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Challenges of the two bill strategy
Speaker Pelosi, Leader Reid, and their Administration allies face seven challenges in implementing the two bill strategy.
Mechanics of the two bill strategy
I am going to describe the mechanics of the anticipated "two bill strategy" to enact health care reform using reconciliation. If you don't care about all this procedural mumbo jumbo you can skip this post and head over to my strategic analysis.
What can President Obama learn from President Bush’s bipartisan successes?
Conventional wisdom says the tenure of President George W. Bush was dominated by partisanship. This conventional wisdom ignores significant bipartisan legislative accomplishments led by President Bush. If President Obama wants bipartisan legislative success, he could learn a few things from his predecessor.
The President’s new health care proposal
While I oppose the President's health care proposals (old and new), I have to give the White House staff credit for a slick new website in advance of Thursday's Blair House health care debate. I will highlight a few policy elements of the President's new proposal, then turn to tactical analysis.