And we can thank Tom Coburn for this: Extended unemployment benefits will temporarily expire for thousands of Americans on Monday because the Senate went on its spring recess without approving a one-month deadline extension. The extension, which had bipartisan support, would have cost about $10 billion, but a lone Republican, Sen. Tom Coburn, said no […]
And back to the House it goes. Rumors are there could be a vote tonight on it. If it passes then it’s on to the White House.
I’ve been reading more on that Gallup poll from yesterday that shows more Americans now supporting health care reform than opposing it. For a refresher, here’s the results: What’s interesting is the headline accompanying this poll: By Slim Margin, Americans Support Healthcare Bill’s Passage I don’t really remember pollsters considering a 9% margin “slim”. Perhaps […]
The Republicans are going on the warpath today with the “give to us and help us win this year so we can repeal health care”. How? How can they come up with enough votes to repeal health care. This wouldn’t be a simple “oh we got a majority and we repeal it”. It would take […]
So here we are, the final week for the health care reform push. It’s going to be interesting to see what happens today. I got a feeling the signals will be mixed all the way up to the final vote this weekend. From one minute to the next we will hear “they have the votes”, […]
I’ve been tied up for the past 3 days rebuilding one of my servers and haven’t had time to really look at any thing news wise, which totally sucks, so I was really surprised to see this bit of news today: On a local TV interview show on Friday Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) basically said […]
Following up on yesterday’s post, the number of senators singing the letter to urge Harry Reid to put the public option back in play is now growing. Here’s where the list stands: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) Michael Bennet (D-Col.) Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Al Franken (D-Minn.) Pat Leahy (D-VT) Roland Burris […]
The Supreme Court has just removed campaign donation restrictions on corporations: The Supreme Court has ruled that corporations may spend freely to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, easing decades-old limits on their participation in federal campaigns. By a 5-4 vote, the court on Thursday overturned a 20-year-old ruling that said corporations can […]
