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Why Reid Shouldn’t Include The Public Option In The Merged Senate Bill
Lawrence O’Donnell — who served as Senate Finance Committee staff director during the debate over President Clinton’s failed health care reforms — tells Politico’s ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Tea Party Patriotism
(Blog Post) I wouldn’t want to tell you that the majority of the people I saw at this morning’s tea party were such hard-core patriots that they felt the need to walk around waving ...via Memeorandum -
Sen. Jeff Sessions Slams Sotomayor For Not Voting Like Other Puerto Ricans
This morning, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) castigated Sotomayor for not ruling with her fellow Puerto Rican colleague, conservative Judge José A. Cabranes, when she decided to ...via Markos Moulitsas -
Obama’s Regulatory Reform Agenda
(Blog Post) Some on the left seem somewhat disappointed in the administration’s regulatory reform proposals. I think that’s misguided, and it comes from probably expecting too much ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Peres: Gaza Operation is Collective Punishment, and I Love It
He says it gives him “no pleasure” to see people suffering, but he also says that the main point of the operation is to provide a strong blow to Gaza’s population to ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
The Dissonance
... it was deliberate Israeli—and American—policy to weaken Fatah for years after the collapse of the Camp David talks. This “help Hamas’s enemy, Fatah” strategy is ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
An Egyptian Gaza?
I can’t speak from a great wealth of personal experience, but I do think it’s a mistake to look at the Middle East as just a big ol’ sea of generic Arabs who can be ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Israel Bans Arab Parties
Israel’s friends could plausibly claim that Arabs with Israeli citizenship enjoyed more civil and political rights than did Arab citizens of Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
How Would McCain Mediate A Russia-Georgia Conflict?
Russia's invasion of Georgia today raises some questions about how a McCain administration might deal with a crisis like this.Posted by Derek Hawkins -
McCain Adviser Holtz-Eakin Ludicrously Asserts Obama Would Be A Third Bush Term
Apparently the McCain campaign is feeling the sting of comparisons to George Bush. McCain describes himself as the strongest support of the war in Iraq. His answer to $4.00 ...Posted by Harv Roth
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GOP Gone Wild: Unruly Republicans Silence Women Lawmakers With Screams, Shouts, And Delay Tactics
(Blog Post) This morning, the House began consideration of the rule for debate of the House health care bill. As the Democratic Women’s Caucus took to the microphone on the House floor ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert -
House Health Bill
One of the key differences between the early draft of the House health bill and the Senate Finance draft was the different long-term implications of the financing mechanism. ...via NewsRack -
Franken Schools Right-Wing Analyst On Medical Bankruptcies In Countries With Universal Care: ‘It’s Zero’
Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing titled “Medical Debt: Can Bankruptcy Reform Facilitate a Fresh Start.” The hearing examined medical bankruptcies ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert -
Right-Wing Conference Tells Activists To Get Their Guns Ready For ‘Bloody Battle’ With Obama The Nazi
(Blog Post) At the How To Take Back America Conference last weekend, conservative speaker Kitty Werthmann led a workshop called “How to recognize living under Nazis & Communists.” ...Posted by Subramanya Sastry -
It Depends Where You Start the Clock…
(Blog Post) One interesting thing about the past few decades of world history is that essentially the exact same events can be read as having precisely opposite implications. Here, for ...via NewsRack -
Obama Addresses Veterans — A Constituency That Benefits From A Public Health Insurance Plan
Today, President Obama addressed the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Phoenix, AZ. In his speech, Obama reassured veterans about his health care plan: “One thing that reform ...via Markos Moulitsas -
Health Care -- Interest Groups Turn Up The Heat
Pointing to polls that show many Americans are anxious about preserving the quality of their health insurance coverage, the administration will stress how the existing ...Posted by Shannon Jewell -
Right-Wing Harassment Strategy Against Dems Detailed In Memo: ‘Yell,’ ‘Stand Up And Shout Out,’ ‘Rattle Him’
much of these protests are coordinated by public relations firms and lobbyists who have a stake in opposing President Obama’s reforms. The lobbyist-run groups Americans ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Wonk Room » Koch Industries Not Only Fueling K St. Lobbying Boom And Anti-Obama Tea Party Protests, But Democrats Too
According to disclosures released earlier this month, oil and natural gas interests are pumping money into lobbying firms to influence climate change legislation at a furious ...Posted by Judy Plapinger -
Orszag: Some who are advocating delay on health care are just trying to kill it.
Late this week, a group of Blue Dog Democrats in the House and six “centrist” Democrats urged their leadership to delay action on health care reform. The White House has ...via Memeorandum
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