Thorough background on Baucus/Grassley activity--and other Senators.
Conrad is not the only senior Democrat who believes his party will need Republican support to gain the 60-vote supermajority necessary to overcome a GOP filibuster and move a major health care bill to the president this year. "I still need some Republicans," said Illinois Sen. Richard Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.