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Senate Reaches Health Care Reform Agreement

Congress Scheherazade - December 20, 2009 79

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is now confident that he has the sixty votes needed to proceed with cloture for H.R.3590. The Senate...

The Public Option Flatlines

Congress AdLib - December 14, 2009 387

Rachel Maddow just mentioned and the AP feed here at The Planet also presents the story that the Senate Dems meeting on health care...

Let’s talk NFL and health care

Congress javaz - December 7, 2009 30

From the time we are in grade school and then go onto high school, we all learn that sports is big business. You’re either one...

The House That Rome Built

Congress AdLib - November 9, 2009 12

Hey fellow members, here is the latest bitingly satirical piece by AntiChrist (I'm going to have to add a gallery to The Planet to...

Some Interesting Stats Re Congressional Reps/HC Industry Dollars

Congress nicole473 - November 8, 2009 55

I put together some charts/stats based on a table in the Washington Post. My charts and conclusions are based on all of the reps...

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