Jay Rock Demands 90%

By: emptywheel Wednesday September 30, 2009 9:00 pm

This is delectible politics. Fresh off a meeting with Ob-Rahma, Jay Rock has come back to the Senate and demanded 90% loss ratio for any coverage the subsidies pay for. That means the insurance companies can’t steal 20% of our tax dollars to pay for executive salaries. They get 10%.

They’re peeing their pants right now.

Thing is, this amendment will never ever pass.

As Predicted, the Administration Folds on Horn State Secrets Claims

By: emptywheel Wednesday September 30, 2009 2:54 pm

As predicted, the Administration just settled the state secrets case that was really going to hurt their attempts to preserve the privilege.

George Steph Wrings His Hands

By: emptywheel Wednesday September 30, 2009 11:01 am

George Stephanopoulos, clutching his pearls, wants to know why it was necessary for Alan Grayson to call out Republicans on the floor of the House for their stubborn defense of the status quo.Why Is This Necessary? I’ll tell him why.

On PATRIOTs and JUSTICE: Feingold Aims for Justice

By: emptywheel Wednesday September 30, 2009 9:45 am

One of the things Leahy’s PATRIOT reauthorization does is incorporate and/or undercut Feingold’s efforts supporting a more sweeping reform of domestic counterterrorism efforts.

The Senator Henceforth to Be Known as Jay Rock

By: emptywheel Tuesday September 29, 2009 4:58 pm

I’ve been threatening to do this for a while: ditching the moniker “Jello Jay.” And while I was going to hold out until we actually got a public option through the Senate, I gotta say that nothing seems to have gotten under MaxTax Baucus’ skin so much as Jay Rock picking apart, detail by detail, the many ways in which the MaxTax is a big giveaway to the health care industry.

The Lack of Discipline Is Spelled R-A-H-M

By: emptywheel Tuesday September 29, 2009 2:50 pm

Is Obama still trying to figure out why his Administration turned into a leaky sieve overnight after picking Rahm Emanuel as his Chief of Staff?

On PATRIOTS and JUSTICE: What We Don’t Know

By: emptywheel Tuesday September 29, 2009 7:02 am

Russ Feingold says we need more information about how the PATRIOT Act actually works before we renew the PATRIOT Act.

On PATRIOTs and JUSTICE: Leahy’s PATRIOT Renewal

By: emptywheel Monday September 28, 2009 2:41 pm

Mark-up for the reauthorization of the PATRIOT Act will being on Thursday.

Chris Christie’s Death Panels for “Exceptions”

By: emptywheel Monday September 28, 2009 1:32 pm

Chris Christie thinks I’m an exception to whom insurance companies should not be required to offer mammogram coverage.

Chuck Schumer to Bloggers: “Fuck You”

By: emptywheel Monday September 28, 2009 9:13 am

Chuck Schumer is working to ensure that bloggers–or even free-lance journalists–will not count as journalists before the proposed medial shield law.

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