All they need is 50 and the vice pres. is the tie breaker. They know this.   See 2 other replies

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07102009/watch2.html   See 6 other replies

You can't remove state lines for health insurance because individual states vary too much in the cost for health care, not because of monopolies, but because of the state laws/taxes and E.R. costs that inflate the cost of hospital care. For example, California heatlh care cost a lot more than Nevada health care.   See 6 other replies

Funny how no body in this country has a problem with government agricultural subsidies which are truly against the beliefs in the free market but when it comes to the health of people then automatically becomes an evil thing. Like the president said this is not only about budgets and cold numbers but its about a moral responsibility to provide basic care for the people of this country. Why don't we cut our subsidies to Agriculture, reduce military spending, and lots of unnecessary expenses that nobody complains about so that we can take care of the people. At the end if I am going to pay taxes at least I want the government to spend it into something that matters something that makes a difference in people's life's   See 6 other replies

Yeah there are no "death panels" its just a friendly people who talk to the elderly once their medical condition changes. They probably just want to encourage them to live longer and use more government money. Yeah, that is probably it.   See 2 other replies