You’re hearing it over and over again: If this new health insurance system is so great, why aren’t members of Congress enrolling themselves, their staffs and their families in it? Jonathan Cohn points to the legislative language that shows they are : (D) MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN THE EXCHANGE (i) REQUIREMENT- Notwithstanding any other provision [...]
Is there anything about modern politics that doesn’t bring to mind a Monty Python skit? In response to my post below, commenter Stuart Zechman posits this clip, which is a perfect encapsulation of the United States Senate: UPDATE: The WGDBAC just passed the reconciliation bill, 56-43.
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Ryan Grim sees an opening. Don’t count on it. At least, not now and not nationally: UPDATE: David Waldman sees one too.
It’s deadline day around here, and we’ve nearly got dead-tree TIME put to bed. You’ll never guess what the cover story is this week. Deirdre Van Dyk and I will be doing a podcast on health care to post later this week. Any questions you’d like us to address. Post them in the comments section. [...]
Think Progress noted that today marks the third anniversary of a candidate forum on health care that I moderated in Las Vegas. It’s really remarkable to compare where Obama was then on this issue to where he is now. He made a promise that day which turned out to be more than just campaign rhetoric: [...]
This just in from Ryan Grim, at the Huffington Post: The Democratic senator from New Jersey announced Wednesday that he would introduce the “Mr. Smith Bill,” which would specifically require the minority to talk out a filibuster, a la Jimmy Stewart in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” Once debate ends and no senator requests the [...]
H/T to Christopher Roughton, who alerted me (via Twitter) to this AP Photo. It shows House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence and Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers holding a Capitol Hill news conference today on health care legislation: Roughton’s suggested caption: Bueller? Anyone? Bueller?
