The House of the Wolfings: A Tale of the House of the Wolfings and All the Kindreds of the Mark Written in Prose and in Verse
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
One of the lasting images from Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-MN) “House Call” — the right-wing “press conference” (i.e. a rally) against health care reform on Capitol Hill last week — was an — captured by ThinkProgress here — read: “National Socialist Health Care: Dachau, Germany – 1945.” Another sign said that “Obama takes...
fivethirtyeight (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
One year out, how many losses might we project for Nancy Pelosi’s House majority? Which Democrats are most vulnerable? Piggybacking on the post I wrote last week after attending the latest Cook Political Report political briefing at their Watergate offices, I'll take a look the analysis by CPR’s David Wasserman, and perhaps tweak it a bit. Wasserman identified five factors--in chart above,...
Media Matters for America (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
From Ruth Marcus' November 11 column, " Health scare tactics ": I'm hoping, for your sake, that you didn't spend your Saturday night as I did: watching the House debate health-care reform on C-SPAN. Pathetic, I know. The outcome wasn't in doubt, and the arguments were as familiar as an old pair of slippers. Moral imperative! Government takeover! Long-overdue protections! Crippling mandates!...
QandO (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Coming in at 1,992 pages, I’m sure there’s something in there that appeals to everyone. But if I had to pick any part of the bill to single out for special mention, it’s this: Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on [...]
Red State (Free subscription) | yesterday
From the Hill : “More than 40 lawmakers vowed to oppose the final healthcare bill if the House language on abortion is not removed. Reps. Diana DeGette (Colo.) and Louise Slaughter (N.Y.) led the group of Democrats in writing to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) threatening to withhold support for a final conference report if it strictly prohibits federal funding for abortion services. “We...
Brilliant at Breakfast (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
I don't know why I didn't see this coming. It turns out that Bart Stupak, the author of the provision in the House health care legislation that effectively eliminates all ocverage for abortion in this country, is a C Streeter : tupak-Pitts isn't just "the biggest restriction on women's right to choose in our generation," as Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado puts it; it's also evidence that on...
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | yesterday
Can you have a headwind on your back? There's lots of the usual silliness in this Politico piece, but this section is pretty good: The National Republican Congressional Committee ended September with just $4.3 million in the bank, less than one-third of the $14.7 million banked by its Democratic counterpart. So far this cycle, NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions hasn’t improved the fundraising fortunes...
Capitol Briefing (Free subscription) | yesterday
Democrats accuse Rep. Pete Hoekstra of playing politics with the Fort Hood investigation. (Freddie Lee/Fox News via Getty Images). By Ben Pershing The investigation into last week's deadly shooting at Fort Hood has driven a sharp split between Democrats and Republicans on the House intelligence committee, with each side drawing vastly different conclusions from the same information. Rep. Pete Hoekstra...
Say Anything (Free subscription) | yesterday
Because nothing says “freedom” and “liberty” like “comprehensive and unfettered” government power . The Federal Reserve stands to gain substantial new authority under financial reform legislation, despite increasing skepticism from lawmakers in both parties over the central bank’s unchecked powers over the U.S. economy. Under the final piece of the House reform...
The Liberal OC (Free subscription) | yesterday
Of Orange County’s six members of the U.S. House of Representatives, only one, Democrat Loretta Sanchez, for voted the Affordable Health Care for America Act, the House health care reform bill which passed last weekend by a narrow vote of 220 to 215. It boggles TheLiberalOC.com’s mind that even [...]
Afro-Netizen™ (Free subscription) | yesterday
Francis Holland: The text in red above is NOT a quote but this is what I think Rep. Davis would tell us, if he could speak honestly on the subject. I hate to drop a dime on Representative Artur Davis of Alabama's 7th Congressional District, which is 61.7% African American, but he voted against President Obama's national health care plan even though Black infant mortality is over 17% in the American...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rep. Pete Hoekstra, the top Republican on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, tells Newsmax that the White House intervened to keep him from obtaining critical information regarding the Fort Hood murders. The Michigan legislator also warned that "homegrown jihadism" is a real threat to the U.S., and said a thorough investigation of Major Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Two editorials and an opinion piece on Tuesday discussed an antiabortion amendment by Reps. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) and Joe Pitts (R-Pa.) to the House health reform bill (HR 3962). The amendment passed with 64 Democratic votes and 176 Republican votes.
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
When history called the U.S. House Saturday to give millions more Americans affordable health care - something which other advanced nations routinely provide their citizens - some members seized the moment and some remained blind or indifferent. The 220-215 vote was perilously close, but many great battles are decided that way. To their lasting shame, every Republican but one lined up against the...
The Swine Line (Free subscription) | yesterday
The House passed Nancy Pelosi’s healthcare monstrosity on Saturday night with a very close 220-215 vote. One Republican (Rep. Cao of Louisiana) voted yes, and 39 Democrats voted no. The Joint Economic Committee released an organizational chart that depicts the complexity and sheer ridiculousness of the Pelosi healthcare plan. The bill will now make its way to the Senate [...]
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sonupt5@gmail.com | 11/09/2009
Joseph Cao: Voting For Health Reform Was " Decision Of Conscience (Video) The one House Republican to support health care reform said on Sunday that his decision to back the bill was driven by his conscience and the needs of his district and not back-room dealing with the White House or Democrats. From that stand point, it makes perfect sense for Cao to support a House Resolution that would bring direct
mpinkeyes | 11/08/2009
Late last night the House of Representatives passed the healthcare reform bill by a 220-215 vote with 39 Democrats voting against it and one Republican voting in favor. The bill basically remained intact, the healthcare mandates (with possible jail time for those who don’t buy coverage) and public option are still in there so I guess at this point we can only look toward small victories. Small victories
brodiebb7vo | 11/07/2009
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. – The Buffalo Bills expect to promote James Hardy to their active roster because the second-year receiver has shown he's fully recovered 10 months after having left knee surgery. Barring "something unexpected," coach Dick Jauron said Monday he's leaning toward promoting Hardy, who spent the first six weeks on the physically unable list. The 2008 second-round draft pick out of Indiana...
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