Re: Today’s GOP is both united and divided – washingtonpost.com, By Jon Cohen and Dan Balz, Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, November 30, 2009 The Republican rank and file is largely in sync with GOP lawmakers in their staunch opposition to efforts by President Obama and Democrats to enact major health-care legislation, but a new [...]
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The AP Thinks Legislation Requires 60 Votes
Re: Senate Opens Health Care Debate: Dem Coalition Fracturing Already, by RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | 11/29/09 10:51 AM | (snip) Reid wants to finish by Christmas; he may not get to. He’s hoping that Democrats will stick together on procedural matters, where Senate rules require 60 votes to advance. That would allow for different views to [...]
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Conservatives Own the Health Care Logjam – and the Consequences
Re: Reid set to unveil new public option, breaking Senate impasse on healthcare – TheHill.com A new measure on the public option will be unveiled next week, which Senate Democratic leaders hope will break the logjam on healthcare reform. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), who has been tapped by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to come [...]