A very bad deal to pass a very good bill

(Blog Post) The final compromises before a bill comes to the floor are never very pretty. This one, however, is worse than I anticipated. Opposition from anti-abortion Democrats, driven in large part by aggressive activism from the Catholic Church, forced Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala - via Jonathan Cohn, Memeorandum
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Nov 7, 2009 - 10:20 AM PST
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Fabrice Florin
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by Fabrice Florin - Nov. 8, 2009

Interesting opinion about the abortion amendment of the House's new health care bill.

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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Nov. 8, 2009

Klein doesn't mince words in his reaction to the abortion compromise. He does offer a brief, clear explanation of what the amendment will mean for most women.

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Linda C
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by Linda C - Nov. 16, 2009

The piece is good, but i was not sure if this was newsworthy or just an opinion piece. I t had great data, but it was not backed up with where did the publisher get the information.

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