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fivethirtyeight.com - 1/15/2009

Signs of Democratic Coattails in SCHIP Vote?

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Congress actually, like, voted on something today. In fact, it was a fairly high-profile measure, the State Children's Health Insurance Program or SCHIP, which may be familiar to you as the measure that Hillary Clinton often claimed credit for during the Presidential primaries. SCHIP passed the ...

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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/14/2009

With No Bush Veto Threat, Six Republicans Switch From 'No' to 'Yes' on SCHIP

— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — The House just passed a $33 billion reauthorization and expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, a.k.a. SCHIP, the legislation that Democrats tried in vain to expand last year only to meet with two vetoes from George Bush. But ... (more) With No Bush Veto Threat, Six Republicans Switch From ...

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madlawprofessor.wordpress.com - 1/10/2009

On The Coattails of History….

— madlawprofessor.wordpress.com — Tripping on Obama’s Coattails by Patricia J. Williams January 9, 2009 | 6:11am Mansell/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images If the nation’s first female Solicitor General breaks a 139-year-old tradition and doesn’t wear a morning coat, ... (more) On The Coattails of History….

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Progressive Breakfast: Public Backs Public Investment
LiberalOasis : The Blog — ... FiveThirtyEight analyzes: "Does the bill's improved performance this time around simply reflect the additional seats that the Democrats have gained in the Congress? Or have minds actually been changed by Obama or the broader political environment? The answer is a little bit of both." ...

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Daily Kos — ... Supreme Court said it would not hear arguments until Feb. 5 on Democrat Al Franken's request to be certified the winner so he could be seated in the Senate. The Coleman campaign characterized the decision as evidence that the high court was in no hurry to enable Franken to be seated. "The wheels are coming off the Franken campaign's 'victory train,'" said Coleman attorney Fritz Knaak. Ha ha ha ha ha! Yup, Franken is doomed. Nate on the SCHIP vote: Democrats gained the votes of about 1 in every 20 legislators who voted ...

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Upper Left — …this one's a flop. SCHIP passed the House again, by a vote of 289 to 139, which is 16 more votes than it got for an unsuccessful veto override in the fall of '07. Nate Silver found a couple Republicans among 'nayes' this time who were supporters of the pre-election override effort, including… ...

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Upper Left — …this one's a flop. SCHIP passed the House again, by a vote of 289 to 139, which is 16 more votes than it got for an unsuccessful veto override in the fall of '07. Nate Silver found a couple Republicans among 'nayes' this time who were supporters of the pre-election override effort, including… Cathy McMorris-Rodgers from eastern Washington state, an up-and-comer who just became vice chair of the House Republican Conference. McMorris-Rodgers post-election conversion on this issue is particularly egregious given the cuts in our state's health coverage for low income kids as our ...