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Blog Entries for Saturday, December 19
CBO on Health Deal
The Congressional Budget Office is out with its budget analysis of the updated Democratic health bill, which says the plan would reduce the federal deficit over the first ten years by $132 billion. Critics will argue that's because the bill simply brings in more tax revenues, and they certainly have ...
Health Care Goodies
Here is one provision of the changes made in the health care bill that won over the support of Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska - extra money in federal health matching funds. This is on page 98 of the amendment submitted today by Democrats. = Notwithstanding subsection (b) and paragraphs ...
Health Deal Details
Here are some of the details as laid out by Democrats on the changes being proposed to health care legislation before the U.S. Senate. This should give Democrats 60 votes to break a filibuster against the bill. These details come from the office of Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid. Note ...
Health Care Changes
Here are the health care changes released by Democrats on this Saturday, which will win the support of Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) and provide the decisive 60th vote in the Senate for approval. You can also download the entire pdf file (383 pages) at http://bit.ly/5w4Vrp . - IN THE SENATE ...
Blog Entries for Friday, December 18
A Bankrupt Pentagon
Caught up in the health care battle, it looks like the budget for the Defense Department won't be passed quickly enough, and that the military will run out of money at midnight tonight. You read that right. But don't expect a government shutdown or anything. What's happening here? The temporary ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, December 17
Ben Nelson Sweepstakes
No longer is Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) the Most Wanted Senator on Capitol Hill when it comes to health care reform. That title is now squarely being held by Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE), who can pave the way for a vote before Christmas, or delay action into the New Year. While Lieberman ...
The Midnight Oil
The Senate on Thursday started working what might be up to seven straight days of all night sessions if Democrats are to get a health care bill approved before a Christmas break. And even if that happens, lamwakers might be back in between Christmas and New Year's for more battling. ...
Cap & Trade Numbers
As the Climate Change conference wraps up in Copenhagen, some new numbers are out on plans from Democrats in the Congress on a Cap and Trade bill from the Congressional Budget Office. They give both sides plenty to chew on. The basic numbers are that the Senate version of the ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, December 16
Defense Budget Earmarks
I can tell that readers of my blog have gotten bored with the repeated stories that I have done this year about home state earmarks in various budget bills working through the Congress. That kind of reaction is exactly why lawmakers keep going to the trough each year. The defense ...
Presidential Health Words
A new theme has been evident in recent days from President Obama in the health care debate, as he has started to warn of impending doom for the United States if a health care bill is voted down in the Congress. "The federal government will go bankrupt," if Congress does ...
The Clock Ticks
There are a lot of unknowns about the health care debate in the Congress, but one thing seems to be assured now, that no health care legislation will reach the desk of President Obama in calendar year 2009. So what happens the rest of this year? Christmas Eve is one ...
Christmas Tree Update
There won't be a gigantic Legislative Christmas Tree getting through the Congress this year after all, as Democrats have had to pare back their plans to jam through a bunch of legislation before going home. Instead, they'll kick the can into next year. Instead of a big increase in the ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, December 15
On The Precipice
After meeting with Senate Democrats at the White House on Tuesday, President Obama said his party is "on the precipice" of approving landmark reforms to the nation's health care system. But then he acknowledged that a lot of hard bargaining is still ahead. Democrats have tried repeatedly to make it ...
A Liberal Revolt
The grumbling from liberals started weeks ago on the direction of health care reform in the Senate. It went away for a little while, but now there are prominent voices in the Democratic Party who have a simple message: "Kill the Senate Bill." That was also the message from Tea ...
Waiting On CBO
Once again, the progress of health care reform is being determined in part by the work of a fairly obscure group of government budget crunchers, who are being asked to figure out cost estimates for Democratic health care plans. Not only are Senators waiting on the Congressional Budget Office cost ...
GTMO to Illinois
Here is a Presidential memorandum as released by the White House, which orders the acquisition of a prison in Illinois to house terrorist detainees now being held at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. After reading this - what do you think of the move? Will it matter? Why ...
Blog Entries for Monday, December 14
Liberals Boil Over
For several years now, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) has been a thorn in the side of the Democratic Party, and now liberals are boiling over as the former Democrat from Connecticut is on the verge of forcing major changes in health care reform legislation. Lieberman showed off his Independent streak ...
Democratic Alarm Bells
If three Democratic retirements in the House in recent weeks is a trend, then the fourth announced on Monday should be setting off some alarm bells within the party for the 2010 elections, as another Blue Dog Democrat said he would hang up his legislative spikes. Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN) ...
Cutting The Deals
I've said from the beginning that Democrats could get a health care bill through the Congress, but only if they were willing to make the necessary concessions and deals to come up with a bill that could gain broad support and avoid a filibuster. We are now at that point ...
Blog Entries for Sunday, December 13
The Magic 8-Ball
There are some times in life when the Magic 8-Ball has to be consulted, because it can be just as good as asking politicians for their opinion, since most of them will give you the political spin rather than the real answer. So the question of the day is, "Will ...
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