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House healthcare talks break down in anger
The Hill ^ | 7/24/2009 | Jared Allen

Posted on 07/24/2009 1:09:57 PM PDT by KansasGirl

House healthcare negotiations dissolved in acrimony on Friday, with Blue Dog Democrats saying they were “lied” to by their Democratic leaders.

The seven Blue Dogs on the Energy and Commerce Committee stormed out of a Friday meeting with their committee chairman, Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), saying Waxman had been negotiating in bad faith over a number of provisions Blue Dogs demanded be changed in the stalled healthcare bill.

“I’ve been lied to,” Blue Dog Coalition Co-Chairman Charlie Melancon (D-La.) said on Friday. “We have not had legitimate negotiations.

“Mr. Waxman has decided to sever discussions with the Blue Dogs who are trying to make this bill work for America,” Melancon said...

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"Waxman simply does not have votes in committee and process should not be bypassed to bring the bill straight to floor,” Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.), the lead Blue Dog negotiator, said on Friday. “We are trying to save this bill and trying to save this party.”

Melancon said there would be 40-45 “solid no” votes from the 52-strong Blue Dogs, among other problems throughout the caucus.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 111th; arra; bhohealthcare; bluedogcoalition; bluedogdemocrats; bluedogs; cbc; congress; democrathealthcare; democrats; healthcare; henrywaxman; obama; obamacare; pelosi; rahm; socializedmedicine; waxman
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To: glock rocks
I'm sure of your claim....Oklahoma might be running ahead for that prize by a nose.

MOLON LABE

201 posted on 07/25/2009 3:04:21 PM PDT by Osage Orange (There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. - Will Rogers)
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To: johncocktoasten

If I recall correctly, Gergen saved Clinton’s presidency in the first year when the wheels were falling off. If he’d stayed away, there would have been no 2d term.


202 posted on 07/25/2009 5:17:39 PM PDT by xzins (Chaplain Says: Jesus befriends all who ask Him for help.)
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To: xzins

Rodham-Gergen got the credit, but Dick Morris’s triangulation strategy was what got Clinton back in the game.


203 posted on 07/25/2009 7:57:10 PM PDT by johncocktoasten (Practicing asymetrical thread warfare against anti-Palin Trolls)
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To: truthkeeper

REALISM is not the same thing as cynicism.

;^)


204 posted on 07/26/2009 8:27:14 AM PDT by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: ExiledChicagoan
“Waxman will be hunting truffles this summer.”

The snout on that pig can hunt them in winter, under 3 feet of ice and snow!

205 posted on 07/26/2009 9:56:07 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: hsalaw
He stormed out of the meeting with Piglousy because he can see the future. That's why he is called Nostrildamnus.
206 posted on 07/26/2009 10:00:58 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
My Rep from Missouri is Emanual Cleaver. No use calling him. He ran a corrupt City Hall as Mayor of Kansas City. He was the ultimate Sergeant Schultz.

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207 posted on 07/26/2009 11:26:33 AM PDT by barker (Sarah Palin 2012? You betcha!)
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
BLUE DOG LIST FROM WIKI

Cardoza, Dennis (CA-18)

Carney, Christopher (PA-10)

Chandler, Ben (KY-06)

Childers, Travis (MS-01)

Cooper, Jim (TN-05)

Costa, Jim (CA-20)

Cuellar, Henry (TX-28)

Dahlkemper, Kathy (PA-03)

Davis, Lincoln (TN-04)

Donnelly, Joe (IN-02)

Ellsworth, Brad (IN-08)

Giffords, Gabrielle (AZ-08)

Gordon, Bart (TN-06)

Griffith, Parker (AL-05)

Bart Gordon (D-Tenn) (202) 225-4231

Harman, Jane (CA-36)

Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie (SD)

Hill, Baron (IN-09) (202) 225-5315

Holden, Tim (PA-17)

Kratovil, Jr., Frank (MD-01)

McIntyre, Mike (NC-07)

Marshall, Jim (GA-03)

Matheson, Jim (UT-02) (202) 225-3011

Melancon, Charlie (LA-03) (202) 225-4031

Michaud, Mike (ME-02)

Minnick, Walt (ID-01)

Mitchell, Harry (AZ-05)

Moore, Dennis (KS-03)

Murphy, Patrick (PA-08)

Nye, Glenn (VA-02)

Peterson, Collin (MN-07)

Pomeroy, Earl (ND) (202) 225-2611

Ross, Mike (AR-04) (202) 225-3772

Salazar, John (CO-03)

Sanchez, Loretta (CA-47)

Schiff, Adam (CA-29)

Scott, David (GA-13)

Shuler, Heath (NC-11)

Space, Zack (OH-18) (202) 225-6265

Tanner, John (TN-08)

Taylor, Gene (MS-04)

Thompson, Mike (CA-01)

Wilson, Charles (OH-06)

208 posted on 07/26/2009 12:58:49 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("The first duty of intelligent men of our day is the restatement of the obvious. " - George Orwell)
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To: Osage Orange

Can anyone on this blog confirm or deny the rumor that the House and Senate health care bills would exempt members of Congress and their staffs from the bills’ provisions? And,if so, can someone point me to the bills’ precise provisions to that effect? Thanks


209 posted on 07/26/2009 5:22:05 PM PDT by xyla1983
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To: La Lydia

BREAKING NEWS: Obama government providing the pine boxes, shovels, needles, sanctified (maybe?) ground... As an American, your extremely high tax will pay for (a small tax incentive...or stimulus if you prefer) the burial...and our own children/relatives get to bury us themselves!!! We’ll just leave our dead on the side of the road and let the vultures pick us apart!!! Or toss us in mass graves and cover us with lime as if we’ve got the plague. Why not? Or better yet, this is a great opportunity to use our body parts for God only knows what! Way to go America! You voted him in—get him out!!! Now!!!!!!!!!!


210 posted on 07/27/2009 12:38:00 AM PDT by 1Reader1k
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To: xyla1983
Number one....FR isn't a blog, fwiw.

Here's some links....

http://www.cnsnews.com/Public/Content/Article.aspx?rsrcid=50756

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN2tI49_5EI

Decide for yourself.

211 posted on 07/27/2009 7:41:09 AM PDT by Osage Orange (There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. - Will Rogers)
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To: KansasGirl
They've got to create something meaningless to vote for so that these clowns can claim they tried to fix it and Waxman isn't helping them.
212 posted on 09/26/2010 1:46:12 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The Democrats were the Slave Party then; they are the Slave Party now.)
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