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four-step scenario – Obamacare Passage
[Posted on behalf of a friend] The following four-step scenario describes one way liberals plan to work the rules in their favor to get Obamacare through the Senate: Step 1: The Senate Finance Committee must first approve the marked-up version of Sen. Max Baucus’ (D.-Mont.) conceptual framework. Then Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D.-Nev.) can say that two Senate Committees have passed a health care bill, which will allow him to take extraordinary steps to get the bill on the Senate floor.   During the mark-up last week, members had difficulty offering amendments and trying to make constructive changed because they lacked actual

Obama Administration Moves to Downplay 9/11
The commemoration of the devastating 9/11 terrorist attacks that claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 people used to be known as “Patriot Day.” That designation was established in December 2001 after the House of Representative passed Joint Resolution 71 by a unanimous 407 to 0 vote.The new term, the September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance, stems from an amendment to the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act that Congress passed and President Obama signed into law in April. Posted in Political News, Terrorism, U.S. News Tagged: Congress, Culture, federal government, House of Representatives, Obama, Society