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Republican Minority Leader John Boehner released the Republican comeback to the Health Care Reform package being put forward by the Democratic Leadership.  However, the CBO, Congressional Budget Office, ripped apart the Republican plan for everything it doesn't do.

We have been waiting for months for the Republicans to come up with

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I don't see this as an option to get the public option into the legislation but a way in which politicians without a spine can say they tried and when your State chooses not to participate, millions of Americans will once again go without coverage.

Why compromise, what is good and

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Tags: opt-out, pubic option, reid, weiner, congress, senate, house, robert dobbs, keith olbermann

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The GOP Senators only have themselves to blame for going down in flames by their consistant stalling tactics in the US Senate.  Senate Democrats will this week try to make progress on other initiatives that have been moving at a snails pace due to the stalling tactics of Senate Republicans.

Senate

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Tags: unemployment extension, reid, kyl, democrats, republicans, seante, hr 3548

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Republican Senators are now blocking the unemployment extension that Democratic Senators were attempting to get passed this week.  Dow Jones is reporting that Senate Republicans' plan to stall debate on the bill (H.R. 3548) -- which was expected to hit the floor this week -- because they object to its

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Tags: unemployment, unemployment extension, hr 3548, s1699, harry reid, republicans, democrats, senate

I cannot believe the Senators would become so entrenched and in a sense, arrogant, concerning the MILLIONS who have exhausted their unemployment extension benefits.  With Senator Shaheen attempting to give all states 4 weeks and the states above 8.5%-13 weeks will essentially kill the bill and cost more time, which

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Tags: Health Care Reform, robert dobbs, Congress, Republicans, Democrats, immigration,

Montana Senator Max Baucus reveled his health care reform proposal and is already drawing fire from both sides of the aisle. The plan has no government run health care option, it requires individuals to buy health insurance or pay a fine ($3,800), prohibits insurance companies from denying coverage based on

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Tags: baucus health care proposal, health care reform, congress, president obama, russ feingold, jay rockefeller, robert dobbs

In reading the diary by Mr. Sanderson concerning the Georgetown steelmill one couldn't imagine that people in America would not be outraged concerning the job losses to China and Mexico. Americans should be in the streets like the "Tea Parties" or as in Europe and Iran, but they aren't.

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