latimes.com - 11/9/2009
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The House speaker built a majority one compromise at a time, yielding on liberal touchstones including abortion.
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In the final hours before the House approved the most sweeping healthcare legislation in 40 years, Speaker Nancy Pelosi demonstrated that she had the one indispensable quality required to produce a Democratic victory: a split personality.
weeklystandard.com - 11/6/2009
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weeklystandard.com —
Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD
that the speaker will not allow the final language...
of the health care to be posted online for 72 hours before bringing the bill to a vote on the House floor, despite her September 24 statement ...
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Pelosi Breaks Pledge to Put Final Health Care Bill ...
thehill.com - 11/4/2009
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thehill.com —
The House could hold a rare Saturday vote
this weekend to pass its healthcare reform legislation. An...
aide to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that a vote could happen at 6 p.m. on Saturday, a schedule House Rules Committee ...
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House could vote Saturday on health bill
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The Note's Must-Reads for Monday, Nov. 9, 2009
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... Health Bill” LINK
The Washington Post’s Alec MacGillis: “Abortion an Obstacle to health-care bill” LINK
The Wall Street Journal’s Janet Adamy and Naftali Bendavid: “Health Bill Faces Senate Heat” LINK
Bloomberg’s Ryan J. Donmoyer and Kristin Jensen: “Health-Revamp Backers Race Calendar as Battle Shifts to Senate” LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Faye Fiore and Richard Simon: “For healthcare bill, Pelosi had to leave Left Coast behind” LINK
USA Today's John Fritze: "In Senate, health bill has major hurdles" LINK ...
Congress: The House passes its bill
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... The Los Angeles Times notes how pragmatic Pelosi had to be to pass the health bill. “Pelosi is a San Francisco liberal who launched a series of fruitless efforts to cut off funding for the Iraq war after becoming speaker nearly three years ago. But long before making her home on the Left Coast, Pelosi was the attentive daughter of an old-school East Coast politician who made whatever deals it took to win. That upbringing proved crucial in the healthcare marathon. In the fight to get the legislation through the House, Pelosi's impulse to tilt at windmills ...
Pelosi Got It Done
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
... Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Times notes, the Speaker is a lot more pragmatic than her opponents admit. "Pelosi's impulse to tilt at windmills disappeared and her pragmatic heritage came to the fore. That's what enabled Pelosi to build a majority, one compromise at a time, including the pivotal deal with antiabortion Democrats." ...
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