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2 More Votes For a Public Option In the House
TalkLeft —
I found something worthwhile from last night's election results. TPM: The NY-23 seat [. . .] went to Democrat Bill Owens [. . .] [a]nd the CA-10 seat [. . .] went to Democrat John Garamendi. That creates some simple arithmetic. Yesterday, Democrats had 256 voting members in the House. By week's end, they'll have 258. Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could afford to lose no more than 38 Democratic votes on a landmark health care reform bill. Next week, after Owens and Garamendi are sworn in, she can lose up to 40. Garamendi is a ...
The impact on health care
Political Animal —
... . As it turns out, the Republican spin is largely backwards. Neither McDonnell nor Christie will have votes on health care reform in Congress. But the Democratic candidates who won yesterday will. Brian Beutler raises a good point . Most of the commentary about last night's elections has centered around Republican pickups in the New Jersey and Virginia statehouses. But what's gone largely unnoticed is that the two congressional seats up for grabs last night both went to Democrats, and that will have immediate ramifications for health care reform. The NY-23 seat abdicated by ...
Health Care and the Elections
Matthew Yglesias —
Brian Beutler notes the non-symbolic meaning of last night’s election results:
That creates some simple arithmetic. Yesterday, Democrats had 256 voting members in the House. By week’s end, they’ll have 258. Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could afford to lose no more than 38 Democratic votes on a landmark health care reform bill. Next week, after Owens and Garamendi are sworn in, she can lose up to 40. For legislation this historic and far-reaching, she’ll need every vote she can get–and both ...
Congress gets another voice on health-care reform
Ezra Klein —
Brian Beutler looks at what "yesterday's overwhelming, historic Republican victory" means for health-care reform:
The NY-23 seat abdicated by Republican John McHugh (who resigned to become Secretary of the Army) went to Democrat Bill Owens -- the first Democrat to hold the seat in over a century. And the CA-10 seat abdicated by Democrat Ellen Tauscher (who resigned to become Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs) went to Democrat John Garamendi.
That creates some simple arithmetic. Yesterday, ...
Yesterday's Vote: Two More Votes for Healthcare Reform
Daily Kos —
While AP touts a "GOP Sweep" (maybe reporter Liz Sidoti doesn't know what "sweep" means) and Fox News trumpets the non-federal election results from last night as the end of "Obamacare", TPM's Brian Beutler has a reminder for them: Yesterday, Democrats had 256 voting members in the House. By week's end, they'll have 258. Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could afford to lose no more than 38 Democratic votes on a landmark health care reform bill. Next week, after Owens and Garamendi are sworn in, she can lose up to 40. For legislation ...
Mike's Blog Roundup
Crooks and Liars —
No More Mister Nice Blog: Erickson and Malkin: The People's Front of Judea
Stinque: Facebiter Bachmann & Fox News calling out to Brownshirts to storm congress and kill the health care reform bill.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition: Grassley on the National Criminal Justice Commission: "The point is, for them to do what we tell them to do. And one of the things that I was anticipating telling them not to do is to -- to recommend or study the legalization of drugs."
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