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Pelosi: Jobs bill by State of the Union
14 hours ago ago from Conservative Politics | In Exile
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will vote on a jobs bill Wednesday. Read more Original post: Pelosi: Jobs bill by State of the Union
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By Susan Davis When the House passed its version of a sweeping overhaul of financial industry regulation last Friday, not a single House Republican voted for the bill. And while House Democrats are facing their own political headwinds next year, they believe the vote may leave many Republicans vulnerable to attack following the starkest U.S. economic decline since the Great Depression. Today, the House Democratic campaign ...
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21 hours ago ago from Political Punch
After meeti ng with a clowder of fat cats (i.e. bank executives) yesterday , President Obama will this afternoon attempt to herd cats -- getting Senators to cooperate and pass health care reform legislation. He will speak to all 60 Senators who caucus with the Democrats -- 58 Democratic senators and independents Joe Lieberman of Connecticut and Bernie Sanders from Vermont. His message, White House officials say, will be for them to ...
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8 hours ago ago from Yes, But, However!
LOS ANGELES ( YBH.COM ) Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson introduced an amendment to the Senate health care bill which would have barred Federal funds to be used for abortions. It was defeated. Endorsed by Nebraska Right To Life during his 2006 election, Nelson has stated he will not vote for a health care bill without such a provision. Senator Nelson Gets Pressured by White House Needing 60 votes for passage, and with Joe ...
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22 hours ago ago from Destructor: Evil Death Bunny Incarnate
Rasmussen Reports: Nancy Pelosi's Negatives go up when identified as house speaker. These two sentences tell me in a nutshell how dreadfully wrong Obama and the media talking heads are about the political winds. Paul Krugman’s ratings fell when he was identified as affiliated with the New York Times. John Fund’s ratings improved when he was identified with the Wall Street Journal.
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President Obama and the Senate leadership can't whip up the votes necessary to pass a public option or even a Medicare buy-in compromise, but they didn't have any trouble persuading 30 Democrats to vote against prescription drug reimportation Tuesday night -- thus preserving the deal cut between the Senate Finance Committee, the White House and Big Pharma. The amendment's sponsor, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), was asked after the vote if ...
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