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• In Congress, Ignorance is Strength

  
  Count Us Out — Authority: 151
  by Edward Cline, 11/14/09I open this commentary with the introduction to my previous commentary, “The Mainstream Smearing of Ayn Rand.” The disparity in subject is not so irrelevant as one might presume, but I won’t dwell on that matter. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi looked like a deer caught in the ...
  19 hours ago

• Heyman: Mets to Look Into Gonzalez & Halladay

  
  Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest — Authority: 146
  I have a feeling that this will be a winter of a lot of interesting hot stove talk. Just a day into the GM meetings we have heard about the Mets possibly having interest in Lyle Overbay. Also tonight Jon Heyman of SI tweeted the following earlier today: Mets will look into Halladay, A. Gonzalez. Execs believe ...
  5 days ago

• Morning Bell: Who is the President Calling “Extremist?”

  
  The Foundry — Authority: 768
  Following last Tuesday’s election, the last thing Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) wanted to do was allow Members of Congress to go home and talk to their constituents about the $2.6 trillion health care bill she was marshaling through Congress. The centerpiece of Pelosi’s trap and pressure campaign was a Saturday ...
  6 days ago

• Health Care: House Vote Brings Us One Step Closer To Success

  
  Let Us Talk — Authority: 111
    This morning, we are one step closer to achieving health care reform in the United States of America.  Can I get a “hip, hip!” Nancy Pelosi and The House voted 220-215 on Saturday night on health care legislation that would provide way past due relief to Americans struggling to buy or hold on to health ...
  6 days ago

• Health Care Bill Passes, 220-215; Pelosi, Hoyer, Clyburn Win Big One For Obama (Kratovil Votes No)

  
  Maryland On My Mind — Authority: 423
  Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Whip James Clyburn, Majority Leader Steny HoyerWe saw democracy in action tonight. Democracy is not a sure thing. How small is the margin between success and failure.  Between victory and defeat. Progress and regression. How many votes to change history? Whose effort turns ...
  1 week ago

• U.S. House Votes in Favor of Obamacare

  
  The Foundry — Authority: 768
  The House vote tonight took a step towards transferring power over personal health care decisions from individuals to bureaucrats in Washington. The Republican alternative was a good strong first step to series of targeted reforms that are necessary to improve health care financing and delivery. The House bill passed ...
  1 week ago

• House Passes Health Bill 220 to 215

  
  CafeSentido.com — Authority: 521
  At 10:59 pm Saturday evening, a 15-minute vote was called. Members of the House were then to vote yea or nay by electronic device. By 11:01 pm, the vote was 197 to 184 and moving quickly. The vote tally will not be final until the Speaker drops the gavel to close the vote. By 11:03 pm, 36 Democrats had voted against ...
  1 week ago

• House Leadership Speaks on House Healthcare Bill Video

  
  Today With President Barack Obama — Authority: 152
  "We had a very uplifting meeting," said Representative James Clyburn on the leaderships meeting with Obama. "...On this day when we will be making history with our vote," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Lets hope so. Contrast that with this:
  1 week ago

• President Obamas remarks about the health care insurance reform vote pending in the House of Representatives (Video)

  
  This Week With Barack Obama — Authority: 146
  The Democrats remarks for the pending vote for health care insurance reform:Home Page
  1 week ago

• President Obama Holds ‘Secret’ Saturday Meeting With House Democrats; Health Care Vote Looms (WATCH LIVE!)

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 807
  “We feel that we’re about to do today something that’s been attempted now for almost 100 years,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn told reporters after what he called an “uplifting” meeting between Congressional Democrats and the president. Though CNN referred to the contents of the meeting as ...
  1 week ago

• Obama appeals for health care votes (AP)

  
  Politics - Political News — Authority: 153
  WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama made a last-minute personal appeal to Democrats to pass landmark health care legislation Saturday as the House opened debate on a bill to expand coverage to millions of the uninsured. Emerging from a closed-door meeting with the president, Speaker Nancy ...
  1 week ago

• Steny Forgets A Few Things

  
  Let Freedom Ring — Authority: 139
  Steny Hoyer’s op-ed uses all of the Democrats’ discredited talking points, which is why his op-ed is a disaster to people with common sense. Reform will mean security and stability for the middle class. Insurance companies will never again be able to deny you coverage because of “pre-existing conditions” ...
  1 week ago

• Dems Make Final Push for Health Bill Votes

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 730
  By Friday evening, it wasn’t clear whether Saturday’s scheduled vote on the famous health care reform bill would happen on time in the House of Representatives, but Democrats were busy wooing any remaining potential supporters among their congressional ranks.  —KA AP via Google News: “We’re very ...
  1 week ago

• Obama calls holdouts on health care (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 515
  AP – Amid intense lobbying by the Obama administration, House Democratic leaders struggled Friday for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, offering fresh concessions to abortion opponents and working to ease concerns among Hispanic holdouts. See the rest here:  (AP)"> ...
  1 week ago

• Steny Hoyer: We Don’t Have the Votes… Yet.

  
  Jeffrey A. Setaro — Authority: 423
  From the Associated Press : House Democrats acknowledged they don’t yet have the votes to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s health care system, and signaled they may push back the vote until Sunday or early next week. Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters in a conference call Friday that ...
  1 week ago

• Votes for House Health Care not there

  
  Orange Juice — Authority: 573
  You’d think this crowd would say to itself, hey, maybe we should stop using such tired class warfare cliches and dress better or someone might point out we look like Communist revolutionaries. On the other hand, that’s probably the look they were trying for…Breaking: Hoyer admits Dems don’t have the votes for ...
  1 week ago

• Lujan says he’s listened to his constituents on health care reform

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 597
  Congressman Ben Ray Luján sent out a press release today highlighting the more than 40 events he’s attended throughout his district, to listen to his constituents’ thoughts on health care reform. Luján has said many times that he favors a health care bill which includes a public option, and this release seems ...
  1 week ago

• Dems Short On Health Care Votes

  
  Conservative Compendium — Authority: 476
  So says Steny Hoyer: A House leader says Democrats haven’t yet lined up enough votes to pass their health care overhaul bill. This couldn’t possibly be related, now could it?  But worry not, Pelosi is  no doubt busy cracking the whip to bring wayward members, concerned about pesky constituents, back into ...
  1 week ago

• Hoyer admits they dont have the votes to pass ObamaCare on Saturday

  
  Reformed Chicks Blabbing — Authority: 548
  They may have to move the final vote to Sunday or next week:A House leader says Democrats havent yet lined up enough votes to pass their health care overhaul bill. Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland says the vote that...
  1 week ago

• Behind Closed Doors: The Obamacare Arm Twisting Begins

  
  The Foundry — Authority: 768
  The heat is happening behind closed doors as the U.S. House prepares for a Saturday showdown vote on health care. Access is everything. By keeping Members of Congress in Washington, D.C., this weekend, Democratic leaders keep them away from angry constituents back in their home states, where the Members normally ...
  1 week ago

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