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Default BREAKING: Brown Wins in Mass. Race

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On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:44:47 -0500, bpuharic wrote:

How does Gramm make 99 other senators go along?


the same way 40 republicans can hold up healthcare for 300M americans


40 is not one. That was the assertion. I agree if 40 people oppose
something in the Senate it is probably not happening.


Wrong again. 60 is the magic number to stop a filibuster.

The health care bill they have is so flawed the majority of the people
oppose it too. (which brings back on topic, remember Brown's platform)
Basically it gives people who have no insurance the right to buy it
for $1000 a month. Most of these people don't have an extra $1000 a
month. It would also raise the price for people with insurance.
The bill does nothing to cut prices for medical care or drugs. It only
fattens the wallets of the insurance companies but that shouldn't
shock anyone. The insurance lobby wrote the bill.


Not sure which bill you're talking about... Senate or House. The House bill
was much better and more widely supported. I was never a big fan of the
final senate bill.

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