Given the very narrow margins that the House passed their version of the health care bill, it appears that one of the key Senate changes could end up meaning doom for the legislation: One thing is clear: Unless Sen. Harry Reid and President Barack Obama back down on the excise tax in the health reform […]
Paul Kirk, the interim replacement for the late Ted Kennedy, has sworn to “absolutely” vote for health care reform. It looks like he could get that chance: The U.S. Senate ultimately will schedule the swearing-in of Kirk’s successor, but not until the state certifies the election. Today, a spokesman for Secretary of the Commonwealth William […]
By the time the House and Senate get back in session and get their differences hammered out, we might not have 60 votes for the bill to pass: Playing it cautious, the Cook Political Report moves the U.S. Senate special election in Massachusetts from the Solid Democratic column to the Lean Democratic column. “At this […]
If this keeps up then we might finally get rid of Lieberman in 2012: More than 80 percent (81 percent) of Democrats now say they disapprove of the job Lieberman is doing with only 14 percent approving. Among Republicans, 48 percent disapprove of the senator with just 39 approving. And among independents, 61 percent disapprove […]
I’m sure some will point to this as an indicator that we don’t need health care reform: Spending on health care slowed in 2008, according to a government report released Tuesday. In fact, health spending grew more slowly than at any time in at least a half century. [SNIP] “National health spending growth slowed in […]
Given the big news of the day, that Democrats plan to forgo the formal conference and instead ping-pong the health care bill into final legislation, I am now stuck turning to Michelle Malkin, who is citing the 2006 report from Democrats on the “death of deliberative democracy”: The conference process in the 108th Congress is […]
When it came time for Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) to respond to claims by Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) that health care reform was socialism, the FOX satellite decided to act up: Given the history of FOX News and their extreme bias reporting, it does leave one wondering if this was by total accident. A quick […]
I hope everyone has a great day filled with love and joy while celebrating with their family and friends. I even extend this to those on the right, with whom we spend the rest of the year butting heads. And a very special Merry Christmas to Eric Erickson of Red State, who has apparently really […]
Another court battle over the health care reform is brewing: The top prosecutors in seven states are probing the constitutionality of a political deal that cut a funding break for Nebraska in order to pass a federal health care reform bill, South Carolina’s attorney general said Tuesday. Attorney General Henry McMaster said he and his […]
I hate playing the game of “i told ya so”, but it looks like that is what’s going to happen. Last Friday I wrote a post in which I said: I’m just spit-balling here, but something has struck me. For years we have talked about how banning abortion was a necessity for Republican victory, as […]