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October 26, 2009

Harry Reid just held a press conference, and ....

Topics: Political News and commentaries

... as William Jacobson aptly notes, it was all about nothing. Not enough votes for cloture at this point. No cost estimates. Only a hope and a prayer that the CBO score will be favorable, and allow him to move a bill to the floor.

Which leaves us with having learned nothing more about the Senate side of the health-care bill than before Reid called his say-nothing press conference. What we do know, comes from Sen. Mitch McConnell: It will be a thousand-page, trillion-dollar bill that raises premiums, raises taxes and slashes Medicare for our seniors to create new government spending programs."

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Posted by Abdul at October 26, 2009 4:08 PM



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