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...budge any of those swing voters, there are still parliamentary moves at his disposal that could allow him to bring the bill to the full chamber without a committee vote. One of them would be to persuade lawmakers on the committee who oppose the bill to release it anyway without a recommendation of any kind from their body. Some anti-repeal committee members are already said to be warming to that idea...
...wrote last month, there are three questions we should ask about every provision in the package: Will it stimulate the economy quickly? Will it create long-term fiscal obligations? But also: Is it something we ought to do anyway? We need to zap the economy with a big jolt of federal dollars, and it's important that those dollars be spent in timely and temporary ways. But it's just as important that they're spent in ways that promote, and don't undermine, national priorities. Fast is good, but this downturn is likely to last awhile no matter what...
...rare - this week's fall was the biggest in 18 years - that buying additional equipment would be a waste of money. That doesn't mean they're happily enjoying the snow with their more carefree compatriots. "It is odd how those who wanted to be at work got there anyway," commented one respondent. "A national 'duvet day' at a time of crisis ... is pathetic," griped another...
...supposed to be gifts or subsidies to the children of retirees. Yet that is what, in large part, they have become. The reason for insurance is that you can't predict the future. If an elderly woman has diabetes and her husband needs heart surgery, then dies anyway, leaving her impoverished, Medicare and Social Security should be there for her. And if it all costs far more than she ever put into the system, that...
...cuts. But then it was liberals' turn to be up in arms over Obama's "betrayal," with some bloggers and pundits accusing the President of "throwing low-income women under the bus" in a pointless effort to woo Republicans who ultimately weren't going to vote for the package anyway. (See pictures of Obama's Inauguration...