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What's next on health care?
13 hours ago ago from Third Base Politics
This whole mess is awfully difficult to keep up with. I was checking in pretty often yesterday with a buddy focusing on it all over at Heritage and even he had to laugh at how ridiculous things have gotten. According to him, as of right now we can expect to see the bill pass the Senate, sans public option and medicare buy-in reforms, and go to conference committee around December 26th. From there we'll likely see a two-week conference and a ...
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12 hours ago ago from Why LIE-dis n LIE-dat?
The 66-63 vote that passed the Budget on Dec 14, 2009, nearly caught BN off-guard, thanks to the alertness of Nazri in sms-ing BN MPs to the august house in the late hour of the night, 11.15 pm as reported in the media. See story below. It was a surprise at the Car of the Year award on Dec 14, when the guests were surprised the Deputy PM had to leave mid way the event! The buzz among the captains of the automotive industry was some VVIP ...
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18 hours ago ago from odd time signatures
Howard Dean is on the campaign trail. He wants to kill the bill (a line right out of the teafolks' protest signs) and use budget reconciliation to revive the public option. Through the furor of the past day I am clearer about the public option. It has very little to do with cost controls and everything to do with a symbolic slide to single payer health care. Even the CBO noted that it would have no real market impact, but would actually ...
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6 hours ago ago from For-UA (Ukraine English News) Alternative Review
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6 hours ago ago from Yall Politics
Budget proposal called 'good starting point' But key lawmakers stressed the proposal they adopted for the fiscal year that begins July 1 is simply a blueprint for the final budget approved in the upcoming session. "It's the best we could come up with," Sen. Terry Burton, R-Newton, said after the Joint Legislative Budget Committee adopted its budget recommendations Tuesday. "This is probably the most uncomfortable budget I've had to vote ...
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Native Hawaiian bill poised to pass 2 committees
6 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Native Hawaiian bill poised to pass 2 committees WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two congressional committees are considering legislation this week that would let native Hawaiians establish their own government, much like those organized by hundreds of Indian tribes. The House Natural Resources Committee takes first crack at the bill Wednesday. The Senate Indian Affairs Committee takes up the legislation Thursday. The legislation had been expected to ...
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Facing Up to the Nation's Finances is back with a new "Budget Blog Carnival!" If you are unfamiliar, a blog carnival is an online "magazine" (blogo-zine) of sorts that focuses on a specific theme. This issue is all about the U.S. federal budget and the national debt. As always, the carnival is comprised of a non-partisan collective of blog entries. While specific pieces may have ideological roots, the overall carnival is a testament to the ...
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