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• Next week: The final battle to save America

  
  lgstarr — Authority: 433
  Be there, or be square (just a joke). But honestly: Its gettin really, really heavy...and its not a joke: The Senates Big Cloture Vote You guys (and I mean the CITIZENS of the United States and NOT the current ruling elite) are the ONLY ones that can save the United States of America as we know it, and as the ...
  2 days ago

• Arkansas Is A Great Media Market To Stretch Your Money-- And Let A Whole Lot Of Voters Know What Blanche Lincoln Is Up To

  
  DownWithTyranny! — Authority: 635
  This morning Blue Americas latest Campaign for Health Care Choice ad started running in Arkansas. Yesterday, Chris Cillizza served notice on the gang of criminals known as our governing elite that grassroots Democrats are coming after one of their own . The squeeze is on for Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) on health ...
  3 days ago

• The Myth of 60, in reverse

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 806
  Opponents of the odious Stupak amendment have taken heart from a number of statements coming from legislators vowing to oppose the amendments inclusion in the Senate version of the health insurance reform bill, and in the final conference report as well. Mcjoan discussed just such statements earlier today , those ...
  5 days ago

• ACTION ALERT:The Vitter-Bennett Census Amendment—Count Citizens, Stop Swamping America!

  
  brianlee — Authority: 136
  Call Harry Reid at (202) 224-3542 and tell him to put this post from http://www.fairus.org/ up for a vote and tell him that if he doesnt put it up for a vote , you will contribute to his opponent Jerry Tarkanian here . Also read more reasonings about this topic here and if you are in one of the states that ...
  5 days ago

• Eight Steps Towards A Less Dysfunctional Congress

  
  The League of Ordinary Gentlemen — Authority: 683
  by Kyle Mathews If there’s one thing that most political commentators and Americans can agree upon, it’s that Congress is bad at its job. Presidential approval ratings go up and down, Congressional approval ratings pretty much stay down. These days, it’s become de rigueur to point to hyper-partisanship, ...
  5 days ago

• Who’s Undecided in the House

  
  Cosmopolitan Conservative — Authority: 124
  Wondering who is undecided on health care? Smart Girl Politics has a list. Looking over this list, many of these members are in very conservative districts and could be unseated next November, especially Melancon and Gordon. If you are a Blue Dog or represent a fiscally conservative area, do you toe the party line ...
  1 week ago

• Landrieu’s Ambivalence on Health Reform Costs Her Keynote at Florida Fundraiser

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 767
  Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) was orginally scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the Palm Beach County Democratic Party’s annual fundraiser. (The fundraiser had previously been known as the Jefferson-Jackson dinner, but this year was renamed the Truman-Kennedy-Johnson dinner.) Landrieu was ...
  1 week ago

• The Californiafication of America

  
  Just Above Sunset — Authority: 425
  “There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.” Yeah, it’s a bit crazy out here, and that’s what Edward Abbey was getting at with those words. And he was the “Thoreau of the American West” after all. But he was born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Blue America Just Got An Urgent Message From Blanche Lincoln

  
  DownWithTyranny! — Authority: 635
  Will the Insurance Industry lobbyists expensive insurance be effective this time? No, it wasnt a direct message, although shes probably thankful and relieved that we havent run any more of our TV ads in a few weeks. Our pals at the PCCC polled for ad effectiveness and sent us a heartening message this morning. The ...
  2 weeks ago

• Blanche Lincoln “Witholding” Decision to Send Health Bill to Debate

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 767
  Greg Sargent has a doozy from Blanche Lincoln’s office : Senator Lincoln has yet to see all the details of the plan Leader Reid has asked the Congressional Budget Office to review and therefore is withholding a final decision on a procedural motion to send it to the floor. Senator Lincoln has had numerous ...
  2 weeks ago

• Time

  
  Washminster — Authority: 130
  In both the Westminster Parliament and the US Congress (and all legislative bodies) - time matters! Time is required for legislative proposals to be discussed and developed. Holding to account those who exercise power requires time for questions to be put and answered. If matters of concern to the nation and pressing ...
  2 weeks ago

• If the GOP Isnt Forced to Vote, Theyll Never Learn: Does Reid Understand the Importance of Cloture?

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 550
  One would hope that Reids actions are based at least somewhat on the urgent need for both unemployment benefits and health insurance, and that forcing conservatives to reveal themselves as obstructionist corporate shills is only a side benefit of calling for a cloture vote. But personally, I dont care why Reid and ...
  2 weeks ago

• No, Mitch: Opposing a filibuster does not equal supporting the bill

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 806
  Update (9:27AM): Amazingly, Evan Bayh is buying into Mitch McConnells framing. Original post: Mitch McConnell: I think it is perfectly clear that most Americans will treat the vote to get on the bill as a vote on the substance of the bill. So our view is that cloture on the motion to proceed to the ...
  2 weeks ago

• The 60th Senator

  
  ChrisWeigant.com — Authority: 466
  The Lieberman story will run its course, no matter what the outcome. But it is my guess that even if Lieberman is dragged back into the fold, that there are a few other senators who would also enjoy a little national media attention by appearing to be on the fence. Lieberman is currently out there dancing around ...
  2 weeks ago

• Joe Lieberman: Icon of the Obama Administration?

  
  Florida Blog — Authority: 152
  “I have long supported the goal of universal health care.” — Joe Lieberman, 2006 (on the campaign trail) * * * “I will not be able to support a cloture motion before final passage. Therefore I will try to stop the passage of the bill.” — Joe Lieberman, Oct. 27, 2009 It’s looking very much as if the ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Public Option Is Back In Play

  
  Citizen K. — Authority: 417
  Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has decided to include a public option as part of a health care reform bill. While this doesnt mean that the Senate will pass or even debate such a bill, it leaves me cautiously optimistic that the House and Senate will eventually pass a bill that includes a public option. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Joe Lieberman rejects public option in health care bill

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  Washington DC, Oct 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Senator Joe Lieberman told reporters on Tuesday that he will support Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on a procedural motion in order to start the health care debate but at the same time he is not in favor of any kind of public option, including state opt-out and [...]
  2 weeks ago

• HCAN Urges Senate To Support Debate on Health Care

  
  Obama-Mamas.com — Authority: 477
  Washington, DC Health Care for America Now (HCAN) the nations largest health care campaign released the following statement today on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reids announcement that Senate health care reform legislation will include a public health insurance option with a provision for states to opt out: ...
  2 weeks ago

• Gun Restrictions in ObamaCare!

  
  One Man's Thoughts — Authority: 427
  Most American citizens, gun owners or not, were not aware of the sneaky approach to control our guns. ObamaCare bill would dump your gun-related-personal information along with your health data into a Federal database and put your (government mandated) insurance at risk if you keep a loaded gun for self-defense. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Senate Moderates Could Pose Problems for Reid on Health Care

  
  TexasFred — Authority: 563
  Senate Moderates Could Pose Problems for Reid on Health Care A handful of centrist Senate Democrats, along with moderate Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe, could pose a major problem for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as he tries to pull health care reform legislation to the floor.Snowe, in concert with Sen. Ben ...
  3 weeks ago

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