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Liveblogging, Pt. 2: The hurry-up House debate on health care
There’s less than half an hour left of general debate on the House government health care takeover bill. [...] Read the rest »
Stupak Amendment Could Likely Be Used By Insurance Companies To Discriminate Against Low Income Americans
Stupak Amendment Could Likely Be Used By Insurance Companies To Discriminate Against Low Income ...
fdlaction.firedoglake.com — The Stupak amendment would prevent any private health insurance plan from covering elective abortion, if even one of its customer used even one dollar of affordability tax credits. The problem is that the Stupak amendment will conflict directly with ... (more) Stupak Amendment Could Likely Be Used By Insurance ...
House Health Care Vote: Breaking Updates
huffingtonpost.com — The House of Representatives is set to vote on major health care reform legislation today. Check this page throughout the day for the latest news, or follow live streaming video and Twitter updates HERE . 9:20 AM ET -- Bishops endorse health ... (more) House Health Care Vote: Breaking Updates
Vote NO on the Stupak amendment
tools.advomatic.com — Don't restrict a women's right to choose! The House bill already contains a compromise that reflects the status quo and current law: It prohibits federal funds from being used for abortion but still allows women to use their own money to buy the ... (more) Vote NO on the Stupak amendment
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Considering Why Democrats Are Holding Health Care Vote on Saturday?
GayPatriot — Unless we get linked by a very high-traffic blog, Saturdays and Sundays tend be our slowest days where we see a huge drop-off in the number of visits we get. It seems most people would rather spend times with their families and friends than follow politics.   Perhaps that’s why House Speaker Nancy Pelosi decided to schedule the health care vote for Saturday, a day when most Americans are paying little attention to events in our nation’s capital. Oh, and, I wonder how many Congressmen actually read the bill they’re voting on and whether ...

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Daily PunditMichelle Malkin » Liveblogging, Pt. 2: The hurry-up House debate on health care; Update: Bill Passes 11:08 p.m.: Dems erupt as only people who just got a lot closer to getting their hands on a good chunk of the U.S. economy can. “Free health care that costs well over a trillion dollars” passed, 220-215. One Republican, Anh Cao, voted yes. Cao, running as a “conservative Republican,” defeated Freezer Cash Jefferson in New Orleans. Now, I know the usual suspects will tell me how impractical I am for being so purist ...

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