campaignsilo.firedoglake.com - 10/10/2009
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Jon Tester
Jon Tester confirms to Chris Bowers that he'd vote for Chuck Schumer's "level playing field" public option :
This pushes the Senate whip count to 51 , even without Joe Biden casting a tie-breaking vote.
Since there are now finally 60 active, voting Democrats, it ...
openleft.com - 10/9/2009
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openleft.com —
I have just received word that Senator Jon
Tester (D-MT) would vote in favor of Senator Schumer's...
"level playing field" public option. This pushes the Senate whip count to 51 , even without Joe Biden casting a tie-breaking vote. Since there are ...
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Jon Tester Favors Schumer's Public Option
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FDL Action Health Care Update: Friday
Blue Virginia —
... as part of REAL health care reform this year. 1. Jon Walker reports on the CBO's analysis of tort reform. Walker writes, "Despite Republican claims that it is practically a cure-all for the nation's out-of-control health care costs, its effect would be very minor." So why do Republicans make such a big deal about this issue? And while we're wondering about the Republicans, here's another rhetorical question: why DO they hate America? (snark) 2. Jane Hamsher writes about Jon Tester confirming to Chris Bowers of OpenLeft that he'd vote for ...
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... There are 51 Senators who will vote for a public option, something 77% of the country wants. It would win a majority in a floor vote. We were told that we needed 6o votes in the Caucus so we’d have a filibuster-proof majority — so that the GOP would never block a bill from getting to the floor. The only reason not to put the HELP Committee public option in the Senate bill is because Joe Lieberman and other “ConservaDems” are conducting a silent filibuster — they won’t say it publicly but they’ll say privately that they will vote ...
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