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64 Democrats on the Wrong Side of Stupak-Pitts
For future reference, here is the list of Democrats who voted "Aye" on the Stupak-Pitts Amendment. AL-2 Bright, Bobby; AL- 5 Griffith, Parker; AL-7 Davis, Artur; AR-1 Berry, Robert; AR-2 Snyder, Victor; AR-4 AR-4 Ross, Mike; CA-18 Cardoza, Dennis; CA-20 Costa, Jim; CA-43 Baca, Joe; CO-3 Salazar, J …
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Sunday Talk - Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
What a week, sports fans. Tuesday saw Republicans take back control of the House New Jersey and Senate Virginia Governorships. And although Democrats won the NY-23 special election, it was still a huge win for conservatives. Then came Thursday. Thursday was the Super Bowl of Freedom. Somewhere bet …
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64 Democrats on the Wrong Side of Stupak
For future reference, here is the list of Democrats who voted "Aye" on the Stupak Amendment. AL-2 Bright, Bobby; AL- 5 Griffith, Parker; AL-7 Davis, Artur; AR-1 Berry, Robert; AR-2 Snyder, Victor; AR-4 AR-4 Ross, Mike; AR-4 Ross, Mike; CA-18 Cardoza, Dennis; CA-20 Costa, Jim; CA-43 Baca, Joe; CO-3 …
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President Obama's response to House bill passage
Statement of President Barack Obama on House Passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act Tonight, in an historic vote, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would finally make real the promise of quality, affordable health care for the American people. The Affordable Health Care …
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History Made, 220-215
This is the first time a chamber of Congress has passed healthcare reform since Medicare was enacted. There's a lot of work left to do on this, and a lot of ugly to be undone, but we made it this far against long odds. Now the really hard work: the Senate.
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HCR House Debate: Final Passage Up Next
The final bill vote is coming up next. Watch it here. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Update: And here we go.... Unless a lot of people have been lying to the whip and to leadership, the bill will pass. Update 2: 212 with 9:00 minutes left. Just six more v …
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HCR House Debate: Still Voting
Voting continues on the Republican "plan." Keep talking. And good lord, how do these anti-reform people calling into C-SPAN manage to breathe and dial the phone at the same time? Update: We're saved from the Boehner "plan," with it failing 176-258. One R voted no. Update 2: And here's the motion …
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HCR House Debate: Let the Voting Begin
We're starting with the Stupak Wire Coat Hanger Amendment. That vote will go for 15 minutes. Then we have the Republican "substitute." George Miller really said everything that needed to be said about their "plan" for reform: Then there will be a the motion to recommit, a Republican effort …
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What is that orange guy talking about?
The unusually-tinted Minority Leader of the House, John Boehner (R-OH) has been to the floor repeatedly today to try to extract promises from the Democrats managing the health insurance reform bill that if the Stupak amendment is adopted, they'll work to ensure that the amendment's language survives …
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Health care reform, lying and GOP hypocrites
Wow, what a frothing frenzy of flat-out fabrications and 200-proof bullshit we've had. But we're nearly there. Votes are coming in around 9:30 EST, on both Stupak and the Republican substitute--though it's not clear at the moment which is coming first. But in the meantime, here's a little refresher …
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Into the mouths of babes ...
Another stellar Republican moment: John Shadegg (R-Upchuck, AZ) grabs a baby as a prop and inserts free-market pablum ventriloquism into the already infantile Republican health care arguments ("Maddy believes in freedom.... Maddy believes in patient choice health care."). Maddy, as soon as she re …
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HCR House Debate: Catholics for Choice Say Stupak Amendment "Unconscionable," Stupak Smirks
So the US Conference of Catholic Bishops care more about preventing women from having access to abortion--which is still legal, btw--than about providing healthcare access to millions and millions of the uninsured. Catholics for Choice don't agree: Jon O’Brien, president of Catholics for Ch …
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How's the House HCR Bill Going to Affect You?
House Leadership has put together this handy interactive tool to help individual see how healthcare reform might help them. It doesn't drill down to specifics like levels of premiums you'll have to pay, etc., but steers you toward the information sheets (all pdfs) that provide more information. It …
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Rep. Steve King Is An Asshole
So earlier today, Republican Congressman Steve King actually said: "All Americans have health care, every single one." What a noble sentiment. And what a spectacularly, blatantly false one. One would have to believe King knows full well it is false, but then again he is a conservative Republican …
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HCR House Debate: Procedural Votes a Clue on Final Votes?
Over at Congress Matters, David posts about the first procedural vote of the day. Ordering the previous question is akin to a House version of cloture, except that instead of unlimited debate, there's only an extra hour at stake. Well, that and the ability to amend the rule, which would be an exce …
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Steve King: "All Americans have health care"
Yes, according to Rep. Steve King (R, Of Course-IA), "All Americans have health care, every single one." Yes! We all have health care! Except for the tens of thousands who die from lack of insurance each year: Nearly 45,000 people die in the United States each year -- one every 12 minutes -- in …
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HCR House Debate: How Bad Is the Stupak Amendment?
Really bad. Ezra: Because of the limits placed on the exchanges, most of the participants will have some form of premium credit or affordable subsidy. That means most will be ineligible for abortion coverage. The idea that people are going to go out and purchase separate "abortion plans" is both c …
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HCR House Debate: The President's Pep Rally
Obama met with the House Democratic caucus this morning. Sam Stein has a report on his message: The president, according multiple attendees, played the role of political prognosticator during his roughly 30 minute address before Democratic caucus members on Capitol Hill. Addressing, implicitly, th …
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HCR House Debate: Keep On Whippin'!
The abortion amendment is a critical effort, but we're also still lining up support for the general bill. As a reminder, here are the list of no votes from the latest whip update last night: Adler, Baird, Boren, Bright, Childers, A. Davis, L. Davis, Gordon, P.Griffith, Herseth Sandlin, Kissell, Ko …
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HCR House Debate: The Stupak Amendment
Where are we on the abortion standoff? Still fighting, from all reports. Politico reports that leadership has twisted arms in the vast majority of the caucus which is pro-choice, and Stupak won't be the poison pill. Asked whether her allies in the pro-choice movement would support the bill with th …
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