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To: Sully- who wrote (78365)	3/16/2010 4:08:14 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 90947

It's an Up-or-Down Vote on Abortion Funding By: Kathryn Jean Lopez The Corner <<< House Speaker Nancy Pelosi D-Calif., said Monday she won’t modify language addressing federal funding for abortion services and restrictions banning undocumented immigrants from participating in health insurance exchanges— two areas of major controversy—created under the Senate-passed version of health care overhaul (HR 3590). Pelosi also would not make promises about future legislation to address abortion funding or health care access for illegal immigrants. >>> corner.nationalreview.com

To: Sully- who wrote (78365)	3/16/2010 12:17:01 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

ObamaCare and the ‘Buzzsaw’ of Opposition The president could have chosen a bipartisan approach. MARCH 15, 2010, 10:47 P.M. ET BY JOHN BOEHNER AND MITCH MCCONNELL A little over a year ago, when President Obama first took up health-care reform, Republicans reached out to him in the hopes of working together on solutions that would lower health-care costs for families and small businesses. A bipartisan bill focused on lower costs could have been sent to the president’s desk last year, and it would have received the support of the American people. For instance, this month the president announced his support for additional reforms to crack down on waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid. This is something we can and should be doing already. Do we really need to pass a $2.5 trillion spending bill, raise taxes, and slash Medicare to implement it? In other areas, Democrats have taken solid Republican reforms—such as putting an end to junk lawsuits and allowing patients to purchase insurance across state lines—and watered them down to a point where they cannot ... Message 26388242