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Deeply Divided House Democrats Return to Work -- and the Same Set of Problems
Washington Post ^ | 9/8/09 | Paul Kane, Ben Pershing and Perry Bacon Jr.

Posted on 09/07/2009 9:12:24 PM PDT by Nachum

After a nearly 40-day recess that was anything but restful, House Democrats are returning to work Tuesday still unsettled over pending health-care legislation and sure only that the people have had their say.

They are in almost the exact position they were in when they left the Capitol in late July. Conservatives are still leery of supporting a government-funded, or public, insurance option. Freshman lawmakers from suburban districts remain fearful of increasing taxes for their wealthy constituents to pay for the new measure and await alternatives from moderate Senate Democrats. And progressives, who are demanding the most far-reaching reform since the Great Depression, are still threatening to bring down the legislation if it does not contain a robust version of the public option.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: deeply; democrats; divided; house
Yes, they're back- and heaven help us all.
1 posted on 09/07/2009 9:12:25 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

All in favor of giving them another 12 months of paid vacation say aye!


2 posted on 09/07/2009 9:14:32 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: Nachum

They are back.


3 posted on 09/07/2009 9:16:20 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Nachum

“Deeply Divided House Democrats Return to Work — and the Same Set of Problems”

If we could only delay the vote on some of these programs until early next year when the midterm election cycle starts in earnest, then we would really see them blow up.


4 posted on 09/07/2009 9:17:05 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: Nachum
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SouuuuWeee! Here they come!

5 posted on 09/07/2009 9:17:40 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (ObamaCare! When "natural causes" just isn't good enough!)
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To: aquila48

Aye!!!


6 posted on 09/07/2009 9:20:18 PM PDT by A message (3 years 4 months 1 week 4 days until Jim Thompson is President)
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To: Nachum

Hit the phones, faxes, handwritten letters and visits to their in-state offices.

Call and fax DC and ins-state phone numbers. Google their names to get their web site with the phone numbers.

www.Faxzero.com allows two free faxes per day.

Get in their faces - let em know we are still here and that we loathe most of them.


7 posted on 09/07/2009 9:20:37 PM PDT by Frantzie (Lou Dobbs & Glenn Beck- American Heroes! Bill O'Reilly = Liar)
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To: Nachum

It’s still hard to herd cats, isn’t it?


8 posted on 09/07/2009 9:33:20 PM PDT by lmr (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools.)
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To: Frantzie

So....I can harass Legislators w/Faxes 60 times a month for free? Do you know what kind of ad they have on the cover page?


9 posted on 09/07/2009 9:35:27 PM PDT by goodnesswins (George Orwell would be proud. Truth are lies, Slavery is Freedom, Oppression is Feminism.)
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To: Nachum
sure only that the people have had their say

Not by half, you clown congresscritters. We're going to keep having our say all the way up to November 2010.

10 posted on 09/07/2009 9:44:21 PM PDT by hsalaw
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To: goodnesswins

No idea if they have an ad but you get two free faxes per day. Use they DC and local (in-state) numbers too. Let em know. We all need to keep hammering them especially if we cannot be in DC on the 12th.

Call, fax, handwritten letters, visits. Tell them NO ObamaCare. No compromise if they are Repubs. NO!

www.faxzero.com

To fax to fight against amnesty - go to www.numbersusa.com. They have canned letters and alerts that make it very very easy.


11 posted on 09/07/2009 9:45:12 PM PDT by Frantzie (Lou Dobbs & Glenn Beck- American Heroes! Bill O'Reilly = Liar)
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Wish we could add these self absorbed clowns to the unemployment numbers...


12 posted on 09/07/2009 9:52:59 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
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To: Nachum
Democrats : " I'M BACK !!


13 posted on 09/08/2009 3:49:22 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: Nachum
"They are in almost the exact position they were in when they left the Capitol in late July.

The caucus now faces a public that is more skeptical than when House committees began drafting the plan two months ago."

Huh?

14 posted on 09/08/2009 7:02:36 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Global Warming Theory is extremely robust with respect to data. All observations confirm it)
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