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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
CBO pegs Nelson's Nebraska Medicaid deal cost at $100 million — Nebraska will receive $100 million in assistance for its state Medicaid program under provisions in the Senate's healthcare reform bill negotiated by Sen. Ben Nelson (D). — The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) …
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Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Cloture vote foreshadows conference tussle over final healthcare bill — As the Senate prepares for the dead-of-night cloture vote on its healthcare reform bill, lawmakers in both chambers have already begun jockeying over what the final bill should look like.
Sue / ChattahBox News Blog:
Stupak Ready to Pounce, Vows to Kill ‘Unacceptable’ Nelson Abortion Deal
Stupak Ready to Pounce, Vows to Kill ‘Unacceptable’ Nelson Abortion Deal
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Michelle Malkin:
Sneaky Sunday Senate liveblog, open thread; the building backlash …
Sneaky Sunday Senate liveblog, open thread; the building backlash …
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Deep in Health Bill, Very Specific Beneficiaries
Deep in Health Bill, Very Specific Beneficiaries
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Riverdaughter / The Confluence:
The abortion “compromise” doesn't make the health care reform bill good
The abortion “compromise” doesn't make the health care reform bill good
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Chris Frates / The Politico:
Payoffs for states get Reid to 60
Payoffs for states get Reid to 60
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New York Times:
Health Bill Passes Key Test in the Senate With 60 Votes — WASHINGTON — After a long day of acid, partisan debate, Democrats held ranks early Monday in a dead-of-night procedural vote that proved they had locked in the decisive margin needed to pass a far-reaching overhaul of the nation's health care system.
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Washington Post:
Health-care bill clears crucial vote in Senate, 60 to 40 — Senate Democrats won a milestone victory early Monday in the health-care debate, approving a procedural motion to move the reform legislation to final passage later this week, and without a single vote to spare.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
An ugly finale for health-care reform — Going into Monday morning's crucial Senate vote on health-care legislation, Republican chances for defeating the bill had come down to a last, macabre hope. They needed one Democratic senator to die — or at least become incapacitated.
Jeffrey Young / The Hill:
Senate Democrats unite for landmark healthcare vote
Senate Democrats unite for landmark healthcare vote
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The Huffington Post:
Feingold: Obama Responsible For Loss Of Public Option — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) formally announced on Sunday that he would support the Senate's final version of health care reform. But in doing so he cast blame for the loss of a public option …
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Jacob S. Hacker / The New Republic:
Why I Still Believe in This Bill
Why I Still Believe in This Bill
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Washington Post:
Fed's approach to regulation left banks exposed to crisis — Foreclosures already pocked Chicago's poorer neighborhoods but the downtown still was booming as the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago convened its annual conference in May 2007. — The keynote speaker, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
A Dangerous Dysfunction — Unless some legislator pulls off a last-minute double-cross, health care reform will pass the Senate this week. Count me among those who consider this an awesome achievement. It's a seriously flawed bill, we'll spend years if not decades fixing it, but it's nonetheless a huge step forward.
BBC:
Auschwitz theft suspects detained — Hundreds of thousands of people passed under the sign to their deaths — The “Arbeit macht frei” sign stolen from Auschwitz in southern Poland has been found in the north and five men are being questioned by police. — The five suspects …
The Note:
A Whodunit: The $100 million mystery hospital — ABC News' Z. Byron Wolf reports: — 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.
Douglas Elmendorf / Director's Blog:
Correction Regarding the Longer-Term Effects of the Manager's Amendment to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — CBO has discovered an error in the cost estimate released yesterday related to the longer-term budgetary effects of the manager's amendment to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Paul Krugman:
The WYSIWYG president — There's a lot of dismay/rage on the left over Obama, a number of cries that he isn't the man progressives thought they were voting for. — But that says more about the complainers than it does about Obama himself. If you actually paid attention to the substance …
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TMZ.com:
Brittany Murphy Dies — Brittany Murphy died early this morning after she went into full cardiac arrest and could not be revived, multiple sources tell TMZ. — She was 32. — A 911 call was made at 8:00 AM from a home in Los Angeles that is listed as belonging to her husband …
Kpicket / The washington times Blogs:
Sen. Whitehouse: foes of health care bill are birthers, right-wing militias, aryan groups — ****Updated with video link and more transcript — Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) today took shots at those who are not supporting the health care legislation.
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