CBO: Obamacare Would Cost Over $2 Trillion
The CBO’s most recent analysis is out, and it’s not likely to convince wavering House Democrats to jump to the Obamacare side of the fence. Even the Democrats are granting that the latest version of their proposed health care overhaul would cost $69 billion more than the previous version. According to [...]
Preliminary CBO Numbers Are In (BUMPED & UPDATED, 11:30 a.m.)
House majority leader Steny Hoyer has informed his colleagues of the CBO health bill score. Politico reports:
The bill would cost $940 billion, and reduce the deficit by $130 billion over the first 10 years and $1.2 trillion in the second 10 years. The deficit numbers Democrats have been most worried about, and will be key [...]
House Democrats want Obama’s trip delayed again
This tells me that the Dems not only still don’t have the votes, they’re divided and struggling to get more, and need Dear Leader’s help.
Related: Dead Congress Walking (The liberals are mad at the centrists, the centrists are mad at the liberals. Democrats in the House are angry at those in the Senate, and deeply [...]
The Spending Split
Republicans are engaged in a tough fight over government
spending. But this time, the battle isn’t just between fiscal
conservatives and the GOP’s own big spenders. The battle over
earmarks has split the two of the Senate’s most conservative
members.
Last week, House Republicans agreed to a one-year [...]
Gibbs: The Cornhusker Kickback Bill Will be "Law of the Land" in 7 Days
The Hill reports:
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the healthcare bill will pass by next weekend.
"We'll have the votes when the House votes, I think, within the next week," Gibbs said on "Fox News Sunday."
Gibbs added that those on next week's Sunday talk shows "will be talking about healthcare not as a presidential [...]
Democrats’ Abandon Promise of Posting New Obamacare Bill 72 Hours Before Vote (Also plan to circumvent Constitution)
Remember Pelosi’s promise to post the new ObamaCare bill up for 72 hours before a vote?
Well, you can just forget about it, that was a lie. That pledge has now been “softened“:
House Democrats appear to be softening their pledge to allow the public 72 hours to review the health care reform package online before a [...]
