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| DEMOCRATS TO "PING-PONG" HEALTH CARE BILLS |
| Raymond Arroyo |
| Raymond Arroyo is an internationally recognized, award-winning journalist, producer, and bestselling author, seen each week in more than 100 million homes around the globe on EWTN. He has worked for the Associated Press, the political columnist team of Evans and Novak, and as a Capitol Hill Correspondent. As host and creator of EWTN’s international news magazine, "The World Over Live", Arroyo has interrogated the leading figures of the day. Highlights include: The first, exclusive, sit down interview with Mel Gibson on the set of his film, “The Passion of the Christ” and a landmark interview with Pope Benedict XVI: the only English language conversation ever recorded with the pontiff. Arroyo and his work have been featured on "The Today Show", "Good Morning America", "Hannity and Colmes", "Access Hollywood", “CNN Headline News”, "The Laura Ingraham Show", and other programs. His writings have been published by Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, The Financial Times, and The National Catholic Register. A graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Arroyo is author of the New York Times Bestsellers: Mother Angelica: The Remarkable Story of a Nun, Her Nerve and a Network of Miracles (Doubleday) and Mother Angelica''s Little Book of Life Lessons and Everyday Spirituality (Doubleday). |
Monday, January 04, 2010
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| According to Senate and House protocol, the two versions of Health Care Reform should now go to a "Conference Committee" where they will be reconciled into one bill. But it now appears that this will not happen according to Open Congress.com. The biggest issue for the Catholic Bishops, federal funding of abortion, will now be determined behind closed doors. The Democratic leadership has opted to informally negotiate among themselves and come up with a single health care bill that will garner the support of 60 Democratic Senators and 218 House members. It is called "Ping-pong" because the final version of Health Care will be passed as an amendment to the Senate bill, then ping-ponged onto the House. There it will be passed on one vote. This spares the Democrats from having to televise any of the conference proceedings (which House rules require) or dealing with the mess of an abortion fight. Bet that abortion funding of some sort will be in the bill the President signs. Let me know what you think at raymond@raymondarroyo.com |
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