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Blog Entries for Thursday, October 22
Homebuyer's Tax Fraud
Even as lamwakers in both parties call for the extension of a special homebuyer's tax credit, investigators told Congress that thousands of people have tried to illegally claim that tax break, with some using their four year old child as a front. Why all the people trying to take advantage ...
The Big Picture
Another week goes by and Democrats still have not unveiled a bill that will get to the floor of either the House or the Senate. Time is growing short, even though Halloween is still just over a week away, because as we have discussed here before, days off in November ...
Counting Health Noses
As Democratic leaders met with President Obama at the White House, their vote counters were still trying to figure out on Thursday how many members were in the "yes" column when it comes to health care reform. And there were conflicting signals for those watching the hallways of the Capitol ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, October 21
Senate Knocks Doc Fix
In what might be a preview of the finger pointing on health care reform, the Senate on Wednesday derailed a plan that would scrap $247 billion in planned cuts to Medicare doctor payments over the next ten years. Democratic leaders immediately pointed the Political Finger Of Blame at the American ...
Battle Of The Reports
Republicans and critics of Democratic health reform plans have a new weapon in their arsenal, in the form of a report from government experts who deal with Medicare, which raised questions about whether health reform efforts in the Congress will really hold down health spending in the future. It was ...
Names Of The Dead
After making himself into a household name in political circles a few weeks ago, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) is at it again, this time angering Republicans with a new web site intended to highlight support for health care reform in the Congress. I can't make this stuff up. The Congressman ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, October 20
Things Get Wacky
You don't need to be a rocket science to tell that we are getting into a wacky political time in the Congress, as the signs are there for possible meltdown in the coming weeks. "Democrats Lock Republicans Out Of Committee Room," read the headline from a story in The Hill ...
A Missed Opportunity?
A day after the Senate Finance Committee had finally released the 1,502 pages of legislative text from the health reform bill, Republicans in the Congress seemed like they missed an easy chance to attack what's easily the biggest health bill to make it through five Congressional committees. If you give ...
In Plain English
So you don't want to read the 1,502 page health reform bill from the Senate Finance Committee? Well, then I will direct your attention to the Finance Lite version, which is written in a format that you might understand. Of course, it doesn't seem to be posted on the website ...
Blog Entries for Monday, October 19
Medicare Doc Fix
We have heard a lot of talk in recent months from Democrats about how health care reform should not add anything to the federal deficit. But Democrats are trying to do something right now on health care that wouldn't be paid for. The issue is the so-called "Doc Fix" - ...
Health Care Text
Six days after the Senate Finance Committee approved a health reform bill, the panel released the legislative text to go along with that effort. It totals out at 1,502 pages, with all kinds of fine print for you to explore. If you want to start reading the bill, then you ...
Procedural Trick or Treat II
Several readers asked for more details about when the two parties have used the "budget reconciliation" process in the past, a move that limits debate in the Senate and does not allow the use of a filibuster to block a bill. As best I can tell, reconciliation has been used about ...
Blog Entries for Sunday, October 18
Procedural Trick Or Treat
It's not yet Halloween, but both parties and their supporters are limbering up for a very public round of finger pointing once we get a Senate floor debate started on health care legislation. "Please give us some of that patented Jamie research on how many times in the past under ...
A Doctor's View
On my flight back to Washington, D.C. from Orlando on Saturday morning, I started chatting with my seat mate, who turned out to be a doctor. I made sure to ask about health care reform efforts in the Congress. She was an OBGYN, only a few years into her career, while her ...
Voyage To Orlando
I had a great time Friday night in Orlando, Florida joining Neal Boortz, Clark Howard, Jim Turner and Ann Compton of ABC News before over 800 people to talk politics and the future of health care and much more in an event sponsored by WDBO-AM. Neal's voice had not been ...
More Health Care
It's back to the grind for Democrats this week, as they try (again) to hammer out the details of a bill that can reach the floors of the House and Senate for votes in coming weeks. The reality check is that if Democrats want to cut enough deals amongst themselves, ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, October 15
Health Care Roundup
Democrats were talking tough and expressing confidence as this week wrapped up, that they would be able to move a health reform bill through the Congress in coming weeks. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was especially upbeat - at least in public - about getting a public insurance option in a ...
Money Money Money
As the federal government confirmed that there would be no Cost of Living Adjustment for those receiving Social Security benefits, there was bipartisan support out of Congress for a plan to give seniors an extra payment of $250. "Our seniors and veterans cannot afford to shoulder the burden of our ...
Homeland Security Earmarks
Here is a list of Congressional and Presidential earmarks that were part of the Homeland Security Appropriations bill approved by the House on Thursday. The bill now goes to the Senate for final approval. While there aren't that many earmarks - 186 in all - there will certainly be a ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, October 14
Senate Votes In Play
When you get down to it, this health care debate is not really about that many votes in the House and Senate, as Democrats try to cobble together a majority in the House and 60 votes in the Senate. Think about it - most Democrats are ready to vote for ...
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