Whip count on votes for Healthcare Bill that will cost American's 1.03 trillion
From Minority Whip Eric Cantor's Office http://republicanwhip.house.gov/ a Whip count on the Healthcare bill vote totals: Dem Whip CheckNOTE: Despite unemployment at its highest level since 1983, Speaker Pelosi continues to push her Caucus to pass a trillion dollar government takeover that will replace Americans’ health care. As of today, at least 69 Democrats have expressed opposition to the Speaker’s health care bill. As the bill comes to the House floor, how many Democrats will stand up and vote against a health care bill that raises taxes, cuts benefits to seniors, and spends money that families and small busines

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Pelosi lies and breaks promise Put Final Health Care Bill Online for 72 Hours Before Vote
From the Weekly Standard Blog: Pelosi Breaks Pledge to Put Final Health Care Bill Online for 72 Hours Before VoteSpeaker Nancy Pelosi's office tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD that the speaker will not allow the final language of the health care to be posted online for 72 hours before bringing the bill to a vote on the House floor, despite her September 24 statement that she was "absolutely" committed to doing so....House members are still negotiating important issues in the bill--whether it will provide taxpayer-funding for abortions, for example. Pelosi is pushing for a Saturday House vote, and a number of big changes will be introduced, likely less than 24 hours before the vot

Unemployment rate at 10%, (first time since 1983) and could get worse
From the AP: The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 -- and is likely to go higher...Nearly 16 million people can't find jobs even though the worst recession since the Great Depression has apparently ended. Many economists worry that persistently high unemployment could undermine the recovery by restraining consumer spending, which accounts for 70 percent of the economy....The Labor Department said Friday that jobless rate rose to 10.2 percent, the highest since April 1983, from 9.8 percent in September. The economy shed a net total of 190,000 jobs in October, less than the downwardly revised 219,000 lost in September, but more than economist

Open Thread - How early is to early to start thinking about runing for a public office?
Open Thread - How early is to early to start thinking about runing for a public office?