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    A dozen Democrats and one independent crossed party lines and voted with Republicans.” The Wall Street Journal editorial offers a real meaning to yesterday’s vote: “Maybe there's more anxiety among Democrats about a huge permanent increase in government health spending than the White House is willing to let on.” The Los Angeles Times points out, "The roll call vote was a field guide to the kind of Democrats who will have to be persuaded that the costs of the broader healthcare bill are fully offset, including Southerners like Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia and fiscal conservatives like Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad of North Dakota." Today’s Gallup poll explains a great deal of this Democrat angst. Full Article at ARRA News Service
    The roll call vote was a field guide to the kind of Democrats who will have to be persuaded that the costs of the broader healthcare bill are fully offset, including Southerners like Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia and fiscal conservatives like Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad of North Dakota.
    SOURCE: ARRA News Service 1 month ago