From the WaTimes - "
Senate Democrats defied President Obama on Thursday by scuttling plans to vote on health care reform by August."
Democrats cited frustrations by a bipartisan group charged with
finding ways to pay for the reform bill.
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the money for the $1 trillion effort remains the quest on Capitol Hill,
but Mr. Obama's most recent suggestion for funds isn't getting any
traction.
Mr. Obama, in his press conference Wednesday, proposed helping fund the
measure by limiting the tax deductions on charitable donations by
wealthy Americans, an idea that's been proposed before but was quickly
shot down on Capitol Hill.
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How does one find $1 trillion anyway? I'm sure Obama's plummeting
approval ratings, or rising constituent outrage as they discover the
plan will reduce them to serfdom in a vast commune ruled by a
collection of people with no experience in anything but getting
elected, had anything to do with it. And speaking of polls -
This time there will be no misguided Republican president and his willing lackey to save Specter's sorry ass from Toomey. And, speaking of Poles -
Okay - could be an oriental ...
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