You are on your own.
In Case I Have Not Stressed It Enough
As Nick Baumann points out, Harry Reid probably knows perfectly well by now what procedural steps he needs to take to amended a bill through reconciliation. If Reid wants to wait a little longer, the most likely explanation is that he doesn’t have 50 reconciliation votes yet but he thinks he might have them in a week.
You know what to do. (202) 224-3121.
Teabaggin’ Money Honey
Someone loves the jam, the jet, and the mansion:
Later this week I’ll head to Nashville, where I’ll have the honor of speaking with members of the Tea Party movement. I look forward to meeting many Americans who share a commitment to limited government, common sense and personal responsibility. This movement is truly a grassroots, organic effort. It’s not a top-down organization; it’s a ground-up call to action that already has both political parties rethinking the way they do business.
If it is such an honor, why is she charging over a hundred large? She never seems to mention the fat loots she is getting, does she?
Where We Stand
* Barack Obama continues to urge Democrats to do something, although exactly what to do is apparently up to them.
* Nancy Pelosi insists that the House can and will pass the Senate bill, but the Senate has to pass some fixes first.
* Key Senators like Max Baucus and both Virginians have publicly ruled out reconciliation. Unless we can whip 50 Senators into line (get calling!) Pelosi may be on her own.
* The Senate is not completely dead. Others like Kent Conrad (!) and Arlen Specter (!!) back reconciliation with surprising enthusiasm.
* Has anyone heard from Harry Reid? Maybe someone should swing by his office to see if the lights are on.
Overall the scene still reminds me of watching a married couple in a Noel Coward play try and fail to work out their differences. Having seen a few of those, I’m not encouraged.
***Update***
Via Kevin Drum, Harry Reid thinks that reconciliation might happen, but…(pause for dramatic effect)…the House has to vote first. Surprise.
What’s happening out there?
Anything interesting going on anywhere on the intertubes? I can’t find anything.
Early Morning Open Thread: Everything Old Is…
John’s busted shoulder has left Tunch’s many fans desperate for a feline, er, fix… yet my tech skills are limited to stealing others’ work.
Photo courtesy of commentor Mr. Whipple, who says: “How about some Punkatude?… He goes by Punky, Punky’s Whips, Mr. Whipples, Whippy whip, Orange whip, Booj, Stinkbutt, Mr. Crusty, Nipples and Champ. Those are the ones I can remember offhand.”
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On a very different topic… HBO is “eyeing” a biopic about anti-gay activist Anita Bryant.
“Sex and the City” creator Darren Star is on board to direct the film, which is being written by “Runaway” creator Chad Hodge. Star also is executive producing with Dennis Erdman. “She is a fascinating person on every single level,” said Hodge… “The twists and turns of her life are incredible.”
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In 1959 and ’60, she was a major pop star with three million-selling records. After marrying and settling in Florida, she reverted to Christian music and, projecting a wholesome image, began plugging such blue-chip companies as Coca-Cola, Kraft Foods and Holiday Inn. Her most famous celebrity endorsement gig was for the Florida Citrus Commission, for which she sang in a series of TV commercials, closing each ad with the tag line, “A day without orange juice is like a day without sunshine.”
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… In 1977, she switched to political activism, launching a crusade to repeal a new Miami-Dade County ordinance prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation…
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“As a mother, I know that homosexuals cannot biologically reproduce children; therefore, they must recruit our children,” she said. Her Save the Children coalition got the new law overturned within a year, and it took 20 years for it to be reinstated.
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