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I think this is an important point: arguments that various Democratic proposals on health care were once "Republican proposals" are misleading, in the sense that it's not as if Republicans.
Again, there's no question that Reid should force a vote on the Ryan budget. The fact that Republicans are trying to convince Very Serious people that even mentioning the public.
I endorse this, with one caveat: 1) There is no such a thing as a grand bargain. You cannot tie the hands of future Congresses. That a deal has been.
Shorter House Republicans: "It's outrageous that insurance companies would be expected to provide you with medical care in exchange for your money. People value the freedom to have their money.
It's appropriate that the day the predictably awful report of the Catfood Commission is released, Republicans have made clear exactly how credible their commitment to deficit reduction is: The Republican.
As Matt notes, David Mayhew -- argbuably the country's most important Congress scholar -- has shown that while divded government affects the type of legislation passed, it has had suprisingly.
To state the obvious, this non-action is awful both on the merits (making the permanent extension of Bush's upper-class tax cuts more likely) and as politics (name me the district.