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17 Sep 2009 10:37

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Politics: Andrew Sullivan sez the Baucus bill could be a “game-changer”

  • If healthcare reform actually lowers the deficit over the long run according to the CBO, then resistance on that score should crumble. That’s why this bill may have more legs than it first appeared. It will appeal to fiscal worry-warts like yours truly. It will be manna for Independents.
  • Atlantic columnist Andrew Sullivan • Discussing the implications of the Baucus health care bill, which he says might pull off the magic trick of giving the working poor reasonable health care AND not raising the deficit. Sullivan, who has a pretty strange mix of political ideologies, suggests that if conservatives don’t support a bill like this, “then the joke in the end is on them.” • source

16 Sep 2009 10:00

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U.S.: It’s finally here: The (non-bipartisan) Baucus health care plan

15 Sep 2009 10:10

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U.S.: The Senate health care plan: The Democrats may not like it

  • $880 billion the estimated cost of the health-reform bill pushed by Sen. Max Baucus, which concedes a lot of things to the GOP to help gain bipartisan support source

29 Aug 2009 10:58

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U.S.: Danny acts like Bill, doesn’t have his swagger. Depression sets in.

Danny was a tropical storm, but now he’s just depressed. The depression will hit Long Island today. Based on storm path, he’s like Bill’s wannabe brother. source

17 Aug 2009 20:25

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U.S., World: Bill and Claudette: Two storms living separate lives

  • Bill’s still on track to become a major hurricane, but probably isn’t headed towards the U.S. at all. source
  • Claudette, however, has made landfall in Alabama and Florida and appears to be slowing down. source

17 Aug 2009 10:25

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World: Don’t mess with Bill: The season’s first hurricane’s gonna get big

  • 75 mph Bill’s current wind speed; it’s hanging out in the Atlantic right now source

15 Jul 2009 12:43

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U.S.: So the poor get healthcare, the rich get surtaxed?

  • 5.4% size of the proposed surtax recommended for wealthy Americans in the House’s health care bill source
 

14 Jul 2009 10:10

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U.S.: Obama’s threatening a veto of his defense spending bill. Here’s why.

  • $1.75 billion cost of the last-minute addition to Obama’s defense spending bill, which adds seven costly F-22s back into the mix source

26 Jun 2009 18:08

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Tech: Mythbuster Adam Savage is trying to bust the myth of his AT&T bill

  • $11,000 amount Savage was charged on his most recent AT&T bill for data usage in Canada source

16 Jun 2009 22:35

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U.S., World: Currently weaving through Congress: A big war-spending bill

  • $106 billion to fight wars in Iraq & Afghanistan source