So it comes down to this: this is the week that the Supreme Court is hearing the oral arguments about the Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s signature health care reform law. The Justices are specifically focusing on the question of that pesky individual mandate, which as the name might indicate will eventually require that...
Well here we go: as Congress goes to its month-long August recess, we have a full slate of primaries and other developments in the midterm election races to keep us engaged in politics. This Tuesday, the August primaries began in earnest with three states choosing their general election matches. Now, I could just give...
Well, I know you probably don’t like the lack of posts as much as I hate the lack of time I’ve had to write them recently. Well, I still have very little time on my hands, but I’m making time to write this;...
Well here we are folks, the moment we have all been waiting for (or dreading) has happened. The House of Representatives passed the Senate health care bill by a vote of 219-212 tonight following a full day of debate, the last six hours...
If there were ever an unfortunate name to have in politics, it would be the situation that Representative Louise Slaughter (D-NY) currently faces. As head of the House Rules Committee, she is being given the dubious honor of having a dubious idea to pass health care reform in the House of...
Lately, it seems like healthcare reform is like a zombie: it just keeps coming back to life when everyone thinks it is dead. Today Yesterday (dang clocks and my workload!) President Obama finally put his own two cents into the debate. The President had to come up with something to revive...
Over the past year, Congress has had to endure many delays to its agenda; Republican obstructionism, the miscellaneous twists in the healthcare debate, a “snow-pocalypse” as the media calls it, and so on. Yet, still, they seem to take just about every other...
Well, early this morning the Senate made critical progress on the healthcare bill. At 1 AM Monday morning, the Senate held a vote for cloture on the package of amendments that will be crucial for the bill’s ultimate passage. In case you do...
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