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...strong spirit of bipartisanship, and what was clear was that even in the midst of crisis, there were those who made decisions based on a quick political calculus rather than on what the country needed. The classic example being me heading over to meet with the House Republican caucus to discuss the stimulus and finding out that [House minority leader John] Boehner had already released a statement saying, We're going to vote against the bill before we've even had a chance to exchange ideas...
...House set to return to Washington this week, Speaker Nancy Pelosi finds herself walking a narrow line on President Obama's top domestic priority. She had only two votes to spare when the House passed its version of health care legislation back in November, and now her restive caucus is telling her that they will not move too far in the direction of the Senate's more conservative version of the bill...
...Senate's proposed 40% excise tax on high-cost insurance policies: those individual policies costing upwards of $8,500 and family policies costing more than $23,000 that are being referred to in Washington these days as "Cadillac plans." At this point, about three-quarters of the House Democratic caucus has signed a letter sponsored by Connecticut Congressman Joe Courtney expressing opposition to the tax. (See the five differences that need to be resolved...
...Pelosi has held a series of conference calls in recent days with members of her caucus, both to gauge their temperature and to prepare them for the fact that they may end up having to swallow many of the Senate provisions. Over on the Senate side of the Capitol, Harry Reid faces an even more delicate challenge in holding together the 60 votes he got to pass the bill on Christmas Eve. That was exactly the number he needed to overcome a Republican filibuster...
...Reid, says Daschle, had no choice but to offer the public option. "He was under intense pressure from the House [which has one in its bill] and the liberals in the caucus to at least make the effort." Also, by including the option, Reid gained a valuable bargaining chip - something he could give up in negotiations to win the votes of more conservative members like Connecticut's Joe Lieberman, an independent who is counted as part of the Democratic caucus, and Nebraska's Ben Nelson...