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The public option by reconciliation. meanwhile in the house, lawmakers demanding an explanation from wellpoint about its plans to institute huge rate hikes, not merely in california, proposed 39% rate increase there, but at least in ten other states where it has subsidiaries. chairman waxman of the house energy and commerce committee revealing that his investigators had found internal wellpoint documents which proved the company was raising premiums merely to pad its profits to a target of 7%. y...

Look, the point is very simple. there are inequities in the present way we distribute insurance, the way we distribute health care. there are winners and there are losers. the winners are the insurance industry. and our efforts to reel in the insurance profits not just because they shouldnt make profits, theyre doing what theyre supposed to. but what theyre doing is driving up taxes, theyre driving our economy into the ground, and we need competition and choice to deal with that. thats what this...

But what theyre doing is driving up taxes. theyre driving our economy into the ground. and we need competition and choice to deal with that. thats what this legislation does, and the motion to recommit undermines it. and ive heard a couple of times today, well, we have an effort for bipartisanship here. no, there is not bipartisanship on this fundamental issue. and that is the people who sit on this side, at the risk of offending anyone, generally support the idea of standing up for the american...

Losers. the winners are the insurance industry. and our efforts to reel in the insurance profits, not just because they shouldnt make profits, theyre doing what they supposed to. but what theyre doing is driving up taxes, theyre driving our economy into the ground, and we need competition and choice to deal with that. thats what this legislation does and the motion to recommit undermines it. and ive heard a couple of times today, well, we have an effort for bipartisanship here. no, there is no b...

The winners are the insurance industry. and our efforts to reel in the insurance profits, not just because they shouldnt make profits, theyre doing what they are supposed to. but theyre driving up taxes, driving our economy into the ground, and we need competition and choice to deal with that. thats what this legislation does and the motion to recommit undermines it. and ive heard a couple of times today, well, we have an effort for bipartisanship here. no, there is no bipartisanship on this fun...

Ends. >> i thank you very much. look, the point is very simple. there are inequities in the present way we distribute insurance, the way we distribute health care. there are winners and there are losers. the winners are the insurance industry. and our efforts to reel in the insurance profits not just because they shouldnt make profits, theyre doing what theyre supposed to. but what theyre doing is driving up taxes, theyre driving our economy into the ground, and we need competition and choice to...

Whose main job it is to keep the banks healthy. we have found them to do a lousy job. the republican proposal was to take all of those agencies that are doing a bad job and have them come together as a counsel, who would then do a bad job. but the thing on the republicans financial reform here is the key. the answer is, when they got serious, no, they unanimously voted, the republicans in the house, for zero additional regulation. no more regulation of derivatives. no more diminution. we could t...

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Would cut subsidies to oil companies. republicans ultimately will defeat this and stand in unity because they want their version of a budget fix to go forward. its usually what you see the majority party always tries to defeat the motion to recommit. so what youll see essentially is this passed the house today, its $4 billion. its a two week budget fix. it will go to the senate and harry reid said it will be passed within the next 48 hours. so essentially what were going to see is a temporary $4...