115th United States Congress

[Deftscythe]

Cory Booker and John Lewis sat down on the steps of the Capitol today and went live on Facebook, ended up attracting hundreds of people to stand up and talk about health care. Real acropolis-style stuff.

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I watched that video. Very cool to see people just walk up and get involved. For all Booker's talk of "not planning for this" his comments were most definitely prepared ahead, but were pretty inspiring nonetheless.

[Mertron]

The ads that were going to run against Dean Heller have been pulled.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/pr...rticle/2627274

the ads were pulled because heller has "agreed to return to the negotiations"

so, the ads worked I guess

[Fiye]

They only got 200 billion to play with. I'm sure they can pull a macarthur amendment out of their ass to get the "moderates" on board.

[Fiye]

https://www.axios.com/senate-asks-fo...451585212.html

Looks like it's about to get voted on soon.

[TsingTao]

I've also seen complaints that the CBO needs to use more recent data, not 2016 data, when calculating how many people will lose their insurance. The reasoning being that there's already plenty of people that have lost their insurance so it's unfair to use such old data when calculating how many more people will lose their insurance.

[kuronosan]

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[TsingTao]

Link, because I have had my first cup of coffee and don't feel quite as lazy now.

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare...bamacare-score

"By using a more recent benchmark from this year, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) argues that number might come down by as much as 6 million. He says that the individual insurance market is “in way worse shape today” than it was in March 2016 because many people have since dropped insurance because of rising premiums and insurance companies pulling out of markets."

[kuronosan]

Hey, can we stop comparing the number of homeless to before the housing market collapse? I think you'll find our projected homeless numbers to be more generous if the numbers look smaller.

[tyven]

Link, because I have had my first cup of coffee and don't feel quite as lazy now.

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare...bamacare-score

"By using a more recent benchmark from this year, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) argues that number might come down by as much as 6 million. He says that the individual insurance market is “in way worse shape today” than it was in March 2016 because many people have since dropped insurance because of rising premiums and insurance companies pulling out of markets."

I fucking love republicans. Refused to appropriate funds for ACA. Then sued the Obama administration for trying to fund insurers and stabilize markets to keep premiums from spiraling out of control. And then premiums spiraled out of control. Ron Johnson is already responsible for those 6 million but it will never matter

[6souls]

Franken making Mad Cheddar from his book deal

The precise terms of Franken’s deal with his publisher aren’t known. But his latest financial disclosure form filed with the U.S. Senate show he earned a $332,750 advance last year for the book.

That’s more than four times what fellow Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, also a Democrat, got for the “Senator Next Door” autobiography published in 2015. Her financial disclosure forms indicate she has been paid $75,000 in royalties from publishing house MacMillan Holdings. Her latest Senate filing says the University of Minnesota Press has acquired paperback publishing rights.

Franken’s deal has also been more lucrative so far than one by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat who is out this year with “This Fight is Our Fight.” Her financial disclosure form filed this May pointed to a $200,000 advance. But Warren’s 2014 “A Fighting Chance” reaped her a $625,000 advance in 2015 and $1.15 million in 2014. She also earns royalties on her books.

Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is among his party’s book kings. He pulled down more than $102,000 in royalties in 2015 and $800,000 in 2012 for books he published while in office.

http://blogs.mprnews.org/capitol-vie...day-from-book/
https://efdsearch.senate.gov/search/...-5391d81e76f9/
https://efdsearch.senate.gov/search/...-378abd8d5ab5/
https://efdsearch.senate.gov/search/...-eaabe05eba8d/
https://efdsearch.senate.gov/search/...-ca4ade1952b2/
https://efdsearch.senate.gov/search/...-5596988c4b4d/
https://efdsearch.senate.gov/search/...-d16d0ab5855f/
https://efdsearch.senate.gov/search/...-AB7460FD82AB/

[tyven]

Ann Wagner announced she's not challenging McCaskills for tyhe MO Senate seat next year. Kind of crazy as she's already raised almost 3 million because it seemed such a forgone conclusion, probably would have waltzed right into the Senate seat too. Obvi McCaskill can't breathe too easy but with what certainly would have been her toughest opponent choosing to stay in the house maybe Dems have a shot at saving this seat.

[Fiye]

http://theslot.jezebel.com/the-house...men-1796680020

[Kaslo]

http://theslot.jezebel.com/the-house...men-1796680020

This is not a new rule.

[Andalusian girls]

and not sure it's especially gendered, a man in flip flops and a wife beater would presumably be shown the door.

[Krandor]

I remember a representative got sent home and forced to change awhile back for wearing a Trayvon Martin hoodie.

[tyven]

I remember a representative got sent home and forced to change awhile back for wearing a Trayvon Martin hoodie.

BOBBY RUSH. he's a show, former black panther, current pastor. South Side of Chiraq drillinois. What a legend

[Kaslo]

and not sure it's especially gendered, a man in flip flops and a wife beater would presumably be shown the door.

Hell a guy without a coat and tie would be shown the door.

[Cail]

Scalise is back in the ICU, listed in serious condition. ABCNews saying its an infection

[Dantrag]

Scalise is back in the ICU, listed in serious condition. ABCNews saying its an infection

And through it all. He'll still want to take your insurance away.

[tyven]

Senate going to work through first two weeks of August recess. Yeesh