As Jay notes, Congressman Randy Neugebauer of Texas has owned up to shouting “Baby killer” last night on the House floor, and apologized for it. Here, from our friends at the C-Span Video Library, are Congressman Bart Stupak’s comments from last night.: more about "What Set Neugebauer Off", posted with vodpod (If the video doesn’t [...]
was a hit at last night’s 125th annual Gridiron Dinner, where he filled in for Barack Obama as the main speaker. The punchline of the evening was his prediction for the health care bill: “It may not happen in my lifetime, or Dick Cheney’s, but hopefully by Easter.”
From our White House Photo Blog.
Buried way back on A17 of the NYT, another reminder of how ugly it is out there: Arizona on Thursday became the first state to eliminate its Children’s Health Insurance Program when Gov. Jan Brewer signed an austere budget that will leave nearly 47,000 low-income children without coverage. The Arizona budget is a vivid reflection [...]
For your political trivia file: I was struck by this passage in today’s NYT story about the Secretary of State: While their underlings at times grouse about one another — some Clinton supporters call White House officials “The Cardinals” (to suggest that they are too controlling), and some Obama staff members refer to the State [...]
All along, the argument over abortion coverage has missed the mark, in my view. It has been all about how abortion is paid for, when what most people would like to see are fewer abortions. No one has addressed the question of whether reforming the health care system would make a difference in the number [...]
Text is here. No, I haven’t read it yet. (The English-language version is the committee report, also linked above.)
I’m still going through the CBO document, but one thing that jumps out: It would shift another 1 million people out of the exchanges and into Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.* The Governors are not going to be happy. Here is an earlier look I took at this issue. Also, Kate and [...]
