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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 04:37 PM
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Obama to Meet with "Gang of Six" Tomorrow
Listen up, Baucus!

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/08/05/obama_to_meet_with_gang_of_six.html

Obama to Meet with "Gang of Six"

Roll Call reports the bipartisan Senate Finance Committee "gang of six" negotiators are scheduled to meet with President Obama at the White House tomorrow.

In related news, The Hill reports Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) believes Democrats have the votes to pass health care reform "today."
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 04:38 PM
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1. Obama needs to hang this up in the Oval Office

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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 04:43 PM
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2. Best Wishes for the Meet
tomorrow!
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4lbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 04:46 PM
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3. President Obama needs to tell them that if they don't pass GOOD health care/insurance reform that
Edited on Wed Aug-05-09 04:46 PM by 4lbs
will actually keep costs down, and increase access to everyone, then they'll be voted out of office by the people, regardless of how much insurance lobbyist money they get.
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quantass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 04:47 PM
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4. Time for the Stick eom
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PretzelWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 04:54 PM
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5. it is kind of cool that Obama is continuing to give them every opportunity to hang themselves
as the report mentions...there is actually a lot of agreement on the Hill and it's not a matter of a bill passing. It's the particulars and specific date of it happening.
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biscotti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 05:23 PM
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6. I can't stand that term
"Gang of 6" it sounds so childish and reminds me of Lieberman and his "Gang of 12": :puke:
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Connie_Corleone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 06:00 PM
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7. I hope "THE ROCK" Obama emerges during the meeting.
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