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5 more Dems will vote against health care — Washington (CNN) — Five more House Democrats said Tuesday that they will vote against Senate health care legislation, which puts opponents of reform just 11 votes shy of the 216 needed to prevent President Obama from scoring a major victory on his top domestic priority.
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Do Pelosi and the Democrats Have the Health Care Votes? Here's the Math — ABC's David Chalian reports: President Obama and Speaker Pelosi (with an apparent assist from Mrs. Kucinich) successfully convinced Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, to change his position and support …
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Congressman Dennis Kucinich:
Kucinich Remarks as Prepared for Delivery — Each generation has had to take up the question of how to provide for the health of the people of our nation. And each generation has grappled with difficult questions of how to meet the needs of our people. I believe health care is a civil right.
Huma Khan / ABCNEWS:
House Majority Leader: 'We're Going to Have a Clean Up or Down Vote' — Steny Hoyer, Eric Cantor Spar Over Health Care Vote Count, Parliamentary Tactics — House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer today hinted that Democrats may use a controversial parliamentary procedure to pass the health care bill …
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
FACT CHECK: Premiums would rise under Obama plan — WASHINGTON - Buyers, beware: President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul will lower premiums by double digits, but check the fine print. — Premiums are likely to keep going up even if the health care bill passes, experts say.
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
GOP senator predicts legal challenges to ‘deem and pass’ — The Senate's second-ranking Republican predicted legal challenges if Democrats use a controversial tactic to move healthcare reform. — Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) on Tuesday said litigation could result if Democrats draft …
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Wall Street Journal:
Opinions Harden on Health — Nearly half call plan a ‘bad idea’ in latest Journal/NBC poll, but Democrats who oppose it risk alienating base — Democratic lawmakers may be tempted to vote against the health-care overhaul plan pending in Congress because it remains unpopular with a broad swath of the public.
New York Times:
Democrats Consider New Moves for Health Bill — WASHINGTON — As lawmakers clashed fiercely over major health care legislation on the House floor, Democrats struggled Tuesday to defend procedural shortcuts they might use to win approval for their proposals in the next few days.
The Politico:
Kucinich is a ‘yes’ on health care
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Chris Frates / The Politico:
PhRMA plans $6 million pro-reform ad buy in 38 House districts …
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
House Democrats scramble to ensure adequate deficit reduction in health bill
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Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
Public split on support for health care bill
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Bibi's Tense Time-Out — So, Barack Obama can lose his temper without a teleprompter. And we have the supremely aggravating Bibi Netanyahu to thank for that. — On St. Patrick's Day, of all days, we wouldn't want to think that our president did not know how to pick his donnybrooks.
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Fineman Reports Kucinich to Vote “Yes” — Dennis Kucinich has called a press conference for tomorrow. Howard Fineman is reporting that Kucinich will vote “yes” on health care. — Kucinich told Obama that he wants a full ERISA waver and a public option in exchange for his vote.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Breaking: Kucinich To Vote Yes — In a big get for House Dems, Dennis Kucinich just made it official: He's voting for the Senate bill, making him the first member to go on record fliping his vote from No to Yes. — “In the past week it's become clear that the vote on the final bill will be very close …
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Norman J. Ornstein / The Enterprise Blog:
Hypocrisy: A Parliamentary Procedure — Any veteran observer of Congress is used to the rampant hypocrisy over the use of parliamentary procedures that shifts totally from one side to the other as a majority moves to minority status, and vice versa. But I can't recall a level …
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Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
Allies everywhere feeling snubbed by President Obama — The contretemps between President Obama and Israel needs to be seen in a broader global context. The president who ran against “unilateralism” in the 2008 campaign has worse relations overall with American allies than George W. Bush did in his second term.
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Associated Press:
If bin Laden is found, he'll be killed, Holder says — Holder: If bin Laden found, he'll be killed — Osama bin Laden “will never appear in an American courtroom,” Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. told House members at a hearing Tuesday. — “Let's deal with the reality here,” …
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Jen DiMascio / The Politico:
ACLU sues gov't over drones — The American Civil Liberties Union sued the federal government Tuesday to learn the use of unmanned drones for targeted killings by the military and CIA. — “In particular, the lawsuit asks for information on when, where and against whom drone strikes can be authorized …
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Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Hawaii considers legislation to ignore birthers. — The birther conspiracy continues to live on, despite definitive proof showing that President Obama was indeed born in the United States. Hawaii's government agencies are becoming so frustrated with the delusional birthers that the state …
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Mark Niesse / Associated Press:
Hawaii considering law to ignore Obama ‘birthers’
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New York Times:
McConnell Strategy Shuns Bipartisanship — WASHINGTON — Before the health care fight, before the economic stimulus package, before President Obama even took office, Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican minority leader, had a strategy for his party: use his extensive knowledge of Senate procedure …
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Ezra Klein:
Was Medicare popular when it passed? — For some time, I've been trying to find good polling from the passage of Medicare. According to Greg Sargent, though, the Democrats beat me to it: … I wonder how many of the legislators who took the tough vote to move Medicare forward regret doing that today.
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Jobs Bill Passes in Senate With 11 Votes From Republicans — WASHINGTON — The Senate approved and sent to President Obama on Wednesday what Congressional Democrats hope will be the first in a series of bills spurring employment by providing tax breaks and other hiring incentives to businesses.
The New Republic:
The Crisis — Was Obama's confrontation with Israel premeditated? — JERUSALEM—Suddenly, my city feels again like a war zone. Since the suicide bombings ended in 2005, life in Jerusalem has been for the most part relatively calm. The worst disruptions have been the traffic jams resulting …
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The Medicus Firm Physician Survey: Health Reforms Potential Impact on Physician Supply and Quality of Medical Care — Key Findings from The Medicus Firm Survey — Physician Support of Health Reform in General — 62.7% of physicians feel that health reform is needed but should be implemented …
Resurgent Republic:
PollingAnalysis: Hispanic Voters Align with Conservative Fiscal and National Security Policies — MEMORANDUM — TO: Interested Parties — FROM: Ed Goeas and Leslie Sanchez — DATE: March 17, 2010 — RE: Hispanic Voters Align with Conservative Fiscal and National Security Policies
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