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Mandates, Subsidies, The Public Option And Stupak

To grasp the problem, you need to understand the outline of the proposed reform (all of the Democratic plans on the table agree on the essentials.) Reform, if it happens, will rest on four main pillars: regulation, mandates, subsidies and competition. ...

From BIG TENT DEMOCRAT, TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. Republican Party,  Bart Stupak

Passing A Health Insurance Assistance Bill

As Jeralyn notes, Beltway Dems, eager to declare "victory" on the health care issue are preparing to deal away the public option. What will be interesting to me is what will they come for next from this "reform" proposal? It seems clear that the ...

From BIG TENT DEMOCRAT, TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Olympia Snowe,  Barack Obama

Sunday Football Open Thread

An important week for most teams. For instance, if the Giants lose for the 5th straight time this week, you really can't see them in the playoffs. They play the Falcons today at the Meadowlands. They are 7 point favorites. I think Atlanta (+7) keeps it ...

From BIG TENT DEMOCRAT, TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Rex Ryan

Sanders Witholds Promise To Vote For HCR

I voted to proceed on health care reform because our current health care system is disintegrating and must be reformed. [. . .] While I voted to proceed to the health care legislation tonight, I have made it clear to the administration and Democratic ...

From BIG TENT DEMOCRAT, TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime,  21 Nov 2009

How NOT To Bargain

TPM's David Kurtz provides a great example of how NOT to bargain on HCR: Schumer is [. . .] a pragmatist, and surely he's known for several days what's becoming obvious to all of us today: they don't have the votes. [. . .] [A]t this point you're just ...

From BIG TENT DEMOCRAT, TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Arlen Specter

Reconciliation

if that stays in, it is likely to split the party. If the Dems pass a bill without a "public option" (which, at this point, is so compromised, who the f&ck cares) they will have sealed their own fates for years to come... out of office. and primary ...

From BIG TENT DEMOCRAT, TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate,  Barack Obama

Village Math: Tax Increases Bust The Budget

While the CBO said that both the House-passed bill and the one Reid has drafted meet Obama's test by being budget-neutral, every expert I have talked to says [. . . t]hese bills, as they stand, are budget-busters. Here, for example, is what Robert ...

From BIG TENT DEMOCRAT, TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama

Senate Health Care Debate

This is a debate about whether to allow the bill to come to the floor where it can be debated and amended. The Republicans are threatening to use the Senates unlimited debate clause to prevent the bill from coming to the floor where it then can be ...

From BIG TENT DEMOCRAT, TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party

Obama: Key To Economic Growth Is Deficit Reduction

....the moment he got to Washington as a Senator.  They are, and always have been, the only people he listens to. it's the Hoover comparisons that Obama needs to really worry about. And now here he is, only few days later, walking right into such a ...

From BIG TENT DEMOCRAT, TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  Goldman Sachs,  John F. Kennedy

Saturday College Football Open Thread

While the Big 3 (Florida, Alabama, Texas) won't be tested today, there are plenty of interesting games on the slate. Let's start with the Oregon Ducks traveling to Arizona. Both Oregon and Zona can win the Pac 10 by winning out. If neither win out, it ...

From BIG TENT DEMOCRAT, TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Pac-10,  Big 10,  Ohio State Buckeyes

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