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• U.S. agency sees more health spending with reform | Reuters

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  Read Here: U.S. agency sees more health spending with reform | Reuters: "U.S. healthcare spending would rise by about $234 billion over the next decade under the Senate Democrats' overhaul bill and some of the proposed savings might never be achieved, a U.S. agency said in a report released'" [...]

  Posted: December 13, 2009, 2:09pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

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• Democrats plan nearly $2 trillion debt limit hike

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  Read Here:My Way News - Democrats plan nearly $2 trillion debt limit hike: "Democrats plan to allow the government's debt to swell by nearly $2 trillion as part of a bill next week to pay for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The amount pretty much equals the total of" [...]

  Posted: December 12, 2009, 4:22pm EST
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• DEMS Raise Debt Ceiling to avoid Tough Decisions before 2010 Elections

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  From Politico: In a bold but risky year-end strategy, Democrats are preparing to raise the federal debt ceiling by as much as $1.8 trillion before New Year’s rather than have to face the issue again prior to the 2010 elections...“We’ve incurred this debt. We have to pay our bills,” House [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 10:30am EST
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• Reid Asks Republicans for Weekend Off, Has Big Easy Fundraiser to Get To - The Note

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  From ABCNews: Lawmakers worked all last weekend on Democrats' health reform bill and they worked the Saturday before Thanksgiving and all signs indicated they would work this coming weekend too....But Reid, who wants to get a healthcare bill finished by Christmas, urged Republicans on the Senate floor to forego a' [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 12:18pm EST
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• Senate Democrats seek public option compromise | Reuters

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  Read Here: Senate Democrats seek public option compromise | Reuters: "Senate Democrats hunted for a compromise on a government-run insurance plan and battled Republicans on home care for the elderly on Saturday during a rare weekend work session on a sweeping healthcare overhaul.
  With Democratic leaders pushing to finish" [...]

  Posted: December 06, 2009, 2:45pm EST
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• Obama to Rally Senate Democrats on Health-Care Plan (Update1) - Bloomberg.com

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  Read Here: Obama to Rally Senate Democrats on Health-Care Plan (Update1) - Bloomberg.com: "Obama to Rally Senate Democrats on Health-Care Plan President Barack Obama heads to the U.S. Capitol to press Senate Democrats to agree on health legislation as lawmakers struggle to resolve disputes over issues including a proposed" [...]

  Posted: December 06, 2009, 2:44pm EST
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• Nelson, Specter must wrestle with anti-tax pledge in health debate - TheHill.com

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  From THE Hill: The Senate healthcare bill presents a tricky political challenge to Sens. Ben
  Nelson (Neb.) and Arlen Specter (Pa.), the only two Democrats in the Senate to
  have signed anti-tax pledges.Americans for Tax Reform, the group which persuaded
  Nelson and Specter to sign the pledge, will press both [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 12:39pm EST
  

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• Obama's agenda runs into economic angst in Congress | Politics | Reuters

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  Read Here: Obama's agenda runs into economic angst in Congress | Politics | Reuters: "President Barack Obama is paying a price for a recession that began before he took office, and fellow Democrats have started to balk at his legislative agenda and demand greater efforts to create jobs.
  Some" [...]

  Posted: November 28, 2009, 8:19am EST
  

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• Washingtonexaminer.com | Beltway Confidential | Opinion Articles - Editorials on Top News Stories | Washington Examiner

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  Read Here: Washingtonexaminer.com | Beltway Confidential | Opinion Articles - Editorials on Top News Stories | Washington Examiner: "A new Rasmussen Reports survey shows that Americans have become dramatically more satisfied with the U.S. health care system, even as President Obama and Democrats in Congress run it down rhetorically.[...]

  Posted: November 28, 2009, 8:14am EST
  

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• Voting For Obamacare Will Not Help Save Democrats' Majorities

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  From RCP.com: There’s a myth circulating in the blogosphere and the punditry, and it is threatening the Democrats’ majorities. It goes like this: In 1994, Democrats failed to pass a healthcare bill, and they lost their majorities. Ergo, if Democrats fail to pass a healthcare bill in 2009, they will [...]

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 9:31am EST
  

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• How Unemployment Affects Midterm Elections

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  From Real Clear Politics: It’s become something of an article of faith within the lay punditry that high unemployment and a weak recovery will seriously weigh down the Democrats’ performance in the 2010 midterm elections. People vote with their pocketbooks, the adage goes, and their pocketbooks are likely to be [...]

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 9:29am EST
  

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• Support for Health Care Plan Falls to New Low

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  From Rassmussen: Just 38% of voters now favor the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That’s the lowest level of support measured for the plan in nearly two dozen tracking polls conducted since June...The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 56% now oppose the [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:36pm EST
  

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• Healthcare bill faces first Senate test | Politics | Reuters

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  From Reuters: Healthcare bill faces first Senate test "The U.S. Senate will cast its first crucial test vote on healthcare reform on Saturday, with Democrats close to reaching the 60 votes needed to overcome Republican opposition and open debate...Senators will vote at 8 p.m. EST on whether to start debate" [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:50am EST
  

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• GOP Sees 2010 Window, Gloat That Dems Who Opposed Health Care Will Take Dual Heat

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  From TPMDC: : Much like Sen. Blanche Lincoln and Sen. Ben Nelson, looks like the 39 Democrats voting against the House health care bill Saturday are getting squeezed from both sides....We've been writing about all the left-leaning campaigns going after Democrats on health care, and plenty of efforts to hit' [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:22pm EST
  

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• Senate health vote set for Saturday night - TheHill.com

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  From The Hill: Senate Democrats have cleared the way for a Saturday night vote to begin the healthcare debate, a Democratic aide said....Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has agreed to relent on his demand for Senate clerks to read aloud the 2,074-page bill and allow the chamber to take a critical [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:42am EST
  

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• Politico - Mounting evidence that independent voters have soured on the Democrats

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  From Politico: Mounting evidence that independent voters have soured on the Democrats is prompting a debate among party officials about what rhetorical and substantive changes are needed to halt the damage...Following serious setbacks with independents in off-year elections earlier this month, White House officials attributed the defeats to local factors [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:22am EST
  

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• Head on a Pole Solution

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  Republicans are having a good time with their anti-tax tea parties. It has even brought out the creative side of some right-wingers, as they have staged various stunts to demonstrate their contempt for certain Democrats and what they see as excessive government spending, in general.
  
  While this staging-stunts strategy [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 3:16pm EST
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• Warner "Gets It" on Health Care Reform

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  As Congress lurches forward in its campaign to "reform" a deeply flawed health care system by making it a grievously flawed system, moderate "blue dog" Democrats are emerging as a key swing constituency that can make or break any deal. In the Senate, that puts the [...]

  Posted: November 15, 2009, 9:09am EST
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• Obama may squash Cap and Trade...

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  From Politico:.... On the practical side, Obama has spent more money on new programs in nine months than Bill Clinton did in eight years, pushing the annual deficit to $1.4 trillion. This leaves little room for big spending initiatives. .....On the political side, Obama can help moderate Democrats avoid some [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 11:00am EST
  

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• A Scary Proposition: Sen. Hatch Questions “If Feds Can Force Us to Buy Health Insurance Then There’s Literally Nothing the Federal Government Can’t Force Us to Do.”

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  From CNS News:Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, who has served in the Senate for 33 years and is a longtime member of the Judiciary Committee, told CNSNews.com that he does not believe the Democrats’ health-care reform plan is constitutionally justifiable, noting that if the federal government can force Americans [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 8:34am EST
  

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