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Liberals don't bolt from Pelosi bill
politico.com - 10/30/2009
Liberals don't bolt from Pelosi bill
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The bill Pelosi unveiled includes big pieces of what the most liberal members of her party wanted.
breitbart.com - 10/26/2009
Pelosi: Health care
— 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, ... (more) Pelosi: Health care

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themoderatevoice.com - 10/24/2009
Nancy Pelosi’s Perfect Answer to a Perfectly Ridiculous Question
— themoderatevoice.com — The question , which came from a reporter for the right-wing Internet publication CNS.com: “ Madam Speaker,... where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact an individual health insurance mandate?” And Speaker Pelosi’s answer: “Are you ... (more) Nancy Pelosi’s Perfect Answer to a Perfectly Ridiculous ...

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The Caucus:  The Early Word: Health in the House

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The Early Word: Health in the House
The Caucus — ... The legislation would, by imposing new taxes and cutting Medicare growth, also cut $104 billion from the federal deficit. In short, as Mr. Pear and Mr. Herszenhorn put it, “the bill is similar in size and scope to one taking shape in the Senate.” With the Thursday announcement, both chambers are now on the path to floor debates over their respective bills. And, as Politico’s Carrie Budoff Brown and Patrick O’Connor report, contrary to what recent conventional wisdom predicted, liberals seem to be O.K. with the House bill and its toned down version of the so-called public ...

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The Inevitable Debacle -- By: The Editors
article.nationalreview.com 10/30/2009 — T he latest health-care bill, offered by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is more of the same. Like every other Democratic bill before Congress, this “comprehensive reform” has two major features: First, it transforms insurance into a product that few rational ...
Pelosi Counts 2 New Votes for Health Overhaul Bill — WSJ.com: Washington Wire
Naftali Bendavid reports on Congress. When it comes to Congress and health care, every vote counts. The House is expecting to vote on a sweeping health care overhaul on Saturday night, with lawmakers on both sides predicting a slim margin. And the Democrats are losing no chance to press ...
Congress: Pelosi's bill to hit floor — First Read
"Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is poised to send a [health-care] bill to the floor Monday in its final form, setting up a vote as early as Thursday," The Hill writes. "The three-day delay is not for amendments and not even for debate; Thursday is the earliest Pelosi could hold a vote and keep ...
Pelosi on Awkward Moment with Reid: It’s Not Him -- It’s Afghanistan — The Note
ABC News’ Rick Klein reports: In an interview with ABC’s Bill Weir yesterday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked what was going through her mind earlier this month when she seemed to recoil when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid put his arm around her at a news conference following a ...
NRO: The Inevitable Debacle (of Pelosi-care) — Hyscience
The editors at NRO weigh-in on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's health care bill and their take is that its more of the same, and like every other Democratic bill before Congress, this "comprehensive reform" has two major features: It transforms insurance into a product that few rational people would ...
Us, on Pelosicare -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez — The Corner on National Review Online
From our editorial: T he latest health-care bill, offered by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is more of the same. Like every other Democratic bill before Congress, this “comprehensive reform” has two major features: First, it transforms insurance into a product that few rational people would buy. ...
Get Your House Health Bill Here — WSJ.com: Washington Wire
Peter Landers reports on health policy. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a point this morning about openness, saying of her health bill, “We are putting it online for all Americans to see.” Indeed, it is online, http://docs.house.gov/rules/health/111_ahcaa.pdf here. Still, we wonder how ...
Pelosi Unveils Health Care Package — The Caucus
The $894 billion legislation announced by the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, is similar in size and scope to a bill being developed in the Senate.
House Democrats unveil health bill — Political Intelligence
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi this morning unveiled the health care overhaul bill that is to go the floor next week for a vote. At a pep rally-style event in front of the Capitol, she said that Congress is "about to...
Pelosi To Trot Out The House Health Care Nag Today — QandO
I think this is one of those “gift horses” one would really want to look in the mouth. It has a whole lot of government, but very little in the way of health care improvement. I can’t wait to see the hokey name they dream up for the bill. Whatever it is, the opposite will ...
Congress: Pelosi outlines her bill — First Read
The Washington Post previews the House health-care bill that Speaker Nancy Pelosi will outline this morning. “The House legislation aims to provide health insurance of one form or another to almost all Americans at an expected cost just below $900 billion over 10 years, without increasing the ...