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The White House has released a letter from the President to the two Senate Chairmen who are working on (different) versions of health care reform:  Senator Kennedy (D-MA), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.  The letter is dated yesterday and [...]

I wrote the following last Wednesday evening, in anticipation of a straightforward farm bill veto.  Little did I know the procedural snafu that would arise.
I have since edited it and written a follow-up.  I will send the follow-up email soon.  The first, written last Wednesday and included below, explains what we thought would happen.  The [...]

We expect the House to vote on the Farm Bill conference report today.  The President will veto this bill.  Here is the President’s statement on the bill.
The final legislative language for the conference report was released Tuesday morning.
Hint:  If you want to find the really bad stuff in a big bill, always start at the [...]