I’m just laughing here, in excitement and a sense of surreality, watching C-SPAN and seeing Barney Frank sitting as the acting Speaker of the House. Gingrich and Hastert are the only speakers I’ve even known, and since I haven’t seen Speaker Pelosi sitting up there yet, this is just the first time it’s really sinking in that we have a Democratic House of Representatives.
Please share widely!
You can watch it here. They’re debating the stem cell bill that Bush vetoed last session.
and ted kennedy is a lion for sure on so many embattled issues, including using his position as a cmte chair – hooray!- to call for expanding Medicare to cover all in the U.S.- double hooray!! – according to this detailed coverage from abcnews.com on Jan 10 Sen. Edward Kennedy Pushing for Universal Health Coverage As He Takes Committee Gavel
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p.s. barney’s been pushing for a Medicare For All national health program since i heard him speak about it in Boston almost 20 years ago… maybe we’ll have a groundswell of support for it this time around.
I’d be happy to have such great health care coverage.
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Of course, it’s also cheaper than my private health care plan, too.