Posted on March 19th, 2010 by Scott Nance
The forces that propelled a political breakdown between Democrats and Republicans which rendered the notion of bipartisanship nothing more than quaint and unattainable is so complete that it has moved on and metastasized.
The phenomena fueling the disunity now has manifested within each party, wearing away at the internal cohesion of each. For proof, just listen [...]
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Posted on March 18th, 2010 by Scott Nance
Healthcare reform legislation in the Senate already is very bipartisan, according to a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Refuting one of the key charges Republicans have leveled against healthcare reform — that Senate Democrats have crafted a highly partisan bill devoid of GOP ideas – spokesman Jim Manley says the package more than 145 [...]
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Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by Scott Nance
When it comes looking at the reasons why U.S. unemployment benefit programs need reform, proponents of reform could simply add up the millions of Americans out of work for 26 weeks or longer. Now they can add one more: Sen. Jim Bunning.
The nation’s unemployment rate stands at a pernicious 9.7 percent, but even that doesn’t [...]
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Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by Scott Nance
Republicans continued to support Sen. Jim Bunning’s effort to block an extension of unemployment benefits and other federal funding programs this week, even as a Democratic spokesman called the Kentucky Republican a hypocrite for his stance.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) tried again Tuesday to bring legislation to a vote that would extend unemployment insurance, healthcare [...]
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Posted on March 1st, 2010 by Scott Nance
An obscure conservative group says it is launching a major TV-ad campaign Monday urging 13 House members to vote “No” on comprehensive healthcare reform legislation.
The organization, which calls itself the League of American Voters, says it will target an additional 17 House Democrats, as well. The TV ad is titled “Stop Them Now!”
The group’s intention, [...]
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Posted on February 28th, 2010 by Scott Nance
The Republican accomplishment last week to block extension of a variety of recession-related benefits will cause at least 27 Americans to lose their jobs, according to the chairwoman of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee.
The Senate GOP is supporting the effort of Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) to block a vote of a Democratic bill [...]
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Posted on February 27th, 2010 by Scott Nance
Millions of out-of-work Americans are poised to lose critical benefits due to the opposition of one Republican senator who would only agree to an extension of those benefits if they come out of federal economic stimulus dollars, according to the Senate’s top Democrat.
The Senate adjourned for the week with Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) continuing to [...]
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Posted on February 24th, 2010 by Scott Nance
Turning their backs to the howls of protest from the powerful health insurance lobby, more than 400 Democrats and Republicans voted to do away with the antitrust exemption the insurance industry has enjoyed for 65 years.
In an almost-unheard-of bipartisan move on the issue of healthcare, House members overwhelmingly voted, 406 to 19, to approve H.R. [...]
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Posted on February 23rd, 2010 by Scott Nance
Democrats are expressing support for President Obama’s new proposal to jumpstart healthcare reform ahead of this week’s White House meeting with the GOP, but some prominent lawmakers appear to no longer be betting all their hopes that comprehensive legislation will be enacted.
They are either talking up specific provisions of reform that could be approved individually, [...]
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Posted on February 15th, 2010 by Scott Nance
Just weeks ago the Senate majority leader declared there was “no rush” to complete comprehensive healthcare reform. But a California insurer’s intent to raise rates as much as 39 percent appears to have lit a new fire under Sen. Harry Reid, as he took to the Senate floor to beseech his colleagues to “finish the [...]
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