tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 29 days ago
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Early in the health care debate, Speaker Nancy Pelosi promised single-payer advocate Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) that the House would hold a mostly-ceremonial vote on a Medicare-for-all amendment. It was a move intended to appease the sizable faction of House liberals who felt they'd had to ...
hotair.com - 27 days ago
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hotair.com —
The Democrats wheedled, cajoled, begged, and finally abandoned
its defense of abortion — truly a watershed moment...
— in order to get their version of ObamaCare passed … [...] Read the rest »
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Is this the high-water mark for ObamaCare?
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 28 days ago
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democratic leaders just
emerged from a caucus meeting with President Obama confident...
the House will pass a sweeping health care reform bill today. Addressing reporters outside the caucus meeting room just now, Pelosi ...
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Pelosi: 'We Will Pass Health Care Reform'
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Weiner Withdraws Single Payer Amendment
Daily Kos —
Taking one for the team, Rep. Anthony Weiner has, in agreement with Speaker Pelosi, withdrawn his single payer amendment: "I have decided not to offer a single payer alternative to the health reform bill at this time," says Weiner in a statement. "Given how fluid the negotiations are on the final push to get comprehensive health care reform that covers millions of Americans and contains costs through a public option, I became concerned that my amendment might undermine that important goal." His decision is a tactical one, but it may ...
House health care deliberations thread
MyDD —
... This thread is for any comments about the health care reform debate. I am upset that Representative Anthony Weiner (NY-09) was asked to withdraw his single-payer amendment from consideration, but Bart Stupak (MI-01) will be able to ...
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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/16/2009 — "I love Nancy Pelosi," President Obama declared last night at a swank San Francisco fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee. He lauded the speaker (D-CA) and talked about her role in health care.
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