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Liveblogging, Pt. 2: The hurry-up House debate on health care

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:18:15 +0000

There’s less than half an hour left of general debate on the House government health care takeover bill. [...] Read the rest »

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CBO Says GOP Health Care ‘Alternative’ Leaves 52 Million Uninsured By 2019

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:09:00 +0000

Last night, the Congressional Budget Office released its analysis of the House Republican alternative health care bill. While the CBO determined the GOP bill’s 10 year price tag to be $61 billion — far less that the Democrats’ proposal — the score also found that the ...

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GOP leaders to vote for Stupak amendment

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:02:03 +0000

Republican leaders are informing their members that they will vote in favor of Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich.) abortion amendment, The Hill has learned. Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (R-Ind.) will all vote for ...

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Cantor Promises Tea Partiers: 'Not One' GOP Vote For Health Care

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:09:27 +0000

House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) made it clear at the tea party "House Call" this afternoon that President Obama won't be getting his party's health care vote. "Your efforts to stop this bill are being heard loud and clear," Cantor told the thousands gathered at the base of the Capitol ...

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Elie Wiesel calls tea partyers

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:47:24 +0000

Renowned author and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel condemned several signs containing Holocaust comparisons and anti-Semitic messages at yesterday's "House Call" protests. One sign at the rally contained images of dead Holocaust victims at the Dachau concentration camp under the banner ...

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Gibbs Laments Images, Statements From Tea Party Crowd As 'Stunning'

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:15:18 +0000

David Corn from Mother Jones read an incendiary quote from yesterday's Capitol Hill Tea Party to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs this afternoon during the press briefing. Gibbs used the question as an opportunity to lament the state of discourse in the U.S. Here's the Gibbs ...

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They Got Nothing… Except the Media

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 20:16:03 +0000

Why is this not a bigger story : Late last night, the Congressional Budget Office released its initial analysis of the health-care reform plan that Republican Minority Leader John Boehner offered as a substitute to the Democratic legislation. CBO begins with the baseline estimate that 17 ...

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Republican Health Insurance Reform Bill Insures Almost Nobody

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:44:16 +0000

Earlier this week, a spokesman for House Minority Leader John Boehner made a prediction . The Republican health care plan, he said, "will cover millions more Americans" than the Democrats' plan. Bold. But here's what the experts say: By 2019, CBO and JCT estimate, the number of nonelderly ...

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Worst. Talking Point. Ever.

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:19:01 +0000

If this is the best the Democrats can come up with, they are in deep, deep trouble: Republicans argue that an unemployment rate higher than it has been in more than a quarter of a century is evidence that the Democratic agenda isn't putting Americans back to work. They say the situation will be ...

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Is the Tea Party Gang Turning GOP into a Party of Hate?

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:24:44 +0000

When John Boehner, the Republican leader of the House, appeared at the Tea Party rally at the Capitol on Thursday afternoon, it was a dramatic signal: the wing-nuts have taken over the GOP. Think I'm being harsh? The angry folks at the protest -- which attracted several thousand conservatives -- ...

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Boehner mixes up Constitution and Declaration

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:05:56 +0000

House Minority Leader John Boehner was fired up and ready to go at the Tea Party rally today. He even held up his pocket copy of the Constitution, pledging to "stand here with our Founding Fathers, who wrote in the pre-amble: 'We hold these truths to be self evident ..." Oops. ...

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Maddow Wrongly Claims 'Constitution Doesn't Have A Preamble'

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:46:26 +0000

Did you know the United States Constitution doesn't have a Preamble? Well, that's what the oh so arrogant, high and mighty MSNBC host Rachel Maddow told her audience Thursday night. In a segment attacking the attendees of yesterday's "House Call" protest on Capitol Hill, Maddow chided ...

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Congressional Budget Office Thrashes Republican Health-Care Plan

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:06:33 +0000

Republicans are learning an unpleasant lesson this morning: The only thing worse than having no health-care reform plan is releasing a bad one, getting thrashed by CBO and making the House Democrats look good in comparison. Late last night, the Congressional Budget Office released its ...

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GOP Rep. John Boehner "U.S. Constitution Quote" FAIL (video)

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:05:56 +0000

From CNN's Rick Sanchez: GOP Rep. John Boehner "U.S. Constitution Quote" FAIL - 11/05/09

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Twitter of the Day

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:44:16 +0000

From David Corn, in response to John Boehner tweeting a story from the AP titled "Thousands rally to protest Pelosi healthcare": And hundreds of millions don't. Good point, Corn. Just like the hundreds of millions who didn't march on Washington for civil rights or to end the war in ...

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GOP: White House 'falling short' on jobs

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:15:10 +0000

Republicans quickly responded to the latest jobs report Friday. Washington (CNN) - The top Republican in the House of Representatives says the White House is "falling short" when it comes to battling unemployment. "The president has said that job creation is the ultimate measure of economic performance. Today's report is yet another reminder that American families and small businesses are still struggling, and the White House response is falling short," said House Minority Leader ...

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CBO Scores Boehner Amendment to HR3962

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:56:00 +0000

by Bruce Webb Last evening the CBO Director Blog announced the release of a score of the Boehner amendment: A Preliminary Analysis of a Substitute Amendment to H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act . The results are not impressive: (as always click to enlarge) The amendment ...

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NJDC: G.O.P. Must Condemn Tea Partiers’ Anti-Semitism and Holocaust Comparisons

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 19:06:43 +0000

Today, David A. Harris, President of the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC), released the following statement: Today’s G.O.P. “Tea Party” on Capitol Hill opposing health insurance reform invoked disgusting Holocaust imagery and outright anti-Semitism. Top Republican ...

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Boehner: Health Care 'Greatest Threat To Freedom I've Seen In Last 19 Years'

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:13:01 +0000

House Minority Leader John Boehner addressed the tea party crowd on Capitol Hill today, telling them that health care reform is "the greatest threat to freedom" he's seen as a congressman. John Boehner - Health care - Minority leader of the United States House of Representatives - ...

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Capitol Hill Tea Party Seeks To 'Drive The Liberals Crazy' With Pledge Of Allegiance

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 17:35:07 +0000

At the Capitol Hill Tea Party just now, Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) stepped up to lead the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance -- which he said drives the liberals crazy. "And so as we now renew our commitment to the Red, White and Blue, let us with boldness proclaim the fact that we are one nation ...

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