Archive for March 21st, 2010
A Historic Moment
The Senate health insurance reform bill just passed the House by a vote of 219-212.
No matter how you feel about the bill, you must recognize the historic moment. Republicans all voted no. 34 Democrats also voted no.
Speaker Pelosi will be remembered by history as one of the most powerful and effective speakers, ever. [...]
Forget March Madness
Who cares about college basketball (actually, since my bracket got busted when Villanova lost, I don’t care anymore). The real college championship right now is the NCAA Hockey Tournament. My alma mater, the DU Pioneers, the #1 ranked team in the nation, open up play on Friday in Albany against RIT. Go DU!!!!
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Today’s HCR Vote Program
So today is the day, and today is when we get to know whether Nancy Pelosi and President Obama have been able to pull this one out (Intrade futures on this effort have been going up since early this month — you can buy at this writing at 92.1). You can use this as a live blogging thread (if you are glued to CSPAN and not out in this glorious weather).
21Mar2010 | cassandra_m | 37 comments | Continued
Who Speaks For Me On This Issue?
Exhibit one on why we need to have more representation for women in government: abortion restrictions in the health care reform bill. A group of “pro-life” (which means life begins at conception and ends at birth) Democrats were willing to deny 32 million already existing people health insurance because the bill fails to outlaw [...]
21Mar2010 | Unstable Isotope | 14 comments | ContinuedSocial Media
