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Dems admit CEOs were right to report losses from Obamacare

Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee admitted that CEOs who reported billions in losses due to Obamacare were required to state those losses after all. What the Democrats didn’t admit, on the other hand, was that the companies were being incentivized to drop their insurance for employees. Read More

Obamacare is so popular it still needs its own flack

The White House has announced that Democratic communications specialist Stephanie Cutter has been named an assistant to the president for special projects. The most special project Cutter will work on, according to the White House, is "the communications and outreach strategy for the implementation of the landmark health insurance reform legislation." Read More

Poll: Majority says Dem health care tactics an 'abuse of power'

A new Gallup poll shows that a majority of Americans believes Democrats abused their power by using procedural shortcuts and controversial parliamentary tactics to pass the new national health care makeover. Read More

Health care bill causes AT&T to take $1 billion charge, cut benefits

I guess they read the bill to find out what was in it: Read More

Obama signs Obamacare, repeal debate commences UPDATED!

AP
With President Obama's signature now on the Senate version of Obamacare, an important debate is stirring among Republicans and conservatives about what should be their next step. Read More

Bad news for Obama in CNN weekend survey results

ASSOCIATED PRESS
CNN's Opinion Research surveyors were hard at work over the weekend during the final hours of the successful push to win House approval of the Senate version of Obamacare. The results of the CNN/OR survey are out and they point to the most vivid reality of the Obamacare victory - 219 House Democrats were willing to flout the clear majority of Americans on this issue. Here are the major initial points of interest in the CNN/OR results: Read More

Pro-Life group withdraws award scheduled for Stupak UPDATE: Was Stupak bought with $726,409 for airports?

More negative consequences for Rep. Bart Stupak, D-MI, flowing from his agreeing to support Obamacare tonight following President Obama's issuance of an Executive Order allegedly insuring that no federal funds will be used to pay for abortions. Read More

Senate Dems won't call bipartisan meeting with Parliamentarian on House reconciliation bill's legality

Senate Democrats are "slow-walking" a request from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for a bipartisan meeting with the Senate Parliamentarian to discuss whether the House Obamacare reconciliation bill would survive a GOP point of order questioning its legality. Read More

Dems waste time in House as vote search goes on

House Democrats say they will hold a vote on their national health care plan Sunday afternoon. But what are they actually doing between now and then? Behind the scenes, they're begging, offering bribes, threatening punishments, etc. But on the House floor, where lawmakers conduct their public business, the Democratic leadership is engaged in a days-long time-wasting effort to keep the House in session until the party can come up with enough votes to pass Obamacare. Read More

Pelosi: 'Once we kick through this door,' more reform will follow

If you have any doubt that the Democratic leadership of the House views passing the current health care reform bill as the beginning, not the end, of the process of creating a national government health care system, just note what Speaker Nancy Pelosi told a group of bloggers on Monday. Read More
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