A $100 million bribe for Mary Landrieu
Tertium Quids — It's not unusual for legislators to add sweeteners to their bills in order to gain their colleagues' votes. In the case of Harry Reid's health insurance bill, he needs every Democratic vote just to bring the measure to the floor. So...to get one fence-sitting Democrat, Louisiana's Mary Landrieu on board, he's tucked a $100 million bribe into mix : On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.” The section spends two pages defining which “states” would qualify, saying, among other ...

$100 million
Maggie's Farm — for Sen Landrieu's vote? Hey - that's my money.

We’ll Go Back to Mincing Words After This Important Insult
Vodkapundit — ... Trillion dollar payoffs, trillions more in debt, trillion-dollar deficits as far as the eye can see… and yet Mary Landrieu gets bought off for a lousy hundred mill? ...

Brutal: Obama’s approval among independents down to … 34/51
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THE CHICAGO MACHINE GETS ITS VOTES THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY: IT BUYS THEM ... ER, UM... THAT IS WHEN THEY'RE NOT STEALING THEM!
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS — BUYING: ABC: ABC News' Jonathan Karl reports: What does it take to get a wavering senator to vote for health care reform? Here’s a case study. On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.” The section spends two pages defining which “states” would qualify, saying, among other things, that it would be states that “during the preceding 7 fiscal years” have been declared a ...

$100 million
Hyscience — That's how much Harry Reid is willing to pay Democrat Mary Landrieu for her health care vote: [...] On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for "certain states recovering from a major disaster." The section spends two pages defining which "states" would qualify, saying, among other things, that it would be states that "during the preceding 7 fiscal years" have been declared a "major disaster area." I am told the section applies to exactly one state: Louisiana, the home of ...

Reid’s Willing To Pay For Healthcare: The $100 Million Buyout
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — ABC News: What does it take to get a wavering senator to vote for health care reform? Here’s a case study. On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.” The section spends two pages defining which “states” would qualify, saying, among other things, that it would be states that “during the preceding 7 fiscal years” have been declared a “major disaster area.” I am told the section applies to exactly one state: Louisiana, the ...

How Many Words Does It Take to Say “Louisiana”?
The Volokh Conspiracy — About 600 or so. Copyright © 2009 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed on other websites breaches copyright. If this content is not in your news reader, it makes the page you are viewing an infringement of the copyright. ...

BUYING MARY LANDRIEU’S VOTE for $100 million. Hey, why should they care what it costs — it’s your …
Instapundit — ... BUYING MARY LANDRIEU’S VOTE for $100 million. Hey, why should they care what it costs — it’s your money, not theirs. . . . ...

Dems Buy Off Sen Landrieu’s Vote For $100 Million of YOUR Money
Gateway Pundit — Senator Harry Reid and the Democrats bought off Senator Landrieu’s vote for their nationalized health care plan for $100 million of your money. How does that feel? ABC’s The Note reported: What does it take to get a wavering senator to vote for health care reform? Here’s a case study. On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.” The section spends two pages defining which “states” would ...

The $100 Million Health Care Vote?
USS Neverdock — Now you know why the Democrats don't want anyone to read the bill.

What a yes vote in the Senate costs these days
Betsy's Page — ABC reveals how much Mary Landrieu seems willing to sell her vote for the Reid health bill. The going rate seems to be $100 million. In Reid's view, that's cheap at the price, especially since it's all just coming out of the taxpayers' pockets. What does it take to get a wavering senator to vote for health care reform? Here’s a case study. On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.” The section spends two pages defining which “states” would qualify, saying, among other ...

This is Cheap for a Louisiana Politician
Lakeshore Laments — I don't know what's more amazing.  That Mary Landrieu went this cheap , or that Reid had the stones to play around with the legislative language the way he did. What does it take to get a wavering senator to vote for health care reform? Here’s a case study. On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.” The section spends two pages defining which “states” would qualify, saying, among other things, that it would be states that “during the preceding 7 fiscal years” have been declared a ...

After $100 million health care sweetener, maybe Landrieu can be next year’s Dem keynoter
Post on Politics — ... Now ABC News is reporting that Dems are throwing a $100 million sweetener into the health care bill to lock down Landrieu’s vote. ...

BLOG: Quick Links 11/20/09
Baseball Crank — ... *Jonathan Karl notices a $100 million payoff to Louisiana in the Senate healthcare bill to buy Mary Landrieu's vote. John Conyers, in ...

McCain on Landrieu's $100 Million -- By: Robert Costa
The Corner on National Review Online — ... ABC News reports that Louisiana senator Mary Landrieu, one of the last Democrats holding out on supporting Senate majority leader Harry Reid’s health-care legislation, has sweetened Louisiana’s slice of Obamacare by $100 million (via disaster-relief dollars) in a little-noticed provision on page 432 of Reid’s bill. Landrieu, of course, is not doing anything to hide this $100 million allocation. If anything, she’s proud of it. It’s “something she has been working on for a long time,” says Robert Sawicki, Landrieu’s press secretary. ...

Meredith Jessup: Dems Put Price on Landrieu's Health Care Vote: $100 Million
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — Jonathan Karl reports on the ABC News blog: What does it take to get a wavering senator to vote for health care reform? Here’s a case study. On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.” The section spends two pages defining which “states” would qualify, saying, among other things, that it would be states that “during the preceding 7 fiscal years” have been declared a “major disaster area.” I am told the section applies to exactly one state: Louisiana, the home of moderate Democrat ...

The Daily Grind (Uga VII Memorial Edition)
Weekly Standard Blog — ... Frum criticizes Palin: "This is a woman who has got into a position of leadership by sending very powerful sexual signals." Sheesh, what a crude demagogue that Palin is, always relying on tired talking points and whingy personal attacks, huh David? White House reversing on the bullying tactic with Afghanistan. How much does AARP's health-care support cost? About $18 million in stimulus money. Mary Landrieu drives a much better bargain. Watch and learn, AARP. Krauthammer: "'Failure is not an ...

The Demcare bribe list
Michelle Malkin — ... Ever won’t keep this list. The Most Ethical Congress ever won’t keep it either. So we’ll do the list ourselves and shine the light on the payoffs and last-minute backroom deals being made as Demcare heads for the first test vote tomorrow. Here are the top five Demcare bribes. Keep an eye out on bribes/offers for Democrat Sens. Ben Nelson of Nebraska; Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas; and Evan Bayh of Indiana. Leave comments or e-mail any new info to add to the list. Here we go: 1) MARY LANDRIEU AND LOUISIANA: $100 million via Jonathan Karl: On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a ...

Who is on the payola list for voting for Govt Healthcare
Peoples Press Collective — #tcot #teaparty #obamacare #corruption Hat tip Malkin 1)MARY LANDRIEU AND LOUISIANA: $100 million via Jonathan Karl: 2)CALIFORNIA: $300 million, via LA Times: 3) AARP a) Via Philip Klein: $18 million in stimulus money b) The Medigap royalty/kickback scheme 4) THE ABORTION LOBBY, via LifeNews: 5) Big Labor - Via Houston Chronicle, Goodies for labor tucked away in health bill, More From Mark Mix This is just ...

It just a change to use the Chuchill line....
Commonsense & Wonder — "We know what you are Madam, we're just haggling on the price." The $100 Million Health Care Vote?

Senate likely has 60 votes for motion to proceed on health care bill
Open Left - Front Page — ... The last remaining holdout, Mary Landrieu, appears to have secured $100 million in Medicare funding for Louisiana in exchange for her vote. ...

Want to Know Why Fewer and Fewer Americans Support the Dems Health Care “Reform?”
Flopping Aces — Look at the $100 million payout for ONE Senator’s vote! The $100 Million Health Care Vote? By Jonathon Karl ABC News November 19, 2009 3:03 PM What does it take to get a wavering senator to vote for health care reform? Here’s a case study. On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.” The section spends two pages defining which “states” would qualify, saying, among other things, that it would be ...

George Bernard Shaw On Mary Landrieu
Discriminations — ... According to ABC News, Mary Landrieu (D, La) was paid $100 million (in the form of an earmark for Louisiana that Sen. Harry Reid inserted into his health care bill) for her support on health care. ...

A Medicaid Buy-Off -- By: Brian Blase
Articles on National Review Online — ... Sen. Harry Reid needs 60 Senate votes to pass his health-care bill and, as Jonathan Karl of ABC News reported last night, is attempting to bribe Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana to be the 60th vote by shoveling money into her state. His bribe takes the form of an increased federal reimbursement of Louisiana’s Medicaid expenses. ...

'Louisiana Purchase' Landrieu Blames ABC Report of $100 Million Buyoff on 'Very Partisan Republican Bloggers'
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... After reports surfaced, originally from ABC News, and subsequently commented upon by prominent lefties, like U.S. News and World Report's Bonnie Erbe ...

Senate votes to proceed with debate on healthcare “reform”
Sister Toldjah — ... Uh huh – and risk the $100,000,000 that was used to buy you off, Senator Landrieu? Don’t make me laugh. ...

Government by Lie
Cold Fury — ... (1) shall apply for purposes of this title (other than with respect to disproportionate share hospital payments described in section 1923 and payments under this title that are based on the enhanced FMAP described in 2105(b)) and shall not apply with respect to payments under title IV (other than under part E of title IV) or payments under title XXI.’’. I hope you didn’t read all of that. That’s the longest misspelling of the word “Louisiana” in history. In so many words, that’s the new “Louisiana Purchase” , Harry Reid’s $100 million payoff to Sen. Mary Landrieu for her ...

ABC’s Bill Weir: Voters Sent Senator Landrieu to Washington to ‘Get as Much Sausage’ as Possible
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... Good Morning America’s Bill Weir on Sunday defended the $300 million in pork that Senator Mary Landrieu acquired for her state, spinning, "The people of Louisiana, sent her to Washington to get as much sausage as they could, you know, she could." ...

Carol Platt Liebau: Awaiting a Bigger Payoff?
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — ... . They claim to be waiting for the CBO to score the new bill. In a sane world, this would make sense. After all, how can any fiscally responsible human being vote for a bill that will create a back-door government option by expanding the Medicare rolls, when the program already is due to go bankrupt in 2017? The problem, however -- especially given Landrieu's history -- is that both women may simply be waiting to see how big a payoff they can extract in return for their support. Given that a ...

Scared to Death of Howard Dean
Taylor Marsh — ... parade on cable, it’s like invasion of the Democratic principle snatchers. So, don’t trust a word coming out of their mouths right now. The Administration has scared good people into parroting talking points that you can see they don’t even believe. Except for Landrieu, who’s got to pay back boss Obama for all that cash she got for her vote. ...

OBAMA GET SENATE DEAL THE OLD FASHIONED WAY: HE BOUGHT IT
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS — THEY GOT A SENATE OBAMACARE BILL. SENATOR NELSON'S VOTE WAS BOUGHT - JUST LIKE LANDRIEU'S WAS. OBAMA AND HIS COMRADES IN THE CONGRESS ARE BUYING VOTES; IT'S COSTING THEM HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS - OF OUR MONEY. FILTHY SOCIALIST SCUM. ...

The Chicago Democrat Socialist Way: threats, bribery, extortion
Cold Fury — ... or Mary Landrieu or any other of the odious malefactors lurking in DC’s den of thieves? If so, better think again; it’d be far more accurate to consider it political suicide to vote against it. Voting for these unconstitutional crimes against the constituency is only going to piss off a majority of voters , after all, and their opinions don’t amount to much; they have famously short memories, are notoriously fickle and unpredictable, and wilfully uninformed and disinterested. So if you’re the typical venal, corrupt Congresscrawler, it’s that, or it’s hack off your ...

The illusion of design
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... with hundreds of millions of dollars in enhanced funding for Medicaid in his state. In a similar vein, language worth over $100 million was added to the bill, targeting the state of Louisiana, to purchase the vote of moderate Democrat Mary Landrieu. In other words, this carefully designed health care bill has different rules for people who happen to live in Nebraska or Louisiana, because this was necessary to buy the votes of their senators. The Congressional Budget Office scoring for the health care reform bill is based on ...

When you Shine a Light Into Dark Corners
PoliPundit.com — The cockroaches scurry out: The health reform Christmas gifts for Sens. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Ben Nelson of Nebraska are well known . But somewhere out there is another good little legislator who got funding for a hospital in their state. But which senator? Which hospital? It is a health care whodunit. Somewhere out there in the United States is a “Health Care Facility” “at a public research university in the United States that contains a State’s sole public academic medical and dental school.” We ...

The Health Care Bill’s $100 Million Hospital, Med, & Dental Schools
Lakeshore Laments — A lot of folks in DC and the press are going over every single state in the nation trying to find which one fits this description.  None of those "honest as the wind drive snow" Democrats wants to own up to this one. The health reform Christmas gifts for Sens. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Ben Nelson of Nebraska are well known . But somewhere out there is another good little legislator who got funding for a hospital in their state. But which senator? Which hospital? It is a health care whodunit. Somewhere out there in the United States is a “Health Care ...

Blue Dogs in Heat
The American Spectator — ... Republican state, even urged President Barack Obama to veto the spending package. But conveniently, such Democrats do not protest in large enough numbers to affect legislative outcomes. The only serious Democratic resistance effort we have seen since Obama has been president was the rebellion of Catholic pro-liberals in the House -- the kind of Democrats Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania is supposed to be -- that produced the Stupak amendment. Whether it is Medicaid money for Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) or Ben Nelson, seldom do Democratic moderates deliver for conservatives ...

Obama’s “Mission Accomplished” Moment
Firedoglake — ... that the big winners here are PhRMA, health insurance companies, Obama, Reid, Nelson, Lincoln, Lieberman, and, of course, the lobbyists, “who just saw their profits jump thanks to this great opportunity to show their clients just how powerful their hold on Washington really is.” Please allow me to add that it also is a win for Landrieu, but to take issue with the assertion that it’s a win for Obama, Reid, Nelson, or Lincoln. They’re celebrating now, but they’ve shot themselves in both feet politically. I’ll give Reid, Nelson, and Lincoln enough credit to say that they are ...

Michael Steele’s banana republic
The Palmetto Scoop — ... .” Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu created the “Louisiana Purchase.” And now, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is mimicking the Democrat’s style of political payback with one of his own: the “Saipan Sweetener.” ...

Repeal It: Pledging to fight off ObamaCare
United Liberty - Free Market - Individual Liberty - Limited Government — ... . The reason for doing this before passage is an effort to define the movement. Even if Democrats buy enough votes to pass this (see Mary Landrieu, ...

How high does bull$#*+ stack?
Daily Kos — ... finding a solution that leads to the passage of a health insurance reform bill, is the vehicle that can get this done. And though their votes wouldn't by themselves determine the outcome this time, reactionary ConservaDems (and Senators very much on the election bubble, by the way) Bayh and Lincoln join Nelson in opposing the vehicle that would fix some of the Senate bill's most toxic assets -- the so-called Cadillac tax, "Cornhusker Kickback," and its close cousin, the "Louisiana Purchase." Way to read those Massachusetts tealeaves, geniuses! Get ...