The Republicans will be attending the big summit: Republicans, demanding to have a say in the...
Category - Healthcare
Moving the Goal Posts
Incidentally, I really hate sports metaphors in politics. But that headline is the best description...
The White House Healthcare Reform Proposal
What do you think this might look like? From a statement released Friday from the White House to...
The Healthcare Summit Guest List
The official attendees for the big meeting on February 25: Senate: Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.)...
Sternly Worded Letters and Furious Anger
I can't believe I missed this story yesterday: The Obama administration has already sent a sternly...
In Defense of Rahm Emanuel
Ezra Klein makes a decent case: Emanuel -- and more to the point, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi ...
Bill Passing Fever! Catch it! Part 7
The new Washington Post poll shows that most Americans have come down with the Bill Passing Fever...
Headline of the Day
Boehner: How Dare Obama Televise The Health Care Debate After I Demanded He Televise The Health...
Best Damn Healthcare Ever
HealthAmerica denied coverage for a life saving cancer treatment -- for a five year old boy. They...
Brilliant Politics on Healthcare. Finally.
Steve Benen lays out the wizardry of the president's televised healthcare summit idea: In the...
Calling the Republican Bluff
This is all playing out nicely. With this idea of a televised summit, the president called the...
Proof the Republicans Don't Intend to Play
Eric Cantor says it's the Republican way or they're not buying: After going it alone on health care...
They Won't Vote for Healthcare No Matter What
Last night, I wrote about the president's attempt at a bipartisan way forward on healthcare and how...
The Big Healthcare Show
I think I'm getting a clearer picture on what the president has in mind for healthcare. I believe...
Bill Passing Fever! Catch it! Part 6
President Obama is getting tough on healthcare. Yesterday at the DNC: "The easiest thing to do...
Bill Passing Fever! Catch it! Part 5
President Obama yesterday: And then I think that we've got to go ahead and move forward on a vote...
Doof Quote of the Day
"Well it’s been interesting looking at the Senate and the US Senate is doing. They’re really...
Another Reason to Pass a Public Option
Congress should pass a public option via reconciliation for many reasons. This is just the latest...
Bill Passing Fever! Catch it! Part 4
Nick Baumann alerts us to this: ...Reid saying that passing the fixes through reconciliation before...
Bill Passing Fever! Catch it! Part 3
Sounds like momentum is building for passing the Senate bill with reconciliation fixes. Sargent...