thehill.com - 10/22/2009
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The votes still are not there for healthcare reform legislation, the House's third-ranking Democrat said Wednesday night. House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said that Democrats are "not there yet" in terms of getting 218 votes for health reform, contradicting House Speaker Nancy ...
huffingtonpost.com - 10/21/2009
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huffingtonpost.com —
Nancy Pelosi is ready to rumble. The House
Speaker told her Democratic caucus Tuesday night that she...
plans to bring a health care reform bill with a robust public option to the House floor for a vote, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) tells HuffPost. But ...
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Pelosi To Dems: Time To Take A Stand On Public Option
breitbart.com - 10/26/2009
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breitbart.com —
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - A government-sponsored "public option"
for health care lives, though it may be more...
attractive to skeptics if it goes by a different moniker, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday. In an appearance at a Florida senior center, ...
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Pelosi: Health care
thehill.com - 10/22/2009
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thehill.com —
House Democrats "definitely" have a health reform bill
right now that could win 218 votes in the...
House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday. The speaker expressed confidence in her ability to pass legislation including a public (or ...
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Pelosi says she 'definitely' has 218 votes for health bill
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Pelosi...We Have The Votes For Health Care. House Democratic Whip: Um, No You Don't
Ace of Spades HQ —
... months, we will have a public option in our legislation," she said. "And we have the votes to do that. And we always have." "The question now is what form will it take?" the speaker added. The claim comes as the Huffington Post reported Wednesday that Democrats are eight votes shy of being able to pass a bill including the public option, with Pelosi having given House Democrats until this evening to declare how they currently stand on the bill. The chief Democratic vote counter last night . Clyburn professed optimism, but said Democrats hadn't yet achieved a majority for ...
Mrs. Speaker, Call the Health Care Vote
RedState —
CongressDaily is reporting that the House Leadership thinks they have 218 votes for ObamaCare. Speaker Pelosi herself said she “definitely” has 218 votes.
Call the vote on ObamaCare NOW Mrs. Speaker, if you have the votes, call the vote.
But you will not call the vote, because you don’t have the votes.
Townhall.com Staff: Behind Closed Doors: The Obamacare Arm Twisting Begins
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
... . Recent events demonstrate that she didn’t then and still doesn’t now . Pelosi therefore emboldens internal Democrat opposition if she cannot deliver. ...
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