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Even if the public option is re-inserted in conference, the final bill still must pass cloture in the Senate, which is the vote to end the debate,...
It only needs 50 votes to pass, but it takes 60 votes to win cloture in order to be voted on. That is where the bottleneck is in the Senate.
The reconciliation procedure does not work that way. It only applies to some aspects of the bill, but not to others. It is unlikely that the Dems...
I think it is safe to say that you have more confidence in President Obama and his public statements than I do. If you personally choose to...
If the Senate passes a bill without a public option, the reason for that will be that the votes are not present in the Senate to pass it with one....
This bill was initially supposed to be easy to get through the House, and difficult to get through the Senate. As it turns out, it barely passed...
Now, on to the Senate.
All you guys can do is shoot the messenger. Because Krauthammer's message in this article is spot on. No one here has said anything that refutes...
If you guys just want to make partisan cracks in lieu of discussing the very insightful and accurate analysis that Krauthammer provides in his...
Absolutely. Charles Krauthammer is fantastic. He could very well be the most insightful political analyst alive in the world today.
Another more meaningful statistic is that the state of Virginia had not gone Democratic in a Presidential election in 44 years prior to 2008....
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I am glad to see that you referred to the bill as "healthcare legislation" rather than "healthcare reform". It is an important distinction that...
Here is a great article in the Chronicle today on Chuck Hayes and how his teammates on the Rockets feel about him:
In the most literal possible sense, most conservatives do care about the controversial social issues. Even libertarian types care passionately...
Neither does the Democrat party. So, on that point, they are the same.
Unless I am mistaken, pretty much all of those guys are history. And as well they should be.
Let's revisit this topic after the all star break. It is still way too soon to be talking about this.
If you think about it, we are, as a nation, pretty much in a holding pattern with regard to social issues. Nothing much changes on these issues as...
