Harry Reid and several fellow Democratic senators just appeared before cameras after the caucus meeting where they unveiled the health care reform bill.
Plus details of what went down in the meeting itself.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal will give campaign contributions from accused Florida fraudster to victim’s compensation fund.
In case you missed it, here’s Justin Elliott’s initial report revealing those contributions earlier today.
Former staffers of the now-defunct Washington Blade plan to bring the paper back to life as an as-yet-unnamed online venture.
Yes, I know there’s little to be gained by reading or discussing Ann Coulter. Truly appreciated, she’s less columnist than performance artist. But like every other big website we get all her columns blasted to us. And sometimes I see something that so captures brainstem conservatism that I have to share it with you. In this column, Coulter announces that the Hasan massacre at Fort Hood is the moment when “diversity … jumped the shark.”
Diversity, which she compares to cancer and pollution.
Okay, I’m done.
Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ) decides taunting NYC Mayor Bloomberg with the possibility that 9/11 trials might lead to his daughter getting kidnapped by al Qaeda wasn’t such a hot idea after all.
In case you missed it, definitely take a moment to read our report on a new study from George Washington University School of Public Health which explains why the Stupak Amendment will eventually eliminate abortion coverage for all women, not just those purchasing subsidized insurance through one of the new insurance exchanges. A must read.
We’ve got more details on the CBO’s read of the senate health bill — one point of which is that they estimate that 1/3 of the population will be from states that choose to opt-out of Public Option eligibility.
National Right to Life Committee not so happy with Senate health care bill.
He’s not hollering about it or making threats. But in his meeting today with the key Democratic hold-outs, Sen. Reid (D-NV) made it clear that if they shut him down on one of the procedural votes, he’s still got reconciliation (i.e., pushing the bill through with simple, 51 vote majorities) as an option.
Karl Rove accuses the Obama White House of being in permanent campaign mode, as evidenced by Friday “bad news” dumps. That and the other overnight political news in the TPMDC Morning Roundup.