+Senate | 819 days ago

A Last Word On The Health Care Summit

By Karen Tumulty

Common ground? Not so much. Here’s my story for TIME.com.

+Health Care | 820 days ago

“She Wore Her Dead Sister’s Teeth.”

By Karen Tumulty

For my money, New York Congresswoman Louise Slaughter made the most riveting presentation of the morning: more about "“She Wore Her Dead Sister’s Teeth.”", posted with vodpod You can read her comments after the jump:

+Congress | 820 days ago

Pretty Cool

By Karen Tumulty

The Sunlight Foundation is streaming this health care summit. Every time someone speaks, Sunlight shows their top donors. Check it out here.

+Uncategorized | 820 days ago

The Process! The Process!

By Karen Tumulty

It’s not a good sign that, less than an hour into this health care summit, they are already arguing about process–and, specifically, the use of reconciliation to pass this bill on a majority vote in the Senate, rather than the 60 votes that it would take to stop a filibuster. Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered what, [...]

+Uncategorized | 820 days ago

Health Care Summit Seating Chart

By Karen Tumulty

The White House just put this out. See any potential for fist fights breaking out?

+Republican Party | 820 days ago

Health Care Summit: A Viewer’s Guide

By Karen Tumulty

The White House health care summit is set to begin at 10 a.m. EST today at Blair House. Kate Pickert and I will be watching throughout the six hours, and will be posting developments as we see them. Please join us here in Swampland throughout the day, and let us know what you think of [...]

+Senate | 822 days ago

Health Care Summit: Not So Great Expectations

By Katy Steinmetz

There’s little bipartisan agreement on what President Barack Obama’s health care summit on Thursday will truly be, though low expectations are popping up across the political spectrum. “What’s disturbing is the continued media reports that [Democrats] already have their plan to move forward … no matter what the result is of the meeting,” Sen. John [...]

+Uncategorized | 827 days ago

Re: Could the Public Option Get a Third Lease on Life?

By Kate Pickert

The plot thickens. Greg Sargent catches that Chuck Schumer just signed on to the push for Senate Democrats to pass a public option via reconciliation. (See my earlier very skeptical post on this topic in which I agreed with Sargent that Schumer’s support for the idea is meaningful.) And the AP is reporting that the [...]

+Republican Party | 833 days ago

Health Care Summit Details Released – Do the Dems Have a Deal Already?

By Kate Pickert

The White House just released details for the Feb. 25 bipartisan health care summit President Obama called for. (h/t Greg Sargent) Here are the invitees and here is a letter about the format, in which Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says that before the summit, “we will post online the text of a [...]

+Republican Party | 834 days ago

Politicians as (C-SPAN) Reality Stars

By Kate Pickert

Talking Points Memo, a progressive outlet, is taking quite a bit of joy in House Minority Leader John Boehner wondering if President Obama’s upcoming health care summit will be simply a “political event.” Under the headline, “Boehner: How Dare Obama Televise The Health Care Debate After I Demanded He Televise The Health Care Debate!” TPM [...]