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Hawaii on the Horizon, President Obama Praises Senate's "Historic Vote"
2 hours ago ago from Political Punch
Jake Tapper and John Parkinson report: Before leaving this morning for his Christmas vacation in Hawaii, President Obama called this morning’s party-line 60-39 vote in the Senate for Democratic health care reform measures “historic,” adding that he looks forward to working with both chambers of Congress to bring a final bill to his desk next month. We are now finally poised to deliver on the promise of real, meaningful health-insurance ...
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17 hours ago ago from Politics Plus
By the time most of you read this, the Senate will have passed it's version of the Health Care bill. Frankly, I'm sick and tired of all the arguing about it, so I'm happy to put this on the back burner until Congress resumes in mid-January, and I have no desire to spark another argument. However, to avoid misunderstanding at that time, here are the different manners that the bill might proceed toward a unified version for Obama's signature. ...
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13 hours ago ago from And To The Republic
By Kevin C. Donnelly Everyone of the bums who voted for one sixth of the United States economy to become hostage to the government needs to be thrown out office. This thing needs to be killed deader than Ted Kennedy as soon as possible (I don’t care who that offends, it’s the truth, and I’m tired of all this “Do it for Teddy” talk, they could say the same thing about leaving people for dead or for acting a fool at a bar). Remember the ...
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12 hours ago ago from Midwest Conservative Journal
In gratitude for all those prostitutes senators and congressmen who risked their careers for his legacy, Barack Obama plans to shelve health care until a little bit closer to the 2010 election: The White House privately anticipates health care talks to slip into February — past President Barack Obama’s first State of the Union address — and then plans to make a “very hard pivot” to a new jobs bill, according to senior administration ...
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16 hours ago ago from The Morning Delivery
So if everything goes according to plan, and the Senate approves the health care reform bill on Christmas Eve morning, what happens next? Since both the House and Senate have passed different versions, this historic piece of legislation must be reconciled between leaders of both houses before it’s ready to be presented to the president. The Constitution, after all, requires that the House and Senate approve the same bill or joint ...
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Obama in Late Push on Health
13 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- With the Senate set to pass its health bill on Christmas Eve, President Barack Obama is planning to step up his involvement in the final health-care legislation, White House and congressional officials say. At the same time, Republicans have ratcheted up their attacks on the legislation and begun approaching conservative Democrats to switch parties, in the wake of this week's unexpected defection of Democratic Rep. Parker ...
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15 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
So if everything goes according to plan, and the Senate approves the health care reform bill on Christmas Eve morning, what happens next? Since both the House and Senate have passed different versions, this historic piece of legislation must be reconciled between leaders of both houses before it's ready to be presented to the president. The Constitution, after all, requires that the House and Senate approve the same bill or joint ...
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22 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
What the past several months have revealed, far more than the power of lobbyists (which we already knew) or the ability of senators to toss their ideology out the window for fun and profit (ditto), is the complete and total inability of the government to govern. Whatever your opinion of this health-care bill, whatever your opinion of Democrats or Republicans, put that aside for a moment and consider this: A charismatic president with a ...
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8 hours ago ago from BBC
Senators will vote on the bill in the early hours of Christmas Eve US senators are preparing to vote on the final Senate version of a historic healthcare reform bill. The legislation aims to cover 31 million uninsured Americans and could lead to the biggest change in US healthcare in decades. President Barack Obama said the process had been but that the final bill was greatly worthy of support . If approved, it would still ...
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4 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- The Senate approved sweeping health-overhaul legislation on Thursday, a landmark moment for White House-led efforts to expand insurance coverage to more than 30 million Americans. The bill, approved by a 60-39 vote, would deliver on a long-promised Democratic goal of extending coverage to nearly every American, and would represent the biggest expansion of the federal safety net since the 1965 creation of Medicare, the ...
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