Reality Check: For Opponents, It Was Never About the Bill
Today’s Republican talking point of the day is that the historic health reform bill passed today represents the first major piece of social legislation to be passed without a single vote from across the aisle.
Well that may be true. But it’s not a commentary on this bill. It’s a commentary on the Republican Party, whose [...]
Now Comes the Hard Part
July came late this year.
In all the euphoria over the news that the Senate Finance
Committee has approved its version of health care legislation,
some context was missing. With a 60-vote majority in the Senate
and a 79-vote advantage in the House of Representatives, it was
all [...]
Health Care Overhaul Threatens States
Even as California struggles with a catastrophic fiscal crisis
and other states scramble to avoid the same fate, Democrats in
Washington are proposing health care measures that would add
hundreds of billions of dollars of spending to state budgets.
Thus far, very little of the debate surrounding the push [...]
