McMenamin: Lessons From the Gang of 14
John McCain (R-Ariz.), for whom I worked at the time.
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John McCain (R-Ariz.), for whom I worked at the time.
Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) said. “I don’t think you get a bill out of Banking if you don’t get the ranking member on board.”
The president himself said that participants would discuss “all the best ideas” to develop a health care reform plan.
Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) said. “We’re keeping an open mind. There’s no need to make a decision yet” on how to proceed with Obama’s plan. “I don’t know what expectations to have, honestly.
“Ultimately, you don’t vote against the bill because of what you didn’t get into it … You have to ask, are we better off with it or better off without it?” liberal Rep.
Without an individual mandate, people would game the system, waiting to get insurance until they got ill, forcing insurance companies to raise everyone else’s rates substantially.
Without that, even if it could be enacted (which I said I doubted), a new budget process was doomed to fail so there was no reason to bother.
Kennedy, according to the story, handled the spit-up without blinking an eye, reassuring the “mortified” mom — who was trying to clean up the mess herself — that “they have folks here to do that.
Without it, the District’s rich — albeit subtle — African-American history would go unnoticed by many.
“I don’t want to see this meeting turn into political theater, with each side simply reciting talking points and trying to score political points,” Obama said.
“I never could have won that race without raising that money, and I never would have raised that money without Jon Vogel,” Israel said.
However, a senior Democratic aide said Thursday evening that the bill was assembled without any input from House and Senate Democratic leaders, and cautioned that it should not be viewed as an agreement
The letter to the organizers went unanswered, though not without repercussions.
Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) made his decision to retire without consulting Democratic leaders in Washington, D.C., although he had previously alerted President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
The administration still isn’t listening,” a House Republican leadership aide said Monday.
“After seeing some news reports, I want to make it clear that I believe consumer protection should be part of any financial regulatory reform negotiations, but I believe the best way to proceed with
Orange County Chairman Bill DeProspo said that for a Republican, running without the Conservative Party endorsement is akin to political suicide.
Q: I work on the re-election campaign of a House Member and I have a question about the fallout of the recent Supreme Court decision lifting restrictions on political spending by corporations.
“This administration has not gotten terrorism since day one,” Hoekstra said.
Bond said last week in a statement.