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Georgia Republicans: State Can’t Afford Health Care Reform

By | 02.08.10 | 5:49 pm

Georgia’s House Republicans have a simple warning for Democratic leaders still hoping to pass health care reform this year: Our state can’t afford it.

In a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), the Republicans argue that the Democrats’ plans to expand Medicaid, a program More…

The Slur That Must Not Be Named

By | 11.10.09 | 11:31 am

RedState is on a tear against President Obama for this second-hand quote, supplied by Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) to The New York Times.

Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going to support them if they bring down health care?

This, says a RedState blogger, is “pornographic” More…

The Waiting Room

By | 09.02.09 | 5:34 pm

Here’s a brief summary of the day’s health care news.

President Obama is slated to address a joint session of Congress on Sept. 9 to lay out more detailed demands for health care reform, ABC News reported today. The move — which came on the heels of More…

Cohen: Town Hall Protests ‘Not Spontaneous Generation’

By | 08.11.09 | 1:14 pm

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), who faced a tough audience of town hall screamers over the weekend, gave his take on the experience to CNN today:

This wasn’t spontaneous generation at all these town halls because people are asking the same questions … and putting up the similar type

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Republicans Going Brutal in Climate Change Debate

By | 06.26.09 | 10:22 am

Democrats and Republicans are on the House floor debating the Waxman-Markey climate change bill. Kate Sheppard, the great climate reporter for Grist, is live-tweeting the debate, and there are some choice attacks from Republicans.

Obama Blasts Tea Parties — or Fox News?

By | 04.29.09 | 3:29 pm

I’m not sure Alex Burns is right when he reports that “President Barack Obama took direct aim at the anti-tax ‘tea party’ demonstrations” in Missouri.

Those of you who are watching certain news channels on which I am not very popular, and you see folks waving tea bags around, let

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