var digesttext = "Healthcare countdown03/19/10 16:20 from The Reid Report The Huffpo has the rolling whip count … The Hill has one too … btw count Florida\'s Alan Boyd (a previous “no”) as a “yes.” That makes four no-to-yes flips today (the others are Engel of NY, pro-life Ells..Marco Rubio creates an opening for Kendrick Meek03/19/10 14:42 from The Reid Report One of these people should thank Marco Rubio. Marco Rubio\'s troubles — his penchant for spending donor money to pad his lifestyle and PAC money to hire his family members as “couriers” — plus his unwillingness to ma..Morning clicks: run away Rubio, Kos flips on Crist-Meek03/19/10 10:30 from The Reid Report It\'s a late morning here in ReidReport land. I\'m getting ready to head out to Channel 2 to tape a segment of “issues,” but before I go, here\'s a bit of what\'s going on in the sunshine state: Rubio on the Run: this Daniel Ruth o..Tally today03/19/10 05:18 from Florida PoliticsThe Saint Petersburg Times: \"In Tallahassee today, focus is the budget\". The Tallahassee Democrat: \"2010 Legislature summary\". More: \"Slip-and-Fall Bill Passes House, Moves in Senate\" and \"House OKs Guns in Adoptions, More\".Sink\"Sink tries ..Liars Lose, Seniors Win On Health Bill - Featuring Exclusive Video Report03/19/10 04:56 from Boca Raton Liberal Examiner As the historic Health Reform Bill of 2010 nears a congressional vote - or a reconciliation, or \"deeming\", whatever! - it's worth noting how central and critical a role Senior Citizens have played in the entire health care deba.... Church of Scientology hires veteran journalists to investigate St. Pete Times. 03/18/10 19:10 from madfloridian\'s Journal - Democratic Underground This is from an article by Howie Kurtz. He wrote this piece as part of his regular Media Notes column. The St. Pete Times said \"We publish it here without additional comment, confident that readers can draw their own conclusions.\" The arti..FL-Sen: Crist is broken03/18/10 16:36 from Daily Kos Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 3/15-17. Likely voters. MoE 4% (5% for primary samples). ( 11/16-18/2009 results) GOP Senate Primary Charlie Crist (R) 30 (47) Marco Rubio (R) 58 (37) Other polling has shown Rubio blowing past Crist, so..Reconciliation bill posted, and it scores!03/18/10 16:33 from The Reid Report Politico has a decent summary of the newly posted reconciliation bill (plus the full text ) with the key changes it makes to the Senate legislation. The CBO score looks goo d, and the vote is expected on Sunday, with the president delaying..Upgrade: ‘This Week\' goes to Amanpour03/18/10 16:25 from The Reid Report Finally, someone who can pronounce “Iran” and “Iraq” correctly. Way to turn the page, ABC! (You gave us a scare last week …) Christiane Amanpour will be the first woman to host a Sunday show, and I\'m sure she\'..Video of Save Jackson demo03/18/10 12:32 from Miami-Dade Dems Speaker is Martha Baker, the head of SEIU at Jackson, the safety net hospital for Miami-Dade County. Save Jackson demo in Miami03/18/10 12:16 from Miami-Dade Dems Speaker thanks Jackson for saving his life with a heart transplant 6 years ago. What would we do without the safety net hospital in the current failing ecenomy? SALT II03/18/10 11:03 from Bob McKnight's Blog It was my first and only invitation to the White House . President Jimmy Carter had invited a number of legislators from around the country to come to the White House for a briefing by his staff on the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty II ..Marco Rubio\'s bad mojo03/18/10 10:27 from The Reid Report A couple of weeks ago, I asked a prominent attorney involved in the case of an elected official who was charged with corruption for using his city-issued credit car for personal expenses, including dinners at Red Lobster with his girlfrien..Healthcare CBO score released with good news for Dems03/18/10 09:11 from The Reid Report From the New Republic\'s Jonathan Cohn : Democrats in the administration and Congress have agreed on a set of amendments to the Senate health care bill. And, according to House leadership, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is certifying..Herald article today: my answer to Uncle Luke03/18/10 09:04 from The Reid Report It\'s District 5 day for me today. My Herald column focuses on the very little the district has seen go right over the last few decades, and answers this column by Luther Campbell in the Miami New Times : A clip: It\'s almost an urban legend..Morning clicks: orange is the new bank, Stupak vs the nuns, Charlie advises Kendrick03/18/10 08:28 from The Reid Report If it\'s Thursday, it must be time for an orange alert! John “moneybags” Boehner had some sage advice for his banker friends when he spoke before an enthusiastic crowd at an American Bankers Association “government relatio..\"Major rewrite of election laws\"03/18/10 07:19 from Florida Politics\"The House voted 73-42 on Thursday for a major rewrite of election laws, a move that would allow millions of new special-interest dollars to pour into campaigns, but one that would also give the public a better way to track the spending. An..Gay Adoption Debated in Florida03/17/10 21:08 from Change In TallahasseeSen Nan Rich: “I know this amendment is not going to pass today and that Florida’s discriminatory adoption ban will not fall today. It’s been four year since there’s been any debate on this issue in any official Senate proceeding in any Sen.. GHW Bush began getting the educators out of education....his successors followed suit. 03/17/10 19:17 from madfloridian\'s Journal - Democratic Underground When he called a summit in 1989, he left out educators. Left out the ones who know the most about how to truly educate and promote learning. They silenced a report that proved their condemnations of public schools were not true. From Eduto.. Single Payer activists attack the real enemy of health care..Howard Dean. 03/17/10 17:09 from madfloridian\'s Journal - Democratic Underground Today on Capitol Hill we found out the true enemy of health care reform. From the Single Payer Action site. [link:www.singlepayeraction.org/blog/?p=2366| Single Payer Activists Rip Howard Dean, John Conyers] [div class=\"excerpt\"]At a gathe..Shameless: Republicans\' self-executing hypocrisy rule03/17/10 15:14 from The Reid Report Norm Ornstein says it all : … I can’t recall a level of feigned indignation nearly as great as what we are seeing now from congressional Republicans and their acolytes at the Wall Street Journal, and on blogs, talk radio, and cable n..Send a Blue Dog to Obedience School - Sign our Petition03/17/10 14:48 from Daily Kos Last November, Blue Dog Congressman Allen Boyd voted against the landmark Health Care Reform bill passed by the United States House of Representatives. Like many of you, I was shocked . Not only was Blue Dog Boyd on the wrong s..McCollum fights attempt to help 4M uninsured Floridians03/17/10 07:19 from Florida PoliticsAG Bill McCollum embarrassed himself and the State of Florida when he \"declared Tuesday there is \'no benefit\' to the federal health care legislation supported by the Obama administration and invited attorneys general from around the nation ..Florida\'s Year In Health Reform - Featuring Exclusive Video03/17/10 05:15 from Boca Raton Liberal Examiner While President Obama and Democrats in Congress have worked for a year to solve at least some of the glaring problems with our health care system, Florida’s Republican political leaders have kept pace with the health insurance indust..Quick Hits03/16/10 22:09 from Florida Progressive Coalition Blog The latest news about politics in Florida… Debate begins on Florida\'s gay adoption ban Republicans are proposing a major overhaul of the Public Service Commission $600k in contributions was stowed in two PACs controlled by Marco Rubi.. I was proud to be a teacher in the public school system. 03/16/10 16:06 from madfloridian\'s Journal - Democratic Underground I took great pride in what I did. I worked at one of the \"best\" schools in town, and I worked at one of the \"worst\". I was the same teacher, but the other factors were variables. At the \"best\" school I had tremendous parental involvement. ..Adoption For All Press Conference03/16/10 15:26 from Change In Tallahassee More than 2,000 children in Florida are awaiting adoption, and half of them have no family members able to provide them care. House Bill 3 by Representative Mary Brandenburg (D-Lake Worth) would give more foster children an opportunity for..Florida-Place kids in homes with guns, not gays!03/16/10 13:41 from Daily Kos I admit, I\'ve made a conscious decision to live in Florida (ok, my partner dragged me here kicking and screaming 10 years ago, but I\'ve tried to make the best of it.) But I swear there are times when it\'s clear that the powers that be in F..Take 30 seconds right now and be a Virtual Lobbyist!03/16/10 11:48 from Change In Tallahassee Take 30 seconds right now and be a Virtual Lobbyist! Write to your lawmaker right and ask them to take a stand against discrimination. Ask them to sponsor three important bills: The Florida Competitive Workforce Act (HB 391 by Skidmore and..\"The latest disclosure\" about Rubio03/16/10 08:32 from Florida Politics\"Marco Rubio is quickly emerging as a freewheeling big spender of special interest cash even as the U.S. Senate candidate sells himself as a fiscal hawk. The latest disclosure:\"As the young state lawmaker lined up support in 2003 and 2004 t.. ";
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