They seem to be going for a straight up or down vote in the House on the Senate bill. Perhaps this means they have the 216 necessary votes—or perhaps they just have more votes for a straight up-or-down than for … Continue reading →
…when first we practice to deceive. [NOTE: More from Ace.]
Continue reading →I’ve noticed a lot of discussion in the comments section of various conservative blogs that goes like this: once the HCR vote is over and if the Democrats succeed, what’s to stop them from passing their entire agenda via reconciliation … Continue reading →
Bart Stupak and Nancy Pelosi have been discussing a plan by which the House can amend the Senate HCR bill and change the abortion language that has been such a sticking point for him: The deal calls for Stupak to … Continue reading →
[UPDATE: I used the words “Politco claims” and “If true” in the following short post because there was something about the Politco report that didn’t smell quite right to me (maybe that “textual narrative” part? Too good to be true?). … Continue reading →
I was just listening to the tail end of an interview on Fox between Megyn Kelly and Arizona Governor Jan Brewer. Brewer was talking about the Tenth Amendment challenges planned by governors and attorney generals around the country if HCR … Continue reading →
Shorter McArdle: the CBO scoring has become a joke, and the bill is a financial disaster. But nobody who wants to vote for it is listening or cares. [NOTE: A while back, I made a similar point as McArdle on … Continue reading →
For what it’s worth, here are forty names judged to be on the HCR fence. You can call, write, and otherwise contact them in an attempt to increase the pressure. It’s especially important if you live in their districts, but … Continue reading →
I don’t know enough inside baseball to know exactly why Lindsey Graham is doing this. But I do know it’s the sort of thing that in the past earned him the rage of conservatives, and rightly so. That Graham is … Continue reading →
…offers a cost estimate on the Big Dig.
Continue reading →Ann Althouse, blogger and law professor who voted for Obama, has this to say about his pooh-poohing of procedural rules during his Bret Baier interview yesterday: As if procedure is a frivolous sidetrack that only trivial or devious people care … Continue reading →
I remember how concerned and driven I felt during the last couple of months leading up to the 2008 election. I had become quite convinced that Obama was an opportunistic, lying, corrupt, far-left ideologue who would sacrifice his own grandmother … Continue reading →