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Obama may get health-care reform vote by Christmas
20 hours ago ago from Australia India Sri Lanka South Asia News
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. Asked if he had ...
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22 hours ago ago from TheTandD.com | Columns
WASHINGTON — As the attempt to pass meaningful health care reform stumbles oafishly toward home plate, having missed a base or two along the way, it’s hard not to repeat Casey Stengel’s famous lament about the hapless 1962 Mets: “You look up and down the bench and you have to say to yourself, ‘Can’t anybody here play this game?’” The answer is that some can and some can’t. Nancy Pelosi can play. Faced with adamantine ...
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18 hours ago ago from THE BURNED OVER DISTRICT
You see, the poor old Republicans really do want to help the President and the country succeed but Barack Obama has made that impossible by not being white. As a result, the GOP has no other choice but to say NO. So sayeth the nasty old sparrow fart that had his ass handed to him in the last election. The responsibility for the most partisan atmosphere in Washington history goes to President Barack Obama, according to Sen. John McCain. ...
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13 hours ago ago from my 3 x 5 cards
Here’s an article dated Sunday, June 27, 2004 from the East-African Standard Online that clearly states Obama is Kenyan-born: Kenyan-born US Senate hopeful, Barrack Obama , appeared set to take over the Illinois Senate seat after his main rival, Jack Ryan, dropped out of the race on Friday night amid a furor over lurid sex club allegations. The allegations that horrified fellow Republicans and caused his once-promising candidacy to ...
Related contentPresident Obama responds to “60 Votes For Health Care Bill”…Rep. Nelson says “YES”
18 hours ago ago from Michellez Milk-Cat Litter Politics
President Obama is closer to reforming the United States Healthcare System with 60 votes confirmed. Rep. Nelson sealed the deal and President Obama stated After a nearly century-long struggle, we are on the cusp of making health care reform a reality in the United States of America. Majority Leader Harry Reid is a really tough competitor. I hope he is remember for his courageous efforts with the bill. Whether you are for the bill or against ...
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Steve Marmel: Yes, the health care bill is flawed. Exactly why are Democrats only blaming Democrats?
12 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
With a lot of fanfare, but very little reason for it, it looks like Obama is going to get his top domestic policy accomplished this year. Health Care for most. And since I can't really put things in sarcastic finger quotes here, I'll just say it like this: "Huzzah." This is a mutt of a bill - a frankenstein mish-mash of ideas that could have been, and should have been, a hell of a lot better than it actually is. Yes, Harry Reid had to ...
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16 hours ago ago from NBC
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6 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
WASHINGTON Senate Democrats confidently advanced heath care legislation Sunday toward a make-or-break test vote in a push for Christmas-week passage. Republicans vowed to resist what they appeared unable to stop. In the run-up to the vote, the escalation in rhetoric was remarkable on both sides of an issue that has divided the two political parties for months. "This process is not legislation. This process is corruption," said Sen. Tom ...
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18 hours ago ago from Media General - TBO.com
WASHINGTON - Outnumbered Republicans are vowing to delay passage of historic health care legislation as long as possible after jubilant Democrats locked in Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson as the 60th and decisive vote. Nelson's backing puts President Barack Obama's signature issue firmly on a path for Christmas Eve passage. Democrats will need to show 60 votes on two additional occasions, with the next - and most critical - test vote set for about ...
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3 hours ago ago from The New York Times
WASHINGTON Nasty charges of bribery. Senators cut off mid-speech. Accusations of politics put over patriotism. Talk of double-crosses. A nonagenarian forced to the floor after midnight for multiple procedural votes. Brendan Smialowski for The New York Times Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, a Republican-turned-Democrat, has lamented the change of tone in the Senate. A blog from The New York Times that tracks ...
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