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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Stupak aims to sink ‘unacceptable’ abortion compromise — An aide to Rep. Bart Stupak (D. Mich.) coordinated opposition to the Senate health bill's abortion compromise this morning with the Republican Senate leadership according to a chain of frantic emails obtained this morning by POLITICO.
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President Obama Hails Senate Health Care Bill as Ben Nelson Jumps on Board — With New Compromise, Democrats May Pass Bill By Christmas Deadline — Defense Bill Passage Clears Way for Health Care Bill Vote — Earlier today, Senate Democratic leaders overcame a major hurdle and paved …
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:National Organization for Women opposes Senate health bill
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:One Premium, Two Checks: How Abortion Will Be Paid For Under The Nelson Compromise
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:Coburn: Nelson agreement with leaders ‘threw unborn babies under the bus’
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:Nelson: I'll Filibuster Post-Conference Health Care Bill If House …
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
A Pyrrhic Victory? — Special editorial, December 19, 2009. — When a fellow conservative tried to cheer me up this morning by assuring me that the Senate Democrats' victory on health care was going to be a Pyrrhic one, I realized I didn't remember much about Pyrrhus. — I went of course to Wikipedia.
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Joe Biden / New York Times:
Why the Senate Should Vote Yes on Health Care — IF I were still a United States senator, I would not only vote yes on the current health care reform bill, I would do so with the sure knowledge that I was casting one of the most historic votes of my 36 years in the Senate.
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
This Is Why I Named This Blog “Legal Insurrection” — I was in the car most of the day, so I haven't had a chance to post on the Ben Nelson sellout. So here are some initial thoughts: — Yes, it is that bad. The Democrats are about to put in place the legislative …
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Kristol: Ten Words To Remember — There are lots of embarrassing little things to mock in the Senate bill (e.g., the special provision for Nebraska), and lots of bad provisions to attack (the tax hikes and federal funding for abortion, to mention two). But Republicans shouldn't lose sight …
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Douglas Elmendorf / Director's Blog:
Manager's Amendment to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — CBO and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) have released an analysis of the budgetary effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), Senate Amendment 2786 in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 3590 …
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Wall Street Journal:Democrats Secure 60 Votes on Health Bill
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Jeffrey Young / The Hill:CBO: Health bill spends $871B, reduces deficit by $132B
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New York Times:
Show Us the E-Mail — WE end this extraordinary financial year with news that the Treasury is in discussions with American International Group about selling the taxpayers' 80 percent ownership stake in that company. The government recently permitted several banks to break free …
Ezra Klein:
Still time to think small — This is a good bill. Not a great bill, but a good bill. Imagine telling a Democrat in the days after the 2004 election that the 2006 election would end Republican control of Congress, the 2008 election would return a Democrat to the White House …
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CNN:
Palin continues to blast climate change believers — (CNN)- In a late night posting on her Twitter feed, Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin continued to blast climate change believers Friday, calling the talks in Copenhagen, Denmark a representation of man's “arrogance,” for believing people have an impact on nature.
Liz Robbins / New York Times:
Winter Arrives Early, Blanketing Washington and East Coast — An enormous winter storm piled snow on New York and New England Saturday evening, after crippling the nation's capital and the mid-Atlantic earlier in the day, causing thousands of flights to be canceled across the country …
Frank Rich / New York Times:
Tiger Woods, Person of the Year — AS we say farewell to a dreadful year and decade, this much we can agree upon: The person of the year is not Ben Bernanke, no matter how insistently Time magazine tries to hype him into its pantheon. The Fed chairman was just as big a schnook as every …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama, Denied Full Victory on 2 Issues, Takes Validation — WASHINGTON — President Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, likes to say that the only thing that is not negotiable is success. The last 48 hours offered a case study in how the president applies that maxim to governing.
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ShanghaiDaily.com:
Harder to buy US Treasuries — IT is getting harder for governments to buy United States Treasuries because the US's shrinking current-account gap is reducing supply of dollars overseas, a Chinese central bank official said yesterday. — The comments by Zhu Min, deputy governor …
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