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4 hours ago ago from Citizen Wells
To all Americans. Especially to all senior citizens, who survived the Great Depression and fought hard to save this country and keep it free. Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama are ramming an unwanted Health Care Bill down our throats, a bill that cuts billions from Medicare. To do this they have bought the votes of Mary Landrieu and Ben Nelson with hundreds of billions of dollars that belong to Medicare and the American ...
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23 hours ago ago from Jeff Weintraub
The breaking news Saturday morning was that the Senate Democrats now had 60 votes to break the Republican filibuster and move ahead with a bill. So far, there are no indications that this deal has fallen apart. It's showtime! At best, there is still a lot of legislative trench warfare ahead before the Senate actually passes a bill, and that still leaves the process of reconciling the House and Senate bills, etc. Furthermore, whatever bill ...
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WASHINGTON - With the last Democratic holdout on health care throwing his support behind a reform bill, hopes were raised for final passage by Christmas of President Barack Obama's top domestic policy priority that its Republican critic said will reshape our nation and our lives . Senator Ben Nelson's support Saturday assured the party the crucial backing it needed to avoid a Republican filibuster that would prevent a Senate vote. ...
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7 hours ago ago from Your Healthcare 411
On Friday night, Senate Majority Leader Reid released his Manager’s Amendment which contains 383 pages of changes to his bill. These changes are designed to gain the 60 votes necessary to end debate and allow a vote on passage of the health care reform bill. News reports indicate that Senator Nelson has agreed to the changes and supports the bill. The Manager’s Amendment does NOT contain language similar to the Stupak amendment ...
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6 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
WASHINGTON The chairman of the Senate Budget Committee says the House must stick close to the Senate's version of health care reform or risk losing the 60 votes needed to pass it in the Senate. Sen. Kent Conrad, a Democrat from North Dakota, said on "Fox News Sunday" that the 60 votes needed to stop a filibuster would not hold together unless the Senate bill emerged largely intact from a House-Senate conference. Once the Senate approves ...
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All I want for Christmas is a health care bill from the Senate. Majority Leader Harry Reid has scheduled the final vote on Christmas Eve, and a win seems certain due to Ben Nelson's new deal for more Medicaid funds in Nebraska. That is, unless Joe Lieberman--the senator from Hartford (Insurance Co.)--plays grinch again. Or Mr. Potter. So why aren't we progressives happier? The bottom line, folks, is that whatever bill Congress enacts will ...
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Senate Democrats said Saturday that they had closed ranks in support of legislation to overhaul the nation's health-care system, ending months of internal division and clearing a path for quick Senate passage of President Obama's top domestic policy priority. This Story Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) secured the pivotal 60th vote after acceding to the demands of Sen. Ben Nelson ...
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