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How to Make a Million Dollars an Hour

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How to Make a Million Dollars an Hour
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Tag: Senate Finance Committee

AP / Gerald Herbert

Obama, Facing Old Messes, Tells GOP to ‘Grab a Mop’

Certain members of the Republican Party need to stop knocking the current administration’s attempts to clean up the messes caused by the previous one and “grab a mop,” President Barack Obama said during a Democratic National Party fundraiser in New York on Tuesday night.

Posted on Oct 20, 2009 READ MORE | 17 COMMENTS

AP / Evan Vucci

Health Care Reform Insurance Companies Can Believe In

By Bill Boyarsky —

It’s now clear that health care “reform” is a bonanza for the insurance companies. But these acquisitive businesses want even more. Their efforts to increase their profits are at the center of the clandestine Senate and House negotiations currently shaping the health bill.

Posted on Oct 19, 2009 READ MORE | 71 COMMENTS

AP / Susan Walsh

Baucus & Co. Shoot Down Public Option Amendment

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus and his merry band of legislators on Tuesday nixed an amendment proposing that a government-backed “public option” be included in Baucus’ contested health care reform plan, using the argument that the public option addition would further diminish the bill’s chances of passing.

Posted on Sep 29, 2009 READ MORE | 26 COMMENTS

Obama’s Choice: Is It Really Such a Tough Call?

Sure, being POTUS is tough sometimes, and you’re bound to royally tick off a large percentage of your constituency no matter what you do. But in the case of health care reform, President Obama, you have one Lee Stranahan to help you break this one down.

Posted on Sep 8, 2009 READ MORE | 10 COMMENTS

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Obama on Health Care: ‘We Are Going to Get This Done’

Despite rumblings from detractors on both sides of the aisle, President Barack Obama held his ground as he held forth about health care reform in a speech at the White House on Friday afternoon, declaring that he was “absolutely convinced” that substantial changes to the system will be made this year.