tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/27/2009
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made clear today what the GOP has been suggesting for months: moderate Democratic senators fearful that voting for health care reform will cost them their seats (think Blanche Lincoln) can't get away with voting for cloture and against a bill on the floor. ...
washingtonmonthly.com - 10/28/2009
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BAYH ENDORSES MCCONNELL LINE ON CLOTURE.... Democrats and
other supporters of health care reform have a very...
simple message for center-right Dems who oppose fixing the system: just let the Senate vote. The issue, of course, is cloture. Reform ...
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Bayh endorses McConnell line on cloture
thehill.com - 10/22/2009
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thehill.com —
The government "ought to have some say" in
matters involving executive compensation at firms that received federal...
rescue dollars, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) said on Wednesday. However, McConnell would not specify whether he ...
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McConnell: Gov't should have some say in executive pay
huffingtonpost.com - 10/26/2009
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The Senate Democratic Leader, Harry Reid - and
a majority of Members of the Senate - support...
the inclusion of public health insurance option in the Senate's health care reform bill. The debate over where the Senate of the United States stands on ...
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Robert Creamer: Every Democratic Senator Must Vote to ...
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So What Happened Today?
Talking Points Memo —
... there are two votes. The vote on the bill itself requires only fifty votes. But you need sixty votes to bring the bill up for a vote. And a few other things. But that's the key one. It's almost inconceivable that the bill will get sixty votes. The real question is going to be whether are handful of conservative Democrats are going to be willing to vote to allow an up or down vote and then vote against the bill itself. And Republicans are going to be working really hard to close off that possibility.) ...
No, Mitch: Opposing a filibuster does not equal supporting the bill
Daily Kos —
Mitch McConnell: I think it is perfectly clear that most Americans will treat the vote to get on the bill as a vote on the substance of the bill. So our view is that cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill is a vote to endorse a half a trillion dollars in Medicare cuts, $400 billion in new taxes, and higher insurance -- health insurance premiums for everyone else. Mitch knows that while there probably aren't 60 votes in the Democratic caucus for health care reform, at the end of the day, despite yesterday's shrieking from ...
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