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Baucusanalia Liveblogging
Talking Points Memo —
... Brian Beutler is liveblogging from the Hill in the hearing room where the Senate Finance Committee will vote on the Baucus bill shortly. You can follow his dispatches ...
Conrad Digs In On Public Option
Talking Points Memo —
... During the Senate Finance Committee hearing just now (which we're liveblogging here), Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) seemed to go farther than he has in the past in opposing a robust public option provision. His line previously had been that public option just doesn't have the votes in the Senate, but now he's saying ...
BREAKING: Snowe Will Vote Yes
Talking Points Memo —
Sen. Snowe just announced that she will vote the Baucus bill out of committee.
Snow will vote yea on Finance Ctte. Bill, Lincoln too.
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1:03 p.m.: Now that we know Snowe is voting yes, and Lincoln is voting yes, we know that at least two Democrats can vote no from the left and the bill will still move forward. Not predicting anything. Just noting that Rockefeller and Wyden can both vote however they want without imperiling the legislation.
Liveblogging In The SFC
Ezra Klein —
... TPMDC's Brian Beutler is liveblogging the Senate Finance Committee's pre-vote hearing. Liveblogging gets a bit of a bad name, as it's often terrible, but it's actually the best way to follow things like hearing, where there's not one overarching narrative so much as a lot of fractured, telling moments. ...
Snowe to support SFC reform bill
Political Animal —
... to approve the healthcare bill before the Senate Finance Committee. Snowe joined the committee's Democrats to vote in favor of Chairman Max Baucus's (D-Mont.) health reform proposal, characterizing her vote as a move to support moving forward with landmark healthcare reform. This does not necessarily mean she'll vote for reform on the Senate floor, after the Finance Committee bill is merged with the Senate HELP Committee bill. Snowe wasn't especially subtle on this point today, reminding her committee colleagues, "My vote today does not forecast what my vote will ...
Senate Finance About To Vote
Talking Points Memo —
... The senators on the Finance Committee are wrapping up their statements on the Baucus bill. From what senators have been saying in their statements, it looks like the bill will be voted out of committee with a 14-9 votes. No big surprises there. The big unknown was which way Snowe would go, and she's going to vote yes. Stay tuned. ...
Done: 14-9
Talking Points Memo —
Senate Finance Committee passes the Baucus bill.
Let the health care reform negotiations begin!
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Game Changing Vote On Health Care
Angry Bear —
... the bill.The MSM will lead with Snowe, but the real story to follow is that last sentence. Neither Conrad nor Lincoln left the fold. Meaning that at first glance there is no chance they would vote to keep the merged bill from at least coming to the floor for debate (which was a possibility if they had defected on the SFC bill itself) and I would think little chance they would back a filibuster on final passage. TPM liveblogged the vote here: LIVEBLOG: Senate Finance Committee Votes On Health Care Reform Bill I'll be following this ...
Health Care Bill Passes Senate Finance Committee By 14-9 Vote
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2:52 p.m.: The final vote, as expected once Snowe announced her intent, was 14-9. All five congressional committees have now reported out their health care reform bills. http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo...
