White House: If GOP Filibusters, We’ll Pass Health Reform Via Reconciliation

Greg Sargent’s blog The Plum Line WhoRunsGov.com 2/22/10

The game of chicken commenceth — right now.

In the course of unveiling Obama’s new health reform proposal on a conference call with reporters this morning, White House advisers made it clearer than ever before: If the GOP filibusters health reform, Dems will move forward on their […]

Cantor Statement on Reconciliation

Tom Bevan Real Clear Politics 2/19/2010

Republican Whip Eric Cantor just released the following statement, which his office says was offered “in light of the Senator Reid’s support for changing the rules in the middle of the game by using reconciliation to jam through a health care bill (including the public option) that the American […]

Reid tries to resurrect public option

Chris Frates Politico.com 2/19/10

Ahead of next week’s White House health reform summit, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has signed on to a plan to try to resurrect the public insurance option in the Senate and signaled a willingness to use a 51-vote majority if needed to get it through.

Reid’s announcement came as the […]

Why the House Democrats are about 100 votes short

Michael Barone Washington Examiner 2/13/2010

My colleague Mark Tapscott cites an anonymous quote by a House Democratic leader from a Politico story on why the House Democratic leadership can’t muster the votes needed to pass the Senate health care bill [“Is Pelosi now 100 votes short on Obamacare?”]. “‘You just need to twist enough arms […]

Dem leaders say reconciliation last, best hope on health care

Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar The Daily Caller January 26, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic congressional leaders are coalescing around their last, best hope for salvaging President Barack Obama’s sweeping health care overhaul.

Their plan is to pass the Senate bill with some changes to accommodate House Democrats, senior Democratic aides said Monday. Leaders will present the idea […]

Please Mr. Bear, Don’t Throw me into the Reconciliation Patch

Posted by Dan Perrin RedState.com 1/21/2010

The public is King Arthur — the Black Knight is the Speaker and the Trillion Dollar President.

The Speaker and the White House just cannot stop themselves — more health care!

The Mouth of the Potomac is reporting that The Speaker will announce to her caucus that they […]

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