Democrats are either hedging their bets on keeping Obama's US Senate seat in Illinois, or they're bluffing. An Associated Press piece says:
The Obama administration has even expressed some uneasiness about Democrats' ability to keep the seat away from Republicans in the wake of Blagojevich.
"Obviously there is an added burden, but'" [...]
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The controversy over the stimulus package continues, both nationally and in Illinois – creating a political problem for the Illinois Democrats who blindly supported the bill that has created more government, but not more jobs.
All three of Illinois’ vulnerable Democrats in the House- Melissa Bean, [...]
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Some more health care news...
Moderate Democrats Voice Concerns
In her Sun-Times column this morning, Carol Marin singles out Democratic Reps. Melissa Bean and Bill Foster for their yes votes in favor of health care legislation this past weekend:
We may disagree with one another on whether, in the end, this legislation is good for America. [...]
Objections have been filed against the petitions of Green Party candidate Bill Scheurer and Democratic hopeful Jonathan Farnick in the 8th congressional district. Both objections were filed by Zion resident Gregory Ferritto.
In the 10th congressional district, Dem. state Rep. Julie Hamos filed formal objections to the candidacy of Richard B. Mayers who [...]
The bill went to the full House on a 16-10 [...]
The president's top domestic policy priority is one step closer to being made law. As you've read elsewhere, the full House passed its final health care reform bill late Saturday night by a slim 220-215 margin. Although 39 Democrats eventually voted against the bill, none of Democrats hailing from President [...]
Illinois GOP Chairman: Pelosi's Government-Run Health Care Experiment Is Wrong For Illinois
Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady issued the following statement today on the passage of Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats’ government-run health care experiment:
"Today is a disappointing day for'" [...]
Hours before an expected vote on a sweeping health care bill, House Democrats believe they’ve secured the 218 votes they need to approve the bill, several party insiders said.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took to the House floor about 6:30 p.m. to say, “Today we will [...]
My ass. This has got to be the most partisan CONgress ever with the Dems in control. They need to force this Obamacare Bill thru without debate and no input form the Republicans, because the more people hear about the Bill the more people are against it.
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UPDATE, 8:10a: Here' an email from a House source, sent in the wee hours, that offers an excellent explanation of what's happening:
After a very long day, the House leadership acquiesced to pro-life Democrats led by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) who have demanded a vote on the pro-life Stupak-Pitts amendment. [...]
It's such a relief to know that B. Hussein Obama, who has plenty of time for golf and date nights with the race and entitlement obsessed First Klingon, but not so much with General McChrystal, wasn't obsessing over Tuesday's elections, especially the dems' beatdown [...]
A cap and trade bill, which should be called "cap and tax," was approved by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee this morning. Republicans boycotted the vote--all of the Democrats on the committee voted for the national energy tax, except for Tom Carper (D-DE)--a cap and [...]
