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The Hill:
Dems ditch ‘deem and pass’ — Top Democrats confirmed Saturday that the House would hold separate votes on the Senate healthcare bill and the reconciliation bill, making fixes to it. — Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), one of the chief deputy whips, Rep. Melvin Watt (D-N.C.), and Rep. Eliot Engel …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Rules Committee meeting descends into chaos — At the House Rules Committee meeting, Democrats desperate to pass their national health care plan are running into the barrier of basic civics. Here is the problem: The Senate has passed its HCR bill. If the House passes the same bill …
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
House leaders plan separate health vote, rejecting ‘deem and pass’ — House leaders have decided to take a separate vote on the Senate health-care bill, rejecting an earlier, much-criticized strategy that would have permitted them to “deem” the unpopular measure passed without an explicit vote.
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Michelle Malkin:
Reports: Deem and Pass is dead; keep the no-mentum going — Well, well, well. Breaking news all over that the Dems have now abandoned Demon Pass. — WaPo alert: … The Hill tweets: “Our Roxana Tiron reports Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) told her Pelosi now WILL NOT use ‘deem and pass.’”
Michelle Malkin:
Reports: An executive order to pay off pro-life Democrats? — Both Left and Right are hearing rumors that the Dems are drafting an executive order to quell pro-life Democrat opposition to the government health care takeover plan. — Daniel Foster reports the buzz at NRO.
Rox / The Hill:
Rep. Engel: Pelosi has abandoned ‘deem and pass’ — Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) said that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) won't use the tactic of deem and pass for healthcare reform. — Instead there will be two separate votes, one on the Senate bill and one on the reconciliation bill.
The Hill:
Pelosi: No votes on any side issues, including abortion — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Saturday there wouldn't be any votes on side issues on healthcare legislation, including abortion. — Speaking to reporters just off the House floor, Pelosi made clear she wouldn't allow votes on …
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Pelosi: ‘No Separate Vote’ For Stupak...Or Anybody Else — House Democratic leadership has apparently told Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) to go take a hike—and they'll move forward without him, or any other anti-abortion Dems threatening to switch their votes from ‘yes’ to ‘no.’
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Reid says ‘significant majority’ of Senate committed to health bill fixes
Michael W. McConnell / Wall Street Journal:
The Health Vote and the Constitution—II
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Robert Costa / The Corner on National Review Online:
Stupak is ‘Finished with Pelosi’ — By: Robert Costa — Two pro-life GOP members close to Stupak tell NRO that any Stupak deals are off. They just spoke with him and they said he's finished with Pelosi. They rejected his enrollment corrections proposal.
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The Hill:
Pro-Choice Caucus livid at talk of deal with Stupak on abortion — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday evening met with a visibly angry Pro-Choice Caucus amid rumors from Democratic aides that the Speaker was working on a last-minute deal with Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) to give his abortion language a separate vote.
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Dingell says he'll work to defeat Stupak's abortion efforts
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Stupak Abortion Language to Be Substituted for Senate Language …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Menacing — Things are getting pretty heated in the Capitol with crowds of anti-Reform/Tea Party activists going through the halls shouting slogans and epithets at Democratic members of Congress. — As our Brian Beutler reports, a few moments ago in the Longworth office building …
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The Hill:
CBC member: Health bill protesters called lawmakers the N-word — Rep. Andre Carson (D-Ind.) claimed Saturday that healthcare protesters at the Capitol directed racial epithets at him Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) as they walked outside. — Carson, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus along with Lewis …
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
PROTESTING OBAMACARE IN WASHINGTON: Reader Barrett Cunningham sends this photo and reports: “It's an incredible turnout Glenn, and people just keep coming.” — And reader Alan Poston sends this pic and reports a crowd estimate of 30,000 was given at the scene. Not sure of the source.
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Obama Forcefully Makes Case at Capitol … President Obama just closed his remarks to House Democrats, telling them they were on the verge of making history. — “You have a chance to make good on the promises you made,” Mr. Obama said. “This is one of those moments.
Jesse Lee / White House.gov Blog Feed:
Weekly Address: Time for Action on Financial Reform for the Economy — As a key committee in the Senate takes up reforming the ways of Wall Street, the President lays down a marker: “I urge those in the Senate who support these reforms to remain strong, to resist the pressure …
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