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House Votes for Health Care

Springfield First vote on the US House passage was a full court press that worked.  The Republican Cao from New Orleans was the only one of that tribe to vote for passage.  Who says townhalls don’t matter!

I flew on the US Air leg from DC to Hartford sitting behind Congressman Olver from the 1st District.  [...]

Getting Leveraged on Heath Care

Washington Everywhere I go in Washington, just like the rest of the country, but more intensely, the discussion is about health care reform and whether there’s any chance of pulling through anything at this point that would really be reform.  Disturbingly, it seems the White House and the Congressional leadership is getting leveraged by [...]

Taking the Base for Granted

Pittsburgh The G-20 was gone from Pittsburgh so it was back to normal as I passed through.  Signs to beware of deer on some streets in working and lower income neighborhoods were not just reminders of the hills all around the city, but the fact that it has shrunk to 260,000 people within the limits.  [...]

Baucus Bummer Bill

New Orleans Another reason it was good to be in Canada last week, is that I heard everyone’s views on Canadian healthcare, while missing a lot about the new bill being rolled out to almost no applause by Senator Baucus of Montana.

The kindest thing people seem willing to say is that the bill doesn’t really [...]

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