Yesterday, in President Obama’s press conference he mentioned the possibility of eliminating the health care bill’s onerous 1099 provision — which requires small businesses to submit a 1099 form to the IRS every time they make an expenditure of $600 or more — as point of potential comprise with the GOP on health care reform.
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Publicly, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her aides are refusing to discuss the topic of Democrats losing control of the House but behind the scenes, there is discussion that she may resign not just her leadership position but also her San Francisco-area seat after having served in the very powerful position of speaker.
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Many employees are receiving notices this month that their contribution to their health insurance premiums is increasing.
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Terry Jeffrey at CNS News had the bright idea to look up how much the deficit had increased since Pelosi promised to stop deficit spending. Not surprisingly, it’s a lot:
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Dave Weigel notes that Nancy Pelosi’s anti-war Republican opponent John Dennis is getting an unexpected boost from infamous anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan who recently addressed this letter to the Speaker of the House:
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Dave Weigel notes that Nancy Pelosi’s anti-war Republican opponent John Dennis is getting an unexpected boost from infamous anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan who recently addressed this letter to the Speaker of the House:
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Bear in mind that Congressman McIntyre is in trouble and probably desperate to say anything to save his campaign, but this is taking the increasingly common “I won’t support Pelosi” caveats to a whole new level:
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Seven months ago Speaker Nancy Pelosi spent a busy week rounding up votes to pass the Senate version of the Democrats' health care legislation.
It wasn't easy. She had to get Democrats who had voted no in November to switch to yes in March. And she had to get Democrats who had refused to vote for the bill in November without an anti-abortion amendment to vote for a bill in March that lacked that language.
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Not too long ago, Rep. Joe Wilson -- the South Carolina Republican who famously shouted "You lie!" during President Obama's September 2009 address to a joint session of Congress -- was Enemy Number One for angry Democrats. Within moments of Wilson's outburst, groups on the left, led by MoveOn.org, began a furious "Say No to Joe" drive to raise money for Wilson's Democratic opponent, Beaufort businessman Rob Miller.
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Wow, this is big, people, really big, big, big! It's a guaranteed monster hit that's going to top the charts like nothing since John, Paul, George, and Ringo opened on Ed Sullivan's Really Big Sheoowww!!
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