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Senate Healthcare Reform Is Already Bipartisan, Dem Spokesman Says

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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Stampeded by Fear, Scammed by Lies: Why the Bailout Failed

Posted on September 30th, 2008 by Walter Brasch

The Republican leaders of the House of Representatives grabbed a half dozen bags of sincerity, looked directly into every TV camera they could find, and lied.
The House had just defeated, 228–205, a bipartisan $700 billion bailout bill. But it was the Democrats who were the subject of vicious rhetoric.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) [...]

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Filed under: Bush Admin, Congress, Consumers, Credit Crisis, Democrats, Economy, Election '08, George W. Bush, House of Reps, In The News, John McCain '08, Politics, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Republicans, Wall Street, Walter Brasch