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White House, Democrats Battle Public Option Leaks
By David Sessions - Politics DailyPolitico reported Friday morning that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi counted her votes Thursday night and concluded she did not have enough to pass the "robust" public option, the strongest of several government insurance plans Democrats have been considering adding to the health care reform bill. But sources tell Talking Points Memo that House leadership is nowhere near deciding to scrap the robust option and that someone who opposes it leaked the "not enough votes" story to pressure Pelosi into compromising. The White House immediately questioned the Politico assertion that Pelosi had decided ...
Muddling the Chavez and Bo Stories, Obama Shakes Hands With a Dog
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyWe're going to blame this one on presidential jet lag.Barack Obama, who seems to have dedicated as much of his first 100 days to overseas travel as George W. Bush dedicated to Crawford vacations, is mixing up his symbolic gestures.Following a week where he both adopted Bo the dog and shook hands with erratic Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez, the leader of the free world dovetailed the two narratives last Thursday when he shook hands with a dog belonging to the president of Mexico.The story broke yesterday on the Talking Points Memo and if the reaction in any way matches that of the Chavez ...
Massachusetts Congressman Tears Bank Execs a New Asset Recovery Hole
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailySo Congress gave our nation's banks a big infusion of cash this fall, the goal being to stimulate the lending process that sustains our economy.Well we all know that didn't happen, but the process does appear to have stimulated the temper of Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA), who represents Boston, Cambridge and Somerville. (A district that, Capuano wants financial execs to know, contains many bank robbers.)And tales of robbery aren't all you'll find in this Talking Points Memo video. You might be surprised to learn there's also a lot of Capuano yelling.Watch it for yourself, but let's just say that ...
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