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!
david says
You can watch it here. They’re debating the stem cell bill that Bush vetoed last session.
annem says
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.
lynne says
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.