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mcconnell.senate.gov - 10/13/2009
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McConnell Statement on Finance Committee Proposal from the Office of Senator Mitch McConnell Tuesday, October 13, 2009 ‘The fact is, this proposal will never come before the Senate’ WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement Tuesday regarding ...
Bob Dole outs naysayer Mitch McConnell
voices.kansascity.com - 10/7/2009
Bob Dole outs naysayer Mitch McConnell
— voices.kansascity.com — Bob Dole By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist Bob Dole supports health care reform.... "This is one of the most important measures members of Congress will vote on in their lifetimes," the former Republican Senate majority ... (more) Bob Dole outs naysayer Mitch McConnell

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Bob Dole Breaks With Mitch McConnell?
themoderatevoice.com - 10/8/2009
Bob Dole Breaks With Mitch McConnell?
— themoderatevoice.com — The split between Republicans may be getting more public as the reality sinks in that a vote... is near on health care reform. And former Senator Bob Dole is now coming out in favor of it — and seemingly taking a swipe at Senate Minority leader Mitch (Dr. No) McConnell, the Kansas City ... (more) Bob Dole Breaks With Mitch McConnell?

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tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/8/2009
McConnell: Baucus Bill 'Will Never See the Light Of Day'
— tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said on the Senate floor a few minutes ago that the... CBO analysis showing that the Senate Finance Committee health reform bill would actually reduce the federal deficit by $81 billion over 10 years is ... (more) McConnell: Baucus Bill 'Will Never See the Light Of Day'

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Riehl World View:  Snowe Wanted To Keep The Process Moving

Weekly Standard Blog:  McConnell: The Baucus Bill Will Never Reach the Senate Floor

Michael Williams – Master of None:  "Middle-of-the-Road" Bill Gets One Republican Vote

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Snowe Wanted To Keep The Process Moving
Riehl World View — I suppose in DC this passes for cover. To the grassroots, if it does anything, it puts some of the fall-out over Snowe's vote on McConnell. I guess it's also part of trying to not let the Republicans be branded as the party of No. But I'm not sure No isn't the right answer. Unfortunately, on top of all that, I ...

McConnell: The Baucus Bill Will Never Reach the Senate Floor
Weekly Standard Blog — ... In the wake of the Senate Finance Committee's approval of the Baucus health-care bill, 14-9, with the help of key moderate Republican Olympia Snowe, McConnell emphasized that the bill that will be brought to the senate floor is being crafted by Senate and House leaders without input from the American public: ...

"Middle-of-the-Road" Bill Gets One Republican Vote
Michael Williams – Master of None — ... The bill will never get to the floor of the Senate, but the AP and the rest of the leftist media is desperate to portray it as "middle-of-the-road" and the Republicans as obstructionists who oppose "commonsense, balanced solution[s]". Unfortunately for the AP, we're not all idiots. ...

links for 2009-10-13
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — Chuck DeVore blasts Arnold…but what about that photo on his website? As we told you today in reporting the latest Field Poll, Guv Schwarzenegger-loathing is at an all-time high in California. Dude's got a 59 percent disapproval rating among his fellow Republicans. And that includes a die-hard GOPper like ...

Finance Bill’s Final Language: 1,502 Pages
The Note — ... Republican leaders have made an talking point of the length of bills, or as the Senate Minority Leader puts it in floor speeches – “…another thousand-page, trillion-dollar government takeover…”  ...

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