Daily Kos liveblog coverage of the HCR summit continues.
Recommend only the Mothership so that it's the only diary on the Rec List about the summit. That way, we'll prevent clogging the Rec List with Liveblog diaries.
The Mothership is located here.
Remember, no pictures or video. Thanks.
You can watch the coverage at whitehouse.gov.
Be sure to stay up-to-date with Congressman Weiner's coverage.
3:44 PM
"A majority vote makes sense."
After months of talking about the importance of the 60th vote and slowing the process to a standstill, the President needs to take a stronger stand for the idea that we want bipartisanship but we need majority rule.
3:36 PM
I like Rep. Cooper. He is a serious guy.
But I feel strongly that we have to save and improve Social Security and Medicare. Every bipartisan budget commission ever concieved has proposed deep cuts in benefits to those programs.
Democrats should stand up and fight for those programs. Let's not walk arm-in-arm down a path to weaken them.
3:32 PM
I think Leader Boehner is particuarlly livid about the tanning bed tax. Surprised he hasn't mentioned it.
3:14 PM
The discussion has lost its mojo here. When you are saying "CBO" more than three times per speaker, they should turn off the cameras.
Let's remember the choices here. Rep. Ryan and his party want to END Medicare completely. President Obama wants to lengthen its life.
Me? I want Medicare for all Americans. If I was in the room I'd be advocating for replacing private health insurance and its 30% overhead with Medicare's 1.05%
Update:
Well, that's it folks. Big thanks to Cedwyn for hosting the Mothership, and to Congressman Anthony Weiner for contributing to the liveblogging. If you haven't done so yet, hop on over and give them each some mojo love.