memeorandum: Anatomy of a Health Reform Deal (Amy Sullivan/Swampland)

6:20 AM ET, November 8, 2009

Top Items:

House passes key hurdle on health-care legislation — Debate expected to last at least four hours, vote on landmark reform scheduled this evening — After receiving a pep talk from President Obama, House Democrats cleared a key procedural hurdle Saturday in the debate over expanding …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Power Line, Scared Monkeys, Newsweek Blogs, The Fix, The Page, Blue Virginia and CNN

Jackie Kucinich / Roll Call:

Cao May Be Sole GOP Vote In Favor of Health Bill — At least one Republican may vote for the Democratic health care bill, several House sources confirmed on Saturday night. — Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao (R-La.), a former Jesuit seminarian, is rumored to be on the fence if the House approves …

Discussion: Wonk Room, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story

New York Times:

Sweeping Health Care Plan Passes House — WASHINGTON — Handing President Obama a hard-fought victory, the House narrowly approved a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system on Saturday night, advancing legislation that Democrats said could stand as their defining social policy achievement.

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Think Progress:

GOP Gone Wild: Unruly Republicans Silence Women Lawmakers With Screams, Shouts, And Delay Tactics — This morning, the House began consideration of the rule for debate of the House health care bill. As the Democratic Women's Caucus took to the microphone on the House floor to offer …

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Joseph Cao:
Cao Votes for “Life”; Achieves Legislation to Protect the Health of All Americans

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Alex Koppelman / Salon:
Republican votes for House Dems' health bill

Discussion: The Nation

Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
House passes historic health bill

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Michelle Malkin:
Health care takeover roll call vote …

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TCOT REPORT 2009©:

President Obama Acknowledged Today That He and Bill Owens Pulled a Health Care Fast One on the Voters in NY-23 — The New York Times is reporting that in his pep talk to the Democrats in Congress this morning, President Obama acknowledged that he and newly elected NY-23 Democratic Congressman Bill Owens …

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Rayne / Firedoglake:

Stupak Amendment Passes; 64 Dems Ask for Primary Opponents — [Ed. note: At 11:01 p.m. ET we are now watching the final vote for H.R. 3962, the health care bill itself. Stay tuned here for more coverage.] — Do you like that headline? Because that's what I'm feeling right …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars

Rayne / Firedoglake:

H.R. 3962 Health Care Bill Passes — As of 11:07 p.m. ET, we have a health care reform bill. Although five minutes remained on the clock, the votes were all in with 220 Yeas, 215 Nays. — Of the Nay votes, 39 were Democrats. — There was a lone Republican Yea from Rep. Joseph Cao of Louisiana.

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Michelle Malkin:
Liveblogging, Pt. 2: The hurry-up House debate on health care; Update: Bill Passes

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Ezra Klein:
A very bad deal to pass a very good bill

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Jason Rosenbaum / NOW! Blog:
Call today to defeat the Stupak anti-abortion amendment

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Chris Frates / The Politico:
Dems sources: 218 is on the way

Discussion: AmSpecBlog

Chris Frates / The Politico:
Cooper will vote yes

Discussion: Daily Kos

Telegraph:

Fort Hood shooting: Texas army killer linked to September 11 terrorists — Major Nidal Malik Hasan worshipped at a mosque led by a radical imam said to be a “spiritual adviser” to three of the hijackers who attacked America on Sept 11, 2001. — Hasan, the sole suspect in the massacre …

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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Report: Hasan attended same radical mosque as 9/11 hijackers …

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Washington Post:
‘I could hear the bullets going past me’

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Carolyn Lochhead / San Francisco Chronicle:

Democrats win key victory on health care — (11-07) 04:00 PST Washington - — President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi achieved a stupendous - but still incomplete - victory Saturday, winning House passage of the biggest expansion of health care coverage since Medicare's creation in 1964 …

Discussion: The Nation and Hit & Run

The Hill:

Dems: ‘We have the votes’ — Democratic leaders believe they have the votes to pass their historic, $1 trillion healthcare plan Saturday night, Democratic sources said. — “We have the votes,” said a senior Democratic aide. — Though leaders feel comfortable, the margin is narrow.

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New York Times:
Abortion Was at Heart of Wrangling

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David M. Herszenhorn / Prescriptions:
Abortion Fight Erupts in Health Care Debate

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Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
The abortion deal — Abortion opponents won a huge …

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Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Schakowsky: We're fighting off Stupak amendment

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Chris Frates / The Politico:

GOP Shadegg to buck pro-lifers, party — Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) said he plans to buck right-to-life groups and his own party and vote “present” on a Democratic amendment that would prevent federal funding for abortions as part of health-care overhaul legislation.

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Amy Sullivan / Swampland:
Anatomy of a Health Reform Deal

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The Huffington Post:
Obama To Dems: GOP Will Attack Regardless Of How You Vote

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The Huffington Post:
WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?

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Chris Frates / The Politico:

Democratic no votes — House Democratic leadership saw 39 of their members vote against the bill and, with one Republican yes vote, Democrats passed sweeping health reform legislation 220-215. While the reasons these Democrats have offered for opposing the $1.2 trillion bill vary …

Telegraph:

Bloodless President Barack Obama makes Americans wistful for George W Bush — Barack Obama's reaction to bad news is to play it so cool that Americans yearn for a bit more drama - and some even for his predecessor, writes Toby Harnden in Washington. — Toby Harnden's American Way

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McClatchy Washington Bureau:

Obama leaning toward 34,000 more troops for Afghanistan — WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it until after he consults with key allies and completes a trip to Asia later this month …

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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:

Gregg: CBO cost estimate of Pelosi Plan $3 trillion; Update: Heritage says $2.4T — You know, Senator Gregg, talking like this won't get you an appointment to Barack Obama's Cabinet. Oh, wait ...: … I'm not sure where Gregg gets the $3 trillion number.

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