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When the Democrats lost Congress in 1994, some Representatives blamed the defeat on a party they felt had shifted too far to the left. These disgruntled Democrats decided to form a coalition to stand against their more liberal party members. They held meetings in the office of former Louisiana Representative Billy Tauzin, who reportedly had one of Cajun artist George Rodrigue's famous Blue Dog paintings hanging on his wall. The Blue Dog Coalition's website also lists as an inspiration the 1928 term Yellow Dog, used to refer to a Southern Democrat who was more likely to vote...
...Read "Congress Seems Sure to Miss Deadline...
...Despite whatever opposition new benefits-tax proposals might face, it's unlikely health-reform legislation will emerge without them. The Senate Finance Committee - one of five in Congress that oversee health care and the only one that has not yet unveiled at least draft legislation - must include in its draft a plan to pay for reform. The three Democrats (led by Finance chairman Max Baucus of Montana) and three Republicans (led by Chuck Grassley of Iowa) trying to hammer out a bipartisan agreement behind closed doors have made some progress on reaching a consensus. In addition to scrapping a requirement...
...question about the disorderly conduct arrest of Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates ended up dominating the news coverage. Still, the White House now seems to realize that a series of press conferences or political speeches across the country, or even an historic address to a joint session of Congress (as Clinton tried), will not be enough to get over the finish line. Health-care reform is so politically fraught that it needs a strong White House presence in the room, something that happened only late last week in the House (when Emanuel became personally involved in the talks with...
...Senate being unlikely to pass legislation before his deadline is the worst setback Obama has seen in his six months in office. The monthlong break will give critics ample time to hone their messages of "too much, too soon" and stir up grass-roots opposition, and members of Congress will go home to hear what constituents have to say. As President Lyndon Johnson, the great master of the Senate, warned his staff after his 1964 landslide, "every day while I'm in office, I'm gonna lose votes." Some 56% of Americans believe that Obama can implement a national health...