Thursday, March 18, 2010

Obama & The Dems' Reconciliation Bill Finally Released Today. Looks Like Another Sweetheart Deal for One State -- This Time North Dakota!

And just for good measure, dems have tossed in student loan reform legislation (an item obviously very closely related to health care). What I can't tell from the early coverage is whether dems still intend to pursue the outrageous procedural gimmick of "deeming" the original Senate bill as "passed" without voting on it. I assume they likely are still pursuing that, but I'm sure it will become more clear as the day progresses. The vote on the reconciliation bill (very predictably) is to occur Sunday when most of the media is off and everyone and their mother will be watching the NCAA tournament. Read more:

http://www.politico.com/livepulse/0310/BREAKING__Reconciliation_bill_posted_.html
http://www.politico.com/livepulse/0310/North_Dakota_bank_gets_a_carve_out.html