Laughing at something on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is such a rare occurrence that we should all just take a moment and savor this tribute to Biden's F-bomb gaffe. Schoolhouse Rock classic meets healthcare reform, after the jump. [Mediaite]
Abortion rights groups have taken differing stands on the healthcare bill, with NOW decrying it and Planned Parenthood optimistically looking forward to changes. But one thing's for sure: abortion is back in the spotlight.
How to address the 219-212 passage of a universal health-care reform bill that the President calls an answer to ‘the call of history'? Why, by talking about the pols' outfits, a la Singin in the Rain's "Beautiful Girls!"
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After the American Medical Association complained that the health care bill's proposed 5% tax on elective cosmetic surgery discriminated against women, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid removed the "botax" in favor of a 10% tax on indoor tanning. [WSJ]
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Saturday night, Congress threw a party, jubilant that its members had passed a version of a health care bill. Which version? That would be the one that traded the right to choose for a majority vote.
By a vote of 220-215, the House of Representatives has just passed H.R. 3962, or The Affordable Health Care For America Act. 219 Democrats voted in favor of the bill; only one Republican did the same. [AP]
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The health-care bills currently being drafted in Congress say nothing about abortion. In pro-life-speak, that means a "hidden abortion mandate," and Democrats are scrambling to keep abortion opponents from derailing health-care reform.
