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4 hours ago ago from Mikyung Lim's Blog
Having some form of health care reform is of course better than giving it up completely. Prof. Paul Krugman is right in his NY Times article A Dangerous Dysfunction of December 21, 2009. Under the current Senate rule, there is no way to achieve any meaningful work done in Senate. Definitely, it is necessary to introduce a new rule that requires simple majority to pass a bill in Senate. On the other hand, it is puzzlesome that Senate ...
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From Politico : House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California can’t afford to lose any Democrats. And with Stupak threatening to vote against the Senate compromise, she’ll need to offset his vote with other Democrats who voted against it the first time. She might be able to pick up some moderate-to-conservative Democrats who favor the Senate approach, but many of these lawmakers will need to be OK with the final abortion restrictions. On ...
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14 hours ago ago from Chicagobluesgirl's Blog
From Heritage.org The Obama White House and its congressional allies have tried all year to push their various bills through to passage by truncating the time between introduction and a decisive vote to the bare minimum. They figure the only way to get something passed is to minimize public review and scrutiny of whatever their latest idea is to engineer American health care from Washington, D.C. To date, that tactic hasn’t worked ...
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1 hour, 45 minutes ago ago from Media General - SCNow.com
Local District facing budget crisis, school officials say Published Sunday, December 20, 2009 7:06 PM GEORGETOWN, S.C. â The Georgetown County School District is facing a $5 million shortfall because of recent budget cuts announced by the state. Superintendent Dr. Randy Dozier said he will make recommendations to the school board on ways to help make up the loss on Jan. ...
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