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• Moderates uneasy with Medicare plan

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  Read Here: Moderates uneasy with Medicare plan - - POLITICO.com: "Senate moderates who are the linchpin to passing a health care reform bill raised fresh worries Thursday about a proposed Medicare expansion, complicating Majority Leader Harry Reid’s hopes of putting together a filibuster-proof majority for the legislation in the" [...]

  Posted: December 12, 2009, 4:27pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

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• Health care loophole would allow coverage limits

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  From the AP:A loophole in the Senate health care bill would let insurers place annual dollar limits on medical care for people struggling with costly illnesses such as cancer, prompting a rebuke from patient advocates....The legislation that originally passed the Senate health committee last summer would have banned such limits, [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 10:26am EST
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• Seriously? Congress doesn't have more important things on their plate right now.

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  I love football but seriously, Congressional bill for a NCAA Division I Football payoff, Come On. From the AP: House subcommittee approved legislation Wednesday aimed at forcing college football to switch to a playoff system to determine its national champion, over the objections of some lawmakers who said Congress has [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 12:23pm 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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• The Ugly Side of Cap and Trade

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  Dan Holler discusses the lack of transparency and procedural tricks used to push economy-killing cap-and-trade climate legislation through Congress
  
  
  
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 10:01pm EST
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• Crossed lines

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  If you tried to call Sen. Jim Webb’s office on the weekend the U.S. Senate voted to debate health-care legislation on the floor, and you got bumped to another senator’s voicemail, don’t take it personally.

  Apparently, the Senate phone system was inundated with calls and lines were crossed.

  One reader told [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 11:09pm EST
  

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• Sen. Webb posts health care bill

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  Sen. Jim Webb has called for greater transparency in the health care debate and today he posted the Senate bill on his Web site—all 2,074 pages for your reading pleasure.

  In mid-October, Webb asked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to post the legislation and complete budget scores of the health [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:56pm EST
  

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• Finally, A Congressman With a Solution: Stop Complaining So Much

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  Problem is, whose definition of what complaining means are we going to use here? Like hate speech legislation, "set asides" and governement stimulus checks there is more to the intent here than meets the eye.... What a Pansy... From Big Government: Sure, the economy sucks. Unemployment is at least 10.2% [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:23pm EST
  

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• AP Poll: Americans fret over health overhaul costs

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  From The AP: Americans are worried about hidden costs in the fine print of health care overhaul legislation, an Associated Press poll says. That's creating new challenges for President Barack Obama as he tries to close the deal with a handful of Democratic doubters in the Senate....Although Americans share a [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 2:46pm EST
  

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• NBC's ObamaVision: Will Peacock News Division Expose the Alarmism?

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  From BIG HOLLYWOOS: NBC’s ObamaVision: Will Peacock’s News Division Expose the Alarmism?
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  “Why can’t we ignore [global warming]? Because it’s the biggest crisis we’ve ever faced.” — Al Gore, April 24, 2009, Testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Climate Change Legislation....Next week NBC [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 1:08pm EST
  

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