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Dems Fear Health Care Defections
The Page by Mark Halperin —
istockphoto Immigration and abortion clauses continue to be sticky issues on The Hill.
Newspaper Roundup for Friday, November 6, 2009
CNSNews.com Headlines —
... Washington Post: Democrats wary of health-bill defections Immigration and abortion issues could cost party crucial votes Boston Globe: ...
The Note's Must-Reads for Friday, November 6, 2009
The Note —
... and Janet Adamy: “Health Bill Garners Endorsements” LINK
The Washington Times’ Jennifer Haberkorn: “House leaders race to finish health care bill” LINK
USA Today's Kathy Kiely: "Obama to visit House on eve of weekend health vote" LINK
The New York Times’ Carl Hulse and David Herszenhorn: “House Democrats Seek Allies for Health Care Vote” LINK
The Washington Post’s Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery: “Democrats Wary of health-bill defections” LINK
Politico’s Chris Frates: “White House backs House bill” LINK
The Hill's Jared ...
Pelosi Counts Votes; Obama Delays Hill Visit Until Saturday
The Page by Mark Halperin —
AFP/Getty Images Vote over the weekend after Obama rallies Dems on the Hill . And: AP has extensive details on the competing bills. But: Immigration and abortion issues could cost Dems crucial votes.
The Toll: Tragedy freezes politics -- and starts new debates
The Note —
... In getting the votes, the buttons they've got to push will be on the other side of lukewarm: "House Democratic leaders were struggling Thursday to contain uprisings on the hot-button issues of abortion and immigration that have left them little margin for error as they attempt to push through a massive health-care reform bill this weekend," Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery write in The Washington Post. ...
Dems Pushing For Saturday Health Destruction Vote, Throw Out Bribes
Pirate's Cove —
... For party leaders, setting a weekend deadline for passage represented a calculated risk, one that could backfire if the vote — now expected late Saturday or Sunday — fails or must be delayed. But they feared that if members were given more time to consider the legislation, new issues could arise, particularly as lawmakers digest the results from Tuesday’s elections. Most ominous for Democrats were their losses in gubernatorial contests in New Jersey and Virginia, although the party did prevail in House special elections in New ...
The Early Word: Unemployment Hits 10.2%
The Caucus —
... House members worried the measure was too punitive regarding illegal immigrants and anti-abortion lawmakers who fear that public money could be funneled toward abortions.” Still, while many moderates continue to get the full court press from vote counters, others in the Democratic caucus have already announced they will oppose the legislation. According to The Washington Post’s Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery, “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) and other Democratic leaders were working to limit defections to the roughly 25 Democrats viewed as ‘hard no’ votes.” House ...
Dems Pushing For Saturday Health Destruction Vote, Throw Out Bribes
Stop The ACLU —
... the unknown measure of how this will exactly work. No one really knows. The Democrats sure aren’t saying, beyond the typical talking point that it will lower costs and we need health care reform. How. I have been asking “how” for 5 months, at least. I have called my local Congress Critter’s office (Brad Miller, D-NC-13) dozens of times, and Senator Kay Hagan’s office at least 6 times, and no one can actually give me real details. Nor can they explain how my taxes will not sky-rocket. For party leaders , setting a weekend deadline for passage represented a calculated risk, one ...
House Democrats Line Up Votes
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
... The Washington Post says party leaders "were struggling" to "contain uprisings on the hot-button issues
of abortion and immigration that have left them little margin for error
as they attempt to push through a massive health-care reform bill this
weekend." ...
Abortion, Immigration and Health care
Taylor Marsh —
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Trifecta of Trouble
Taylor Marsh —
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House Democrats Line Up Votes
The Political Carnival —
... The Washington Post says party leaders "were struggling" to "contain uprisings on the hot-button issues of abortion and immigration that have left them little margin for error as they attempt to push through a massive health-care reform bill this weekend." ...
Pelosi to House caucus: You can’t go home again
Hot Air » Top Picks —
Pelosi to House caucus: You can’t go home again posted at 10:55 am on November 6, 2009 by Ed Morrissey Share on Facebook | printer-friendly Byron York and the Washington Post agree on Nancy Pelosi’s plan to vote on her health-care bill this Saturday — she can’t afford to let Democrats go home to their districts before the vote. In fact, as John McCormack notes, she can’t even afford to keep her promise to have the bill on line for 72 hours before the vote so that their constituents can know what they’re doing. If they went home to face their constituents, Pelosi knows that they would never vote for her massive spending: Although confident of ...
Jillian Bandes: Pelosi's Bill Might Go For A Vote Tomorrow... Or It Might Not
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
It's being widely reported that the critical House vote on Obamacare is slated for tomorrow evening -- but everyone still wants to know: Does Pelosi have the votes? The New York Times , The Washington Post , and The Hill aren't sure... and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) just hinted that it may get pushed back. My guess? This push for tomorrow is a lot of bluster, and probably won't pan out.
What's going on in the House?
Ezra Klein —
The House of Representatives is expected to vote on health-care reform Saturday. But the days before a big vote are rarely calm ones, and this week has been no exception. Democrats don't expect a single Republican to cross over to vote for health-care reform. That is to say, the Waxman-Markey cap and trade bill, which got eight Republican votes for what amounted to a tax on dirty energy paired with a bazillion (approximately) regulations on energy producers, was more bipartisan than an incrementalist health-care reform bill.
Amazing, huh?
That's left Pelosi's team mired in negotiations with three different types of Democrats who are ...
