Think Progress (Free subscription) | yesterday | Politics
This morning, the House began consideration of the rule for debate of the House health care bill. As the Democratic Women’s Caucus took to the microphone on the House floor to offer their arguments for how the bill would benefit women, House Republicans — led by Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) — repeatedly talked over, screamed, [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday | Politics
The House of Representatives is set to vote on major health care reform legislation today. Check this page throughout the day for the latest news, or follow live streaming video and Twitter updates HERE . 10:10 AM ET -- Rep. Dingell to preside over House for first time since 1965 Medicare vote. Democrats wavering on the health care bill will have their heart-strings tugged by the man overseeing today's...
Riehl World View (Free subscription) | yesterday | Politics
Are you kidding me? Camp frickin' David? What, does he have a tee time close by? For heaven's sakes, he's the CIC. And he's taking the weekend off? This guy simply doesn't care. Unbelievable via Fox. 11:25AM THE PRESIDENT addresses...
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago | Politics
DOWNLOADS: (28) PLAYS: (37) Darcy Burner, the leader of the Progressive Caucus Policy Foundation says that if the Stupak amendment passes, progressives should vote down the health care bill in the House. Burner: It means that women who find they have cancer while they are pregnant won't get the choice of how to proceed, but those choices will instead be made by politicians in Washington, DC whose...
Michelle Malkin (Free subscription) | yesterday | Politics
The House is now in Saturday session for the government health care takeover ram down. [...] Read the rest »
Instapundit.com (Free subscription) | yesterday | Politics
IT’S OKAY, HE’S NOT A REPUBLICAN: Barney Frank Present During Pot Bust. “Congressman Barney Frank was present during a marijuana arrest at James Ready’s home in Ogunquit, Maine. Ready is well-known for his relationship with Congressman Frank.” Now if this were Sarah Palin’s ex-stepcousin-in-law it would be real news . . [...]
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009 | Politics
Obama is taking heat for skipping the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.' (CNN) - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is taking aim at President Obama's decision not to travel to Germany next week to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the latest in a string [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday | Politics
On MSNBC Friday night, David Shuster (filling in for Ed Shultz) addressed hateful signs at Thursday's Capitol Hill "House call" against health care reform. But the discussion escalated into a fight that led a Republican guest to walk off the set. Former Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo refused to criticize Republican leaders for participating in the event, saying there were equally offensive...
Gateway Pundit (Free subscription) | yesterday | Politics
** Democrats are looking to vote on their bill tonight between 6-8 PM. The House Democrats will go ahead with their vote to take over the nation’s health care system today. The AP reported: President Barack Obama is traveling to Capitol Hill on Saturday to try to close the sale on his signature health care overhaul, facing a [...]
The Corner (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009 | Politics
Krauthammer today: Exactly a year later comes the empirical validation of that skepticism. Virginia — presumed harbinger of the new realignment, having gone Democratic in ’08 for the first time in 44 years — went red again. With a vengeance. Barack Obama had carried it by six points. The Republican gubernatorial candidate won by 17 — a 23-point swing. New Jersey went from plus...
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago | Politics
Really bad. Ezra : Because of the limits placed on the exchanges, most of the participants will have some form of premium credit or affordable subsidy. That means most will be ineligible for abortion coverage. The idea that people are going to go out and purchase separate "abortion plans" is both cruel and laughable. If this amendment passes, it will mean that virtually all women with insurance...
Michael Goldfarb - The Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009 | Politics
Today, Robert Gibbs lamented some of the offensive signs at the rally (of which there were some, but not enough to even fill out HuffPo's 12 Most Offensive slideshow): "I will continue to say what I've said before. You hear...
Below The Beltway (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009 | Politics
Steven Taylor says what I’m thinking: It strikes me at this stage that trying to generalize from this event about a particular class of persons is no different than taking the Oklahoma City Bombing and assuming that because a right-wing white male was the perpetrator that there ought to be some blanket assumptions that could automatically [...]
Red State (Free subscription) | yesterday | Politics
(H/T: Big Government ) Senator Tom Coburn is living up to his nickname: Sen. Tom Coburn, the Oklahoma Republican who developed a close friendship with President Obama when they served together in the Senate, is threatening to have the entire health care bill read on the Senate floor. Senior Senate Democratic aides had heard Coburn was considering having potentially thousands of pages read aloud in...
Eschaton (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009 | Politics
Former Citigroup guy John Reed, force behind Glass-Steagal repeal, actually apologizes for it. Apologizing isn't exactly a difficult thing to do, but it's so rare that any of our elites admit any responsibly for anything. Obviously the only way he can fully make amends is by donating a substantial portion of his fortune to a certain baby blue blogger.
