Key Liberals Tell WH: PO is Our Line.
There has been much worrisome news to say the least as the Obama admin seems intent on appeasing Sen Snowe with a trigger among other things. Most Americans voted for universal healthcare when they...
View ArticleHouston Says We Want Real Reform! 1,500 Rally!
On Sept 3rd we had a major healthcare reform rally here in Houston! Over 1,000 Americans rallied for real reform. We had state Rep. Garnett Coleman tell the facts on reform and debunk the lies. And...
View ArticleUPDATED: This is Nuts-No Coherent Message AGAIN THIS SUN!
Ok here we at-1030 am now and this story as usual has taken many turns because SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE FIRED AT WH. NO COHERENT MESSAGE AND ITS DAMAGING THE PARTY AND POTUS RIGHT NOW. IVE ABOUT HAD...
View ArticleUPDATED-Burner: We Will Kill this Bill if NO PO, and..
Progressives are making it clear on tv and online that there is no deal unless we get a robust public option in this bill. Period. As each day brings ups and downs with a vacillating WH eager to make a...
View ArticleThe Wh was Played. Key Blue Dog Now Says will Kill PO
Remember back in July when we said the WH was being played by Blue Dogs who diluted the PO in the ECC and then demanded and got a deadly one month delay on this bill? Rahm and Messina brokered that...
View ArticleCPC WIll Answer YOUR Questions LIVE TODAY! Ask AWAY!
CPC has asked I alert all of you to this opportunity. They want you to ask them questions on healthcare, pub opt etc.. Ask them at the link below. They will BE ANSWERED LIVE ON CSPAN LATE TODAY. i DO...
View ArticleHouse Progressives Ready for PO Showdown Next Week!
The progressives in the House are about to take things up another notch. After being ignored now twice by the WH, a s their calls for a meeting with POTUS have not been replied to, progs are gearing up...
View ArticleUPDATE 4: AFL CIO to Give HUGE Boost to PO, Axe Meets Woolsey..
A critical moment is comming today in t he fight for healthcare reform and the issue of a public option. AFL CIO members today will vote on several resolutions on healthcare at their national...
View ArticleSen Burris Casts the 1st Stone!
Thank you Senator Burris of Ill. who tonight may be the man who ensured the public option be passed. With Rockefeller and Brown also today making strong statements against the Baucus bill, it is Burris...
View ArticleProgressive Caucus Chairs Speak UP: Meet Real Change....
Rep G made it clear today via PDA-Progressive Democrats of America- on what kind of public option the progs will fight for. Below see the parameters of it. It is an inclusive Medicare style govt. plan...
View ArticleRockefeller, Others Ready Hell for Max: 543 Turns of It.
Senator Jay Rockefeller is one of the most tireless champions of healthcare reform on the Hill. He has been around a long time, was key in crafting CHIP and a champion of expanding Medicare 55 and up....
View ArticleUPDATED: Dukakis is OUT. Kennedys Push Kirk...
NYT is reporting that it wont be Dukakis as the interim senator from MA. Party leaders are worried Dukakis would be too independent and not vote with Dems as a block on healthcare. ...
View ArticleWendell Potter,Others Alarmed by MA Sen Pick Kirk...
Apparenty the new senator from MA wil be Mr. kirk, former big pharma lobbiest and weathy friend of the Kennedys. The reaction in the papers at least has been very negative. Wendell Potter has come out...
View ArticleThe People Do NOT Want "a Public Option"..
The NYT tonight hit the nail on the head. As the public option gains steam with opinion polls show surging support and liberals emboldened after the release of Baucus’ initial plans it notes the public...
View ArticleThe Constitution May Save Us from Baucuscare.
I have wondered how constitutional it would be if Congress mandates private health insurance for ALL Americans with no way to opt out. Well NYT looks into this and it seems likely if such a bill passed...
View ArticleHelp End PO Firewall TODAY.
Today I had a long conversation with a top staffer to Senator Wyden. It was all encompassing on healthcare, the public option and much more. Here is Sen. Wyden’s position as has been noted very...
View ArticleUPDATE: Progressive Whip Count IN, Lux Reports Progs Holding Up!
We have some major developments on the Hill tonight. The whip count from CPC is complete and was shown to the leadership today. According to the Hill at least 150 House members have signed on to a...
View ArticleNYT: FC Bill in Jeopardy as Wyden tells Truth. UPDATED...
The Finance committee looks to be officially in chaos as Snowe,Lincoln, Rockefeller and Wyden hold off their yea votes trying to bargain for their proposals. Of note is Wyden and Rockefeller. NYT...
View ArticleMAJOR UPDATE: Help Us Kill the WH Big Pharma Deal!-AHIP NIXES DEAL?
While there is much focus on the dwindling in size public option other threats continue to raise alarm in the health bill. Besides attempts to redefine the public option and what it even means I find...
View ArticleWyden: A Walled off PO Isnt Reform.
Sen Wyden gives a very insightful interview with Cohn. He wont reveal his vote on the bill still but boy is he unhappy. He calls this not reform. He doesn’t think it will help lower premiums. ....
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