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• Every Democrat Taxpayer Protection Pledge Signer Has Broken His Pledge Now

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Last night’s cloture vote on the Obama-Reid Big Government Healthcare Bill brought an end to any discussion of fiscal conservative or “moderate” Democrats. Two so-called moderate Democrats Ben Nelson and Arlen Specter betrayed taxpayers by violating their Taxpayer Protection Pledges and voting along with 58 other ...
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• Representative Democracy vs. the Senate filibuster

  
  Tony's curricublog — Authority: 109
  In his Washington Sketch column Monday, Dec. 21, Dana Milbank writes about “An ugly finale for health-care reform”:At 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon — nine hours before the 1 a.m. vote that would effectively clinch the legislation’s passage — Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) went to the Senate floor to propose a prayer. ...
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• GOP lawmakers change tune on costly health plans (AP)

  
  enUws — Authority: 470
  AP – Democrats are troubled by the inconsistency of Republican lawmakers who approved a major Medicare expansion six years ago that has added tens … Excerpt from: (AP)"> (AP)">GOP lawmakers change tune on costly health plans (AP)
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• GOP lawmakers change tune on costly health plans (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 179
  AP - Democrats are troubled by the inconsistency of Republican lawmakers who approved a major Medicare expansion six years ago that has added tens of billions of dollars to federal deficits, but oppose current health overhaul plans.
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• Change = Politics as usual

  
  Stones Cry Out — Authority: 135
  Even as the ObamaCare vote is delivered to us on Christmas Eve, HotAir provides a list of the payoffs… payoffs for votes, that is. From Investors.com , Sen. Mary Landrieu was the new “Louisiana Purchase.” Sen. Ben Nelson got the federal government to pick up his state’s future Medicaid tab. Maybe we ...
  3 days ago

• Hey, Hey, LBJ! What Kind of Bill Would You Kill Today?

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 486
  At a Christmas party a couple weeks ago, back when it looked as if the Senate bill’s compromise would include the Medicare buy-in, a friend of mine told me that he predicted Harry Reid was gong to go down in history as the next LBJ. When I reminded him that the deal was not yet set in stone (the degree of Joe ...
  3 days ago

• Latte Links (12/23) Health Care Edition Redux

  
  Caffeinated Thoughts — Authority: 138
  More health care reform links before we have a Harry, Harry Christmas . Cato @ Liberty: Death Panels? Sarah Palin was Right by Alan Reynolds Sarah Palin: Midnight Votes, Backroom Deals, and a Death Panel The Iowa Republican: Congress and White House Exempted Itself from New Healthcare Law CNS News: ...
  4 days ago

• Challenge to health bills constitutionality fails, 39-60

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  A challenge to the Senate health bills constitutionality failed on Wednesday afternoon in a party-line vote. Sens. John Ensign (R-Nev.) and Orrin Hatchs (R-Utah) point of order arguing that the Senate bill is unconstitutional under the Interstate Commerce Clause and Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution failed in a ...
  4 days ago

• Senate Dems Clear Last Cloture Hurdle – Health Care Bill’s Passage Expected Tomorrow AM

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 741
  (photo: kylemac) The Senate just passed a third and final cloture vote, by a count of 60-39, on the health care bill. In prior votes today, Jim Bunning did not vote, so I would assume in advance of a roll call, that he was the missing vote. All members of the Democratic caucus voted for cloture. Tom Harkin just ...
  4 days ago

• Beltway Christmas: Cash for Corruptocrats

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  The Democrats are right. Sleazy bribes and pork payoffs didnt start with their government health care takeover bill. Theyve been doling out taxpayer-funded goodies for votes all year. Harry Reids latest Cash for Cloture deals are the culmination of Washingtons 2009 shopping spree at our expense. Go back to January and ...
  4 days ago

• Senate Bribes EXPOSED – We Can STILL Stop ObamaCare!

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 450
  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has won his second cloture vote on the ObamaCare bill, the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” — but the bill can STILL BE STOPPED! The liberal Democrats snuck through the first vote on their socialist health care bill — IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT , at 1:00 ...
  5 days ago

• Going Nuclear On The Filibuster?

  
  ChrisWeigant.com — Authority: 423
  These days, it takes 60 votes to do just about anything in the United States Senate. That is a fact that galls many, especially since it is a fairly recent development. While the filibuster (or, the more polite modern version, cloture) has been around for a long time, it simply has not been [...]
  5 days ago

• Talking Health Care Reform on TCR Report

  
  Caffeinated Thoughts — Authority: 138
  I was actually able to be in the studio unlike last time .  Art Smith of The Conservative Reader has asked me to be on his radio show The Conservative Reader Report on Des Moines Local Live .  Also with us was Kim Lehman who is President of Iowa Right to Life and Iowa’s National Committeewoman for the ...
  5 days ago

• Cash for Cloture - Bribery

  
  ARRA News Service — Authority: 534
  Tony Perkins, Washington Update:   In what columnist Michelle Malkin has dubbed " Cash for Cloture," Senator Harry Reids (D-Nev.) ability to sway all 60 Democratic Senators to vote for his health care bill monstrosity wasnt an exploit of legislative prowess-but taxpayer-funded bribery. On the heels of the "Louisiana ...
  5 days ago

• Republicans Relent; Final Senate Health Care Vote 8AM Christmas Eve

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 741
  habitrail Senate (photo: romap)" width="181" height="270" /> An early Christmas present courtesy of the US habitrail Senate (photo: romap) Republicans, eager to get home for Christmas, have agreed to give back some of their debate time which delayed the inevitable, setting up a final vote on the Senate health ...
  5 days ago

• The Healthcare Gravy Train: Why is NJ getting nothing?

  
  NJ Tax Revolution — Authority: 122
  The bribes paid to recalcitrant Democrat legislators have been documented in various blogs on both the left and right. The so-called Cash for Cloture scandal can be reviewed in detail here at Michelle Malkins site. No reasonable citizen can look at this situation and the actions by Harry Reid and not be sickened by ...
  5 days ago

• Ho Ho Healthcare

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 564
  Nothing says Christmas in Washington like a cloture vote! Keep those fir trees, ornaments, the city blanketed in white — though of course the U.S. capital has all of those this year too. What real Washingtonians are looking for is a getaway by December 25. And with an early morning vote  today to cut off Senate ...
  5 days ago

• Tuesday Morning Open Thread

  
  Mother Talkers — Authority: 141
  Whats up? The healthcare bill passed a key Senate vote yesterday early morning, according to the Associated Press . This vote, which was passed by the 58 Democrats and two Independents, puts the bill on track for passage before Christmas. The healthcare overhaul is expected to cover 30 million uninsured Americans. ...
  5 days ago

• SOCIALIZED MEDICINE DAILY DIGEST FOR 12/21/09

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Cash For Cloture: Obamacare Bill is So Bad It Has to Be Rammed Through In Middle of The Night WSJ/The Lid ^ | 12/21/09 | The Lid Posted on Monday, December 21, 2009 12:34:39 AM by Shellybenoit So it comes down to this, Senator Nelson trades his pro-life position for a couple of bucks...Gee, if he thought abortion is ...
  6 days ago

• Abortion deal may be hard to keep in health bill (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 179
  AP - Twice now, abortion was almost a dealbreaker. This time, it was a dealmaker.
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