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Open thread: PelosiCare vote coming tonight
Open thread: PelosiCare vote coming tonight
Twitter’s hopping with rumors about vote-wrangling and backroom deals so I figured you guys could use a thread to exchange information. [...] Read the rest »
The new Imperial Congress votes on Pelosicare
michellemalkin.com — The House is now in Saturday session for the government health care takeover ram down. [...] Read the rest » (more) The new Imperial Congress votes on Pelosicare
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
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Daily PunditHot Air » Blog Archive » Open thread: PelosiCare vote coming tonight; Update: 35 Dems oppose? Update: Here’s a fun thought: What if the bill passes 218-217 … and Bill Owens casts the deciding vote? Dude. Allah still pounding the anti-conservative insurgency drum. Hey, Allah, how about this fun thought? Your preferred establishment candidate Scozzafava sails into office with no conservative uprising - which gave you hives - and then casts the deciding vote for Obamacare! Since we’re talking about disingenuous, ...

Obama/Pelosi Care Passes House 220-215
Wizbang — With only one Republican defecting Which makes sense when one considers this is the Republican who replaced "Cold Cash" Jefferson of Louisiana. Open thread: PelosiCare vote coming tonight; Update: 35 Dems oppose? Update: Stupak amendment passes; Update: Bill passes, 220-215 By Allahpundit Hot Air .com ... Update: It was closer than I thought: 220-215, 39 Dems voting no and a solitary Republican -- Joe Cao, who replaced "Dollar Bill" Jefferson in a blue district in Louisiana -- voting yes. Take heart, righties: Reid is incompetent, which makes the likelihood of 60 votes in the ...

How Not to Play the Minority Party
The Moderate Voice — ... of the legislation. Let’s face it… the guy is from New Orleans and he’s up for election next fall along with the rest of them. No, the real eye opener was exactly how out of practice the GOP seems to be at fighting from the cheap seats. Their opportunity came and went earlier in the day, as Allahpundit pointed out, during the vote on the Stupak amendment which would prohibit the expenditure of any federal dollars for abortions in connection with the Pelosicare bill. ...

Gun Them Down
Anti-Idiotarian RottweilerGun the death panel-loving pigs down . It’s on. They had their warning, they didn’t listen. Now let them drown in their own blood. Unless, of course, you feel that living under Cuban “health” care isn’t all that bad. In which case you ought to do the world a favor and shoot yourself as well, because you’re just too fucking ignorant to live. Oh, and if you think that’s “too radical”, ...

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