The Pelosi Bill: Cost, Mandates and Taxes

By: Dan Perrin (Diary)  |  October 31st at 08:52 AM  | 

MEMORANDUM EXCLUSIVE FOR REDSTATERS FROM: Michael Hammond RE: The Pelosi Bill -The real cost of the bill is at least $1.3 trillion (the CBO score, plus the “doc fix”) –- and probably much, much more. -The absolute minimum increase in the deficit would be $150 billion. You can probably add to this most of the $426 billion in supposed Medicare “cuts,” plus the substantial overruns | Read More »

Ten Questions the Vapor Bill Does Not Answer — from Guns to Babies

By: Dan Perrin (Diary)  |  October 14th at 12:31 PM  | 

This is a politically significant and original analysis of the Vapor bill — one without legislative language — that lays out very real issues that are, in part, driving the pressure on Congress to produce the legislative language prior to consideration on the Senate floor. MEMORANDUM FROM: Michael Hammond RE: The Baucus “Bill” TEN IMPORTANT QUESTIONS WHICH ARE UNANSWERED IN THE BAUCUS SUMMARY: QUESTION 1 | Read More »