... desk before the new year. At the Capitol, Obama urged the few Democrats who were still wavering on Saturday afternoon to put aside their political ... Pelosi needed to corral at least 218 of 258 Democrats to push the bill across the finish line. That task ... bill for reining in costs. In his lunchtime speech to House Democrats, Obama did not touch on any of those issues. But he acknowledged ...

Good God, what have they done? What have Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats just done to America and the Constitution? House Democrats have just passed their nationalized health care bill. ... call from President Barack Obama. “Without President Obama in the White House, this victory would not have been possible. He provided the vision and the momentum for us to get the job done for the American ...

... Blue Dog power.  First, they could easily replenish their numbers, as there are many members of the House who want to be in the Blue Dogs but whose applications were rejected.  Second, with a ... given the significant cross-over between the New Dems and Blue Dogs, there would actually be slightly more House Democrats in the Progressive Caucus than in the New Dem or Blue Dogs caucus combined ...

... vote on their bill tonight between 6-8 PM. The House Democrats will go ahead with their vote to take over the nation’s health care ... an opportunity to insert tougher restrictions into the legislation during debate on the House floor. The leadership’s hope is that no matter how that vote turns out, Democrats on both sides of the abortion divide will then unite to give the health care ...

... working throughout the day to resolve the concerns of the conservative Democrats who are still withholding support. Any final agreements Pelosi ... a full-throated endorsement today, and to visit House Democrats tomorrow ahead of the vote. That visit ... spree at Fort Hood, TX. The rules of the House are much different than the rules of the Senate, and generally allow for much less minority chicanery ...

Nice Interactive Graphic in the New York Times House Democrats Who Voted Against the Health Care Bill & ... Only one Republican voted for the bill, and 39 Democrats opposed it, including 24 members of the fiscally conservative ... presidential election, and a third of them were freshmen. Nearly all of the fourteen freshmen Democrats who voted ‘no’ represent districts that were previously Republican ...

... coloring, but it still works. Those districts colored green are the House Democrats who voted yes and those colored red are the 39 ... Walt Minnick--ID1), the fact that there were a smattering of northeasterners (now seen as the Democrats' geographic base) such as Congressmen McMahon ... action. Already brewing is an intra-party squabble over the House approved Stupak Amendment that limits abortion ...

Health Care Vote: House Democrats Just Signed Their Political Death Warrants The U.S. House of Representatives tonight narrowly passed the Pelosi government takeover of ... they elected to vote for it anyway. 2010 will be the beginning of the end for those radical Democrats. There is nothing in the U.S. Constitution that gives the federal government the power to force people ...

... have kept me from writing. I'm back now, hopefully without interruption.) Well, there you have it. Last night the House Democrats stated loudly and clearly they don't give a hoot about ... , and poll after poll indicating the majority of Americans are against the legislation, the House knows better than the rest of us and was bound and determined to do what it wanted. Asked about the public ...

House Democrats passed the most wasteful, disastrous, soon to be greatest contributing downfall to the American dream ever Obama-care. Though the majority of Americans are opposed to government take-over of healthcare, Democrats threw caution to the wind, in what will be for most, their last year in congress. And to bring the story full circle in ...