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...feel about some sports broadcasters, coming into the Olympics, comparing you to Michael Phelps? -Bill Bae, Colorado Springs I'm no Michael Phelps. He's obviously a great Olympic champion. I was never expecting to win five gold medals. For me, my goal has always been just to win one. Thankfully, I've already got gold, and that's what I came here for. I'm no Michael. I'm just...
...Republican criticisms are highly disingenuous, however; of the 22 times reconciliation has been used since 1980, 17 were by Republicans. Most notably, the measure was used to pass both of President Bush’s tax cuts—an especially salient example, considering the 2003 tax-cut bill passed only after a tie-breaking, 51st vote cast by Vice President Cheney. Comparatively, the Senate passed its version of the health-care bill with 60 votes in December; if the tax cuts were passed using reconciliation by the Republicans, it is fair for the Democrats to use the measure...
Furthermore, we disapprove of the media’s reporting on the issue of health care and Congress’s attempt to reach an agreement on reform. Throughout the media coverage, the current effort to pass a bill has been portrayed as ramming reform down voters’ throats, despite the fact that the bill still has 59 votes in the Senate. From the usual conservative press coverage like The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Times to more independent coverage like CNN and Time Magazine, the media has consistently and misguidedly portrayed the bill as blatantly ignoring...
...care in the rising spotlight and not let the issue die. While many other issues merit action, health care is, nevertheless, one of the president’s top domestic priorities. Given the extraordinary efforts to derail it, President Obama has now acted decisively on the future of the bill...
...light of the current political situation, reconciliation is a legitimate and necessary move to finally assure the passage of a comprehensive health-care reform bill...