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Date: March 20th, 2010

House “Deem and Pass” strategy dead

20 March, 2010 (16:02) | Medicine, Politics | By: ricjames

I got home today and saw the news that the House Dems have decided that the “deem and pass” strategy wasn’t viable. They’ve now said they’re going to a straight up-or-down vote on the bill in question. House Democrats on Saturday decided against using a controversial tactic to pass the Senate’s version of the health [...]

House bill worse than the Senate bill. Sen. McConnell’s remarks

20 March, 2010 (08:17) | Medicine, Politics | By: ricjames

Sen. McConnell addressing the newly-revealed House bill: “Taking a bill that House Democrats are too embarrassed to vote on, adding more than $50 billion in new taxes and slashing $60 billion more from our seniors’ Medicare and keeping sweetheart deals may make some Washington Democrats ‘giddy,’ but it’s not reform. “This bill isn’t an excuse [...]