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]]> By: John Evans http://biggovernment.com/kblackwell/2009/12/20/senator-j-wellington-wimpys-health-care-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-1077946 John Evans Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:11:24 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/?p=49630#comment-1077946 Why do Republicans hate America so much? You should back your president in these troubled times. I love my country and that is why I want Cheney prosecuted for war crimes. Why do Republicans hate America so much? You should back your president in these troubled times. I love my country and that is why I want Cheney prosecuted for war crimes.

]]> By: thomas http://biggovernment.com/kblackwell/2009/12/20/senator-j-wellington-wimpys-health-care-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-1031286 thomas Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:52:49 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/?p=49630#comment-1031286 Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., criticized the side deals needed to win key votes, calling them "Bernie Madoff gimmicks." McCain, appearing Monday on ABC's "Good Morning America," complained that "Republicans were never brought in to the negotiations." Still, the vote represented a major victory for Democrats and Obama, who's now clearly in reach of passing legislation extending health coverage to nearly all Americans, a goal that's eluded a succession of past presidents. The legislation would make health insurance mandatory for the first time for nearly everyone, provide subsidies to help lower-income people buy it, and induce employers to provide it with tax breaks for small businesses and penalties for larger ones. Two more procedural votes await the Senate, each requiring 60 votes, the first of these set for Tuesday morning. Final passage of the bill requires a simple majority, and that vote could come as late as 7 p.m. on Thursday, Christmas Eve. The Senate measure still must be harmonized with the health care bill passed by the House in November before final legislation can be sent to Obama's desk. There are significant differences between the two measures, including stricter abortion language in the House bill, a new government-run insurance plan in the House bill that's missing from the Senate version, and a tax on high-value insurance plans embraced by the Senate but strongly opposed by many House Democrats. After Monday's vote a number of Senate Democrats warned that the legislation could not change much and expect to maintain support from 60 senators. House Democrats are sure to want to alter it but may have to swallow it mostly whole. "It took a lot of work to bring this 60 together and this 60 is delicately balanced," Lieberman said. Republicans are determined to give Democrats no help, eager to deny Obama a political victory and speculating openly that the health care issue will hurt Democrats in the 2010 midterm elections. "There will be a day of accounting," warned John Cornyn, R-Texas, accusing Democrats of pushing a health overhaul opposed by the public. "Perhaps the first day of accounting will be Election Day 2010." At their core the bills passed by the House and pending in the Senate are similar. Each costs around $1 trillion over 10 years and is paid for by a combination of tax and fee increases and cuts in projected Medicare spending. Each sets up new insurance marketplaces called exchanges where uninsured or self-employed people and small businesses can compare prices and plans designed to meet some basic requirements. Unpopular insurance practices such as denying people coverage based on pre-existing conditions would be banned, and young adults could retain coverage longer under their parents' insurance plans — through age 25 in the Senate bill and through age 26 in the House version. Reid cut numerous last-minute deals to get the votes he needed and powerful Democrats also inserted home-state provisions in a 383-page package of amendments Reid filed this weekend to the 2,074-page bill. ___ Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., criticized the side deals needed to win key votes, calling them "Bernie Madoff gimmicks." McCain, appearing Monday on ABC's "Good Morning America," complained that "Republicans were never brought in to the negotiations."
Still, the vote represented a major victory for Democrats and Obama, who's now clearly in reach of passing legislation extending health coverage to nearly all Americans, a goal that's eluded a succession of past presidents. The legislation would make health insurance mandatory for the first time for nearly everyone, provide subsidies to help lower-income people buy it, and induce employers to provide it with tax breaks for small businesses and penalties for larger ones.
Two more procedural votes await the Senate, each requiring 60 votes, the first of these set for Tuesday morning. Final passage of the bill requires a simple majority, and that vote could come as late as 7 p.m. on Thursday, Christmas Eve.
The Senate measure still must be harmonized with the health care bill passed by the House in November before final legislation can be sent to Obama's desk.
There are significant differences between the two measures, including stricter abortion language in the House bill, a new government-run insurance plan in the House bill that's missing from the Senate version, and a tax on high-value insurance plans embraced by the Senate but strongly opposed by many House Democrats.
After Monday's vote a number of Senate Democrats warned that the legislation could not change much and expect to maintain support from 60 senators. House Democrats are sure to want to alter it but may have to swallow it mostly whole.
"It took a lot of work to bring this 60 together and this 60 is delicately balanced," Lieberman said.
Republicans are determined to give Democrats no help, eager to deny Obama a political victory and speculating openly that the health care issue will hurt Democrats in the 2010 midterm elections.
"There will be a day of accounting," warned John Cornyn, R-Texas, accusing Democrats of pushing a health overhaul opposed by the public. "Perhaps the first day of accounting will be Election Day 2010."
At their core the bills passed by the House and pending in the Senate are similar. Each costs around $1 trillion over 10 years and is paid for by a combination of tax and fee increases and cuts in projected Medicare spending. Each sets up new insurance marketplaces called exchanges where uninsured or self-employed people and small businesses can compare prices and plans designed to meet some basic requirements. Unpopular insurance practices such as denying people coverage based on pre-existing conditions would be banned, and young adults could retain coverage longer under their parents' insurance plans — through age 25 in the Senate bill and through age 26 in the House version.
Reid cut numerous last-minute deals to get the votes he needed and powerful Democrats also inserted home-state provisions in a 383-page package of amendments Reid filed this weekend to the 2,074-page bill.
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]]> By: thomas http://biggovernment.com/kblackwell/2009/12/20/senator-j-wellington-wimpys-health-care-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-1031294 thomas Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:52:09 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/?p=49630#comment-1031294 The remaining holdouts to put on your phone listDemocrats push to pass health care by Christmas Buzz up!1839 votes SendSharePrint Play Video Reuters – Controversial US health bill passes Slideshow:Health Care Play VideoVideo:Health Care Bill Passes Key Senate Test CNBC RELATED QUOTES ^DJI10,427.44+98.55 ^GSPC1,114.69+12.22 ^IXIC2,236.35+24.66 AP – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., left, talks with staff during a photo-op in his office prior … By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer – 18 mins ago WASHINGTON – A crucial, middle-of-the-night test vote behind them, Senate Democrats on Monday remained on track to pass historic health care legislation by Christmas, preparing for more votes at odd hours to overcome unanimous Republican opposition. All 58 Democrats and the Senate's two independents held together early Monday to advance President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, which would extend coverage to 30 million people now uninsured and try to slow ruinous increases in medical costs. The 60-40 margin was exactly the number needed to shut down a threatened GOP filibuster. The next vote is expected around 7:20 a.m. EST Tuesday. Obama called the vote "a big victory for the American people," and challenged critics who say it will increase, not reduce costs. "For all those who are continually carping about how this is somehow a big spending government bill, this cuts our deficit by $132 billion the first 10 years, and by over a trillion in the second," Obama said. "That argument that opponents are making against this bill does not hold water." Monday's Senate vote came shortly after 1 a.m. with the nation's capital blanketed in snow, the unusual timing made necessary in order to get to a final vote by Christmas Eve presuming Republicans stretch out the debate as much as the rules allow. The outcome was preordained after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., wrangled his fractious caucus into line over the course of the past several months, culminating in a frenzy of last-minute deals and concessions to win over the final holdouts, independent Joe Lieberman of Connecticut and conservative Democrat Ben Nelson of Nebraska. Obama's oft-stated goal of a bipartisan health bill was not met, despite the president's extensive courtship of moderate Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine, the only Republican to support the bill in committee. Obama called Snowe to the White House for lengthy in-person meetings both before he left for climate talks in Copenhagen and after his return on Saturday. In the end Snowe said she was "extremely disappointed" in what she called a rushed process that left scant time for her to review, much less amend, the bill. The remaining holdouts to put on your phone listDemocrats push to pass health care by Christmas

Buzz up!1839 votes
SendSharePrint
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Reuters – Controversial US health bill passes
Slideshow:Health Care
Play VideoVideo:Health Care Bill Passes Key Senate Test CNBC
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^DJI10,427.44+98.55
^GSPC1,114.69+12.22
^IXIC2,236.35+24.66

AP – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., left, talks with staff during a photo-op in his office prior …
By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer – 18 mins ago
WASHINGTON – A crucial, middle-of-the-night test vote behind them, Senate Democrats on Monday remained on track to pass historic health care legislation by Christmas, preparing for more votes at odd hours to overcome unanimous Republican opposition.
All 58 Democrats and the Senate's two independents held together early Monday to advance President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, which would extend coverage to 30 million people now uninsured and try to slow ruinous increases in medical costs. The 60-40 margin was exactly the number needed to shut down a threatened GOP filibuster. The next vote is expected around 7:20 a.m. EST Tuesday.
Obama called the vote "a big victory for the American people," and challenged critics who say it will increase, not reduce costs.
"For all those who are continually carping about how this is somehow a big spending government bill, this cuts our deficit by $132 billion the first 10 years, and by over a trillion in the second," Obama said. "That argument that opponents are making against this bill does not hold water."
Monday's Senate vote came shortly after 1 a.m. with the nation's capital blanketed in snow, the unusual timing made necessary in order to get to a final vote by Christmas Eve presuming Republicans stretch out the debate as much as the rules allow.
The outcome was preordained after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., wrangled his fractious caucus into line over the course of the past several months, culminating in a frenzy of last-minute deals and concessions to win over the final holdouts, independent Joe Lieberman of Connecticut and conservative Democrat Ben Nelson of Nebraska.
Obama's oft-stated goal of a bipartisan health bill was not met, despite the president's extensive courtship of moderate Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine, the only Republican to support the bill in committee. Obama called Snowe to the White House for lengthy in-person meetings both before he left for climate talks in Copenhagen and after his return on Saturday. In the end Snowe said she was "extremely disappointed" in what she called a rushed process that left scant time for her to review, much less amend, the bill.

]]> By: thomas http://biggovernment.com/kblackwell/2009/12/20/senator-j-wellington-wimpys-health-care-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-1028546 thomas Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:57:21 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/?p=49630#comment-1028546 The remaining holdouts to put on your phone list: Olympia Snowe: Mailing Address: 154 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Phone: (202) 224-5344 Toll Free: (800) 432-1599 Fax: (202) 224-1946 Email form here. James Webb and Claire McCaskill: Webb contact info… Washington, D.C. 248 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Phone: 202-224-4024 Fax: 202-228-6363 Toll Free Number 1-866-507-1570 Email form for Virginians here. McCaskill contact info… Missouri Office Locations Please visit our Missouri offices Cape Girardeau 555 Independence Room 1600 Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703 Phone 573-651-0964 Fax 573-334-4278 The remaining holdouts to put on your phone list:
Olympia Snowe:
Mailing Address:
154 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-5344
Toll Free: (800) 432-1599
Fax: (202) 224-1946
Email form here.
James Webb and Claire McCaskill:
Webb contact info…
Washington, D.C.
248 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-4024
Fax: 202-228-6363
Toll Free Number
1-866-507-1570
Email form for Virginians here.
McCaskill contact info…
Missouri Office Locations
Please visit our Missouri offices
Cape Girardeau
555 Independence Room 1600
Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Phone 573-651-0964
Fax 573-334-4278

]]> By: thomas http://biggovernment.com/kblackwell/2009/12/20/senator-j-wellington-wimpys-health-care-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-1028530 thomas Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:56:28 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/?p=49630#comment-1028530 Kansas City 4141 Pennsylvania, Ste. 101 Kansas City, MO 64111 Phone 816-421-1639 Fax 816-421-2562 Springfield 324 Park Central West Suite 101 Springfield, MO 65806 Phone 417-868-8745 Fax 417-831-1349 St. Louis 5850 A Delmar Blvd St. Louis, MO 63112 Phone:314-367-1364 Fax: 314-361-8649 Washington D.C. For those visiting D.C., please stop by our office at: Office of Senator Claire McCaskill United States Senate Hart Senate Office Building, SH-717 Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-6154 FAX (202) 228-6326 Kansas City
4141 Pennsylvania, Ste. 101
Kansas City, MO 64111
Phone 816-421-1639
Fax 816-421-2562
Springfield
324 Park Central West
Suite 101
Springfield, MO 65806
Phone 417-868-8745
Fax 417-831-1349
St. Louis
5850 A Delmar Blvd
St. Louis, MO 63112
Phone:314-367-1364
Fax: 314-361-8649
Washington D.C.
For those visiting D.C., please stop by our office at:
Office of Senator Claire McCaskill
United States Senate
Hart Senate Office Building, SH-717
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-6154
FAX (202) 228-6326

]]> By: 1redcent http://biggovernment.com/kblackwell/2009/12/20/senator-j-wellington-wimpys-health-care-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-1019934 1redcent Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:54:15 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/?p=49630#comment-1019934 The IRS just added on 100s of jobs/employees. The IRS just added on 100s of jobs/employees.

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