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The Irony of Scott Brown’s Opposition to Health Care Reform

By | 01.21.10 | 4:41 pm

Scott Brown, the Republican newly elected to replace the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), has been surprisingly forthcoming about his vote in favor of the health reforms adopted by Massachusetts a few years back — reforms that include the same individual coverage mandate that many Republicans More…

The Year of the Moderate, Part II

By | 07.17.09 | 4:10 pm

As House Democrats move forward with their health care overhaul, 22 Democrats — 21 of them freshmen members — have announced their opposition to the upper-income tax hikes party leaders hope will fund the proposal, The Hill reported today.

That strategy, the Democrats wrote in More…