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More on Health Care Reform
From the Washington Post:
Earlier today, in an interview with three reporters, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said health-care reform would pass the House and that it would include a public plan. She also said the Blue Dogs were basically resigned to this prospect, and that the Republicans “will do everything they can to stop it, not only [...]
Meanwhile…the Republicans meet in Virginia to remake the party
From CNN:
Republicans on Saturday kick off a campaign to reshape their party’s image, gathering in Northern Virginia for the first of a series of town hall meetings.
The council’s experts will report back to congressional leaders with new strategies for the GOP.
The goal of the initiative, called the National Council for a New America, is [...]
Actor Kal Penn to Join the Obama Administration
Yes, you read it right. From CNN:
Actor and longtime Obama supporter Kal Penn is joining the Obama administration, the White House confirmed to CNN Tuesday.
The actor will be part of the White House Office of Public Liaison, which is run by Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett. Penn will be primarily involved in dealing with Asian [...]
G20 Fun Facts from The Guardian
Everything you always wanted to know about the G20 gathering in London.
From The Guardian:
Those key G20 questions answered
The big issue is: can they agree a plan to rebuild the world economy? But
there are other pressing questions: Who should we be watching? What’s
in the Downing St goodie bag? And who’s the new Carla Bruni?
1. Why 20?
Um, [...]
From the Trenches of the Stimulus Package Debate
Jodi Jacobson with a must-read post. H/T to Digby
RealityCheck.org:
Lessons from the Stimulus Debate: Sex Ed For Talking Heads, Male Lawmakers
The three-ring circus on the stimulus bill and the Medicaid waiver provision for family planning services might have been avoided, some in the advocacy community and Congress say, if there had been more comprehensive sex education.
Nope, [...]