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  • Senate Prepares to Pick Up Fight | Roll Call | March 22, 2010

    The U.S. Senate is prepared to pick up the debate over health care reform now that the House has taken action. The Senate rules will be a challenge, however, because if any provision of the reconciliation bill violates the strict rules for this type of bill — such as each element of the bill having a budgetary impact – then the provision will be automatically stricken, unless there are 60 votes to retain it.

  • Big Win for Obama, but at What Cost? | The New York Times | March 22, 2010

    “Whether it was a historic achievement or political suicide for his party,” David Sanger of the New York Times observes that the president seems to have reshaped the nation’s social welfare system. Unlike many other major reforms, however, the process was not bipartisan. Peter Wehner, a political adviser to President Bush, said, “once people discover that their Medicare taxes are going up, that there are deeper cuts in Medicare Advantage, that there are court challenges to many provisions, and that the process of getting it passed created a portrait of corruption, it won’t sit well.”

  • Inside the Pelosi Sausage Factory | The Wall Street Journal | March 22, 2010

    The Wall Street Journal’s Kim Strassel observed about the late Sunday night House vote on health care, “Never before has the average American been treated to such a live-action view of the sordid politics necessary to push a deeply flawed bill to completion.” The “dirty deals, open threats, broken promises and disregard for democracy” that the public saw used during the long process, Strassel adds, were employed again yesterday to get to House passage of the bill.

  • Health care bill heads for showdown | USA Today | March 19, 2010

    The Administration’s year-long quest to revamp the nation’s health care system will undergo its most critical test on Sunday as congressional leaders seek to pass a 10-year, $940 billion package.

  • Americans Expect Health Bill to Mainly Help Poor, Uninsured | Gallup Poll | March 19, 2010

    A recent Gallup poll shows that Americans tend to see more negative than positive effects of the Administration’s health care reform bill. In fact, 44 percent of Americans believe the bill will make things worse for the nation, while only 39 percent see any benefit for the country.

  • Obamacare will break the bank, not cut the deficit | National Review Online | March 18, 2010

    According to James C. Capretta’s health care blog post on the National Review Online, the latest CBO score is not fiscally responsible. In fact, if the Administration’s health care reform plan is enacted, the cost of the new entitlement spending would reach $2.5 trillion, at least, not the $1 trillion advertised by the Administration.

  • The Health-Care Wars Are Only Beginning | The Wall Street Journal | March 18, 2010

    Fred Barnes writes in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that America will be in a constant health care war if the Administration’s proposed legislation is enacted. “Passage wouldn't end the health-care debate. Rather, it would perpetuate ObamaCare as the dominant issue for decades to come, reshape politics, create an annual funding crisis in Congress, and generate a spate of angry lawsuits. Yet few in Washington seem aware of what lies ahead.”

  • Overhaul splits party faithful | The Wall Street Journal | March 18, 2010

    A recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds that the pending health care overhaul remains unpopular with a vast majority of the general public. In fact, the poll results found that 48% of respondents regard the health care legislation to be a “bad idea” – compared to 36% saying it’s a good idea. Congress overall has a 17% approval rating.

  • Health Care Reform | Rasmussen Poll | March 15, 2010

    A new Rasmussen survey of likely voters finds that 43% of Americans favor the Administration’s health care proposal, while 53% oppose it. Only 23% strongly favor the plan, whereas 46% strongly oppose it.

  • Editorial: On health-care vote, lawmakers should pay heed to the people | The Columbus Dispatch | March 15, 2010

    An editorial in the Columbus Dispatch considers the choice members of Congress face -- whether they were elected to provide the country with the best health care bill possible, or whether they should use their vote try to resolve a political mess. The editorial reads, “The answer should be easy: They should vote for the American people. That means saying no to the health-care overhaul plans now before Congress.”