Posted by "Matt" on March 13th, 2010

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Political pressure is being applied from all angles in Washington, as Democratic leaders scramble to close the deal on health care reform, and Republicans are being tapped to argue against — and even in favor of — the legislation.

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Posted by "Matt" on March 12th, 2010

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Posted by "Matt" on March 11th, 2010

Congressional Democrats directly told White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel they don’t appreciate being told when to finish their work on healthcare reform, according to a powerful committee chairman.

“He was certainly informed that we don’t feel we want any deadlines assigned to us,” House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said after a healthcare strategy meeting between House and Senate Democratic leaders and Emanuel.
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Posted by "Matt" on March 11th, 2010

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According to The Hill, more than two dozen Democrats are expected to vote against the healthcare reform bill that will hit the House floor in the coming weeks.

At least 25 House Democrats will reject the healthcare reform legislation, according to a survey by The Hill, a review of other media reports and interviews with lawmakers, aides and lobbyists. Dozens of House Democrats are undecided or won’t comment on their position on the measure.

Posted by "Matt" on March 11th, 2010

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According to Newsbusters,  the “grassroots” organizer of the “progressive alternative” to the Tea Parties, the Coffee Party, has been exposed as an Obama political operative. If you had read the profiles of the Coffee Party founder Annabel Park (photo) in the Washington Post or New York Times you wouldn’t have had a hint as to her extensive political activity in the 2008 Obama campaign. So how did William A. Jacobson of Le-gal In-sur-rec-tion discover this “deep secret” that the two major newspapers with their vast resources were unable to find? Well, it required the “tremendous effort” of tapping a few keys and a whole mouse click to find this subject matter as Jacobson explains:

In fact, a simple internet search (which the NY Times apparently is not capable of doing) reveals that Park organized the Coffee Party for the specific purpose of undermining the Tea Party movement.

Read more at Newsbusters

Posted by "Matt" on March 10th, 2010

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Find out which way your congressman is leaning on healthcare!

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Posted by "Matt" on March 7th, 2010

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