Today’s House Vote, by the Numbers

By: Dan Perrin (Diary)  |  November 7th at 10:18 AM  | 

The Speaker of the House and the President have two options right now: hold and lose the vote in the House, or wait and vote after the Senate. By my own count the Speaker and the President are light at least ten votes — and could be light as many as twenty three — depending on the dynamic on the House floor. The problem is | Read More »

Hotel California Health Care, Sung to the Music of the Eagles

By: Dan Perrin (Diary)  |  August 4th at 12:49 AM  | 

Hotel California Health Care On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair President Obama, with a health plan so fair Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air Said instead of surgery, pain killers will get me there Up ahead in the distance, I saw shimmering light On horizon, he promised government relief was in sight My head grew heavy and my | Read More »