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Truth Telling with Nancy
In her remarks before the 2010 Legislative Conference for the National Association of Counties, Speaker Pelosi appears to have finally stumbled across the truth…..Again, we would so love to editorialize on this one but the verbatim is just too good.
Here is what Speaker Pelosi had to say about the health care reform bill (pay [...] -
What HE Said….
While we at PPF.org like to editorialize on the news of the day, this one speaks for itself:
Then-Senator Barack Obama (D-IL): “The TANF program affects millions of American children and families and deserves a full and fair debate. Under the rules, the reconciliation process does not permit that debate. Reconciliation is therefore the wrong place [...] -
Joe to the Rescue?
On Monday morning Former US Senate parliamentarian Robert Dove was on MSNBC discussing history of reconciliation. Believe me when I say it was not exactly riveting.
However, there was an interesting tidbit Dove volunteered: Vice President Biden, as president of the Senate, could preside over the reconciliation process and make the decision about whether or [...] -
CNN Poll: Only 25% want Dems to pass their health bills
A new poll from CNN/Opinion Research Corporation shows that only a quarter of the public want Congress to pass health care legislation similar to the bills passed by both chambers last year, with 48 percent saying lawmakers should work on an entirely new bill and a quarter saying Congress should stop all work on health [...]
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Gov’t Run Health 2.0 (or is it 3.0?)
This morning, the White House released the President’s nearly $1 trillion, 10-year health care plan that would establish a national health insurance authority that would help states combat insurers that institute unreasonable premium increases. The plan also calls for Medicare cuts and tax increases to subsidize health care exchanges for small businesses and others to [...]
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Time to Talk?
News of President Barack Obama’s plan to have a televised dialogue with Republican lawmakers on health care, promised for later this month, has perked PPF.org’s interest. As the AP put it the event has ”the makings of an entertaining exchange.”
But it is hard to say exactly what the President and congressional democrats plan to discuss. [...]
