thinkprogress.org - 4/28/2009
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Last week, the White House increased the pressure to pass President Obama's budget proposal this week by keeping the reconciliation language in place that would allow the budget -- and the essential health care reforms it includes -- to pass with 51 rather than 60 Senate votes.
Adding his ...
blogs.tnr.com - 4/23/2009
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blogs.tnr.com —
Even Republicans seem to be conceding that, as
reported here and elsewhere a few weeks ago, the...
Senate will go along with the House and include reconciliation instructions for health care. Assuming all of us are correct, it means the Democrats will ...
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Reconciliation: This Changes Everything
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 4/24/2009
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wonkroom.thinkprogress.org —
The White House is strongly urging Senators to
include budget reconciliation language in the health care section...
of the budget, a move Republicans have characterized as a “deceleration of war.” Indeed, after pushing everything from the ...
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Reconciliation Is Key To Health Care Reform
msnbc.msn.com - 4/29/2009
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House and Senate Democrats have a budget consensus -- and it includes reconciliation option
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... And, the hysterics from the GOP are really great theater. Sen. Gregg is taking on some of Lindsey Graham's drama queen persona. The Republicans used reconciliation. Check out this post at Think Progress featuring a blast from the past -- Rick Santorum. And, keeping up his old ways, Santorum got his facts wrong by claiming reconciliation was never used on a major piece of legislation. Wrong: ...
The Name-Jackers Are At It Again
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... Every once in a while, a random deranged idiot gets on the Internet and impersonates me, registering accounts in my name, and posting ugly and/or crazy comments at other blogs and websites. Several people have emailed to let me know that someone’s been doing this yesterday and today; one place where the creep has appeared is in this thread at Think Progress: Santorum: Reconciliation ‘Has Never Been Done Before’ — Except For When I ...
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