1) It's amazing to me the amount of whining when the "repeal bill" is shoved down their throat, how soon they forget.... what hypocrites. 2) Then, obummer doesn't have the guts to stand behind the life end counseling. Stick your finger in the air to see which way the winds are blowin' sir. 3) Now, Senate dems are trying to change the rules of fillibustering in the senate, a procedure available to protect the minority party. Don't they see, they will soon be the minority party. Absolute blind idiots. We'll be able to repeal everything!!
We'll be saved in 2012 !
CQ Today (1/5, Ethridge, subscription required) reports that Democrats blasted the move, and several of them wrote to incoming GOP committee chairmen saying, "It is insincere to run on a platform of openness and fiscal discipline, and then, in one of your first acts as the majority party, bring major legislation to the floor without any public hearings and without paying for the trillion-dollar cost of repeal." Incoming Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) also said, "Despite the public claims that they will put bills through regular order, they are poised to abandon that promise and bypass the committees to bring repeal straight to the floor."
Administration Drops Plans For End-Of-Life Planning.
The New York Times (1/5, A15, Pear) reports, "The Obama administration, reversing course, will revise a Medicare regulation to delete references to end-of-life planning as part of the annual physical examinations covered under the new health care law." According to the Times, "The move is an abrupt shift, coming just days after the new policy took effect on Jan. 1. ... While administration officials cited procedural reasons for changing the rule, it was clear that political concerns were also a factor."
We'll be saved in 2012 !
CQ Today (1/5, Ethridge, subscription required) reports that Democrats blasted the move, and several of them wrote to incoming GOP committee chairmen saying, "It is insincere to run on a platform of openness and fiscal discipline, and then, in one of your first acts as the majority party, bring major legislation to the floor without any public hearings and without paying for the trillion-dollar cost of repeal." Incoming Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) also said, "Despite the public claims that they will put bills through regular order, they are poised to abandon that promise and bypass the committees to bring repeal straight to the floor."
Administration Drops Plans For End-Of-Life Planning.
The New York Times (1/5, A15, Pear) reports, "The Obama administration, reversing course, will revise a Medicare regulation to delete references to end-of-life planning as part of the annual physical examinations covered under the new health care law." According to the Times, "The move is an abrupt shift, coming just days after the new policy took effect on Jan. 1. ... While administration officials cited procedural reasons for changing the rule, it was clear that political concerns were also a factor."
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