issue.
Reid still doesn’t have the Senate bill crafted but [...]
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