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By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyAfter months of deadlines that have come and gone, White House officials and congressional leaders expressed confidence Sunday that they will get the votes they need this week to pass a comprehensive health care reform bill, but they conceded that they are not there yet. At the same time, Republicans renewed charges that President Obama and Democratic leaders were "arrogant" and "tone deaf" in trying to push through legislation the country doesn't want, and warned that passage of the reform package would not only wreak havoc on the health care system but would be a disaster at the polls for ...
Domestic Surveillance in Doubt as Patriot Act Expiration Looms
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyThe House and Senate are working through a stack of must-do legislation before the end of the year, but neither has scheduled time to debate expiring provisions of the USA Patriot Act. Without at least a temporary extension, three sunsetting portions of the law that grants domestic surveillance powers to law enforcement will expire on Dec. 31. The looming deadline coincides with a growing concern among law enforcement officials that homegrown terrorism is becoming a more dangerous and immediate threat. In addition to last month's shooting at Fort Hood, reports came this week that a Chicago ...
Health Care Bill Still Faces Huge Hurdles in the Senate
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThere seemed to be enough lawmakers on the Sunday news shows the day after a major health care reform vote to make up a quorum, but the one clear message that emerged was the long and difficult road the legislation has to go in the Senate. ...
Harry Reid: 'Phony' Health Care Protests Astroturf, not Grassroots
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailySen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) stood up during a Capitol Hill press conference Thursday to display a prop meant to reinforce Democrats' charges that protests against health care reform have been organized by political and corporate interests. Holding up a square of bright green Astroturf, Reid said, "This is not grass roots," and added that the congressional town hall demonstrations are "about as phony as this grass." Reid acknowledged that Americans have concerns about health care legislation, "and rightly so." But he said the protests were generated by "talk show hosts, Internet rumor mongers ...
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