ALERT: If GOP Senate passes its tax cut for the wealthy disguised as health care, the House can merely pass the Senate bill and there will be NO Conference Committee meeting required.
Note: With all of the Affordable Care Act trash talk being done by Republicans and under reported by a media that no longer does its homework, it seemed obvious to bring back at least one reminder, one example of the truth --
President Obama bent over backwards to work with both Democrats and Republicans on providing affordable health care to The People.
I am of the mind the point of this blog can be made in the approximately three minutes it will take to read through what you see, without clicking to go deeper, but, please, feel free to go as deep as you would like to...
Focused Read 5 minutes;
Videos about 5 hours total
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READ:
"You're invited W.H. hosting dozens for summit
By CAROL E. LEE | 02/12/10 5:33 PM Updated: 02/12/10 8:24 PM
The White House has formally invited members of Congress to President Barack Obama's bipartisan health care meeting on Feb. 25.
The invitation from Rahm Emanuel, White House chief of staff, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was sent Friday afternoon to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Rep. John Boehner, the top Republican in the House, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell ... "
You can read the story here
VIDEOS:
Part 1
(Text courtesy of C-SPAN) President Obama held a bipartisan meeting at Blair House on health reform legislation.
Attendees listed on the Part 1 video included: Lamar Alexander, Senator [R] Tennessee; Robert Andrews, Representative [D] New Jersey; Max Baucus, Senator [D] Montana; Joe Biden Jr., Vice President; John A. Boehner, Representative [R] Ohio; Charles Boustany Jr., Representative [R] Louisiana; Dave Camp, Representative [R] Michigan; Eric Cantor, Representative [R] Virginia; James Clyburn, Representative [D] South Carolina; Tom Coburn M.D., Senator [R] Oklahoma; Steny Hoyer, Representative [D] Maryland; John Kline, Representative [R] Minnesota; Jon Kyl, Senator [R] Arizona; John S. McCain III, Senator [R] Arizona; Mitch McConnell, Jr. Senator [R] Kentucky; George Miller, Representative [D] California; Barack Obama, U.S. President; Nancy Pelosi, Representative [D] California; Harry Reid, Senator [D] Nevada; Paul D. Ryan, Representative [R] Wisconsin; Chuck Schumer, [D] New York; Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary Department of Health and Human Services; Louise Slaughter, Representative [D] New York.
Part 2
More attendees who were listed on the Part 2 video included: John A. Barrasso M.D., Senator [R] Wyoming; Joe Barton, Representative [R] Texas; Xavier Becerra, Representative [D] California; Marsha Blackburn, Representative [R] Tennessee; Kent Conrad Senator [D] North Dakota; Jim Cooper, Representative [D] Tennessee; John D. Dingell Jr., Representative [D] Michigan; Chris Dodd, Senator [D] Connecticut; Dick Durbin, Senator [D] Illinois; Mike Enzi, Senator [R] Wyoming; Chuck Grassley, Senator [R] Iowa; Tom Harkin, Senator [D] Iowa; Patty Murray, Senator [D] Washington; Charles B. Rangel, Representative [D] New York; Jay Rockefeller IV, Senator [D] West Virginia; Peter Roskam, Representative [R] Illinois; Henry Waxman, Representative [D] California; Ron Wyden Senator [D] Oregon.
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