Blue Dog Democrat Sees Victory in Health Reform Debate
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- Blue Dog Democrat Sees Victory in Health Reform Debate
- fficers: Man threw dog off 6th-floor NYC roof
- Dog-Rescuing Firefighter Does It Again
Blue Dog Democrat Sees Victory in Health Reform Debate
Washington Post
The American people are ready for us to slow down and to actually take the time to think about what we are voting on to read what we are voting on" he said. Ross and about 40 other Democrats from the conservative Blue Dog Coalition had written Pelosi months ago asking to be part of the process of drafting the omnibus reform bill but say they were not consulted. As the complex bill made its way through various House committees the seven Blue Dogs on the Energy and Commerce Committee — led by Ross — made it clear that they would not support the bill in its initial form thereby stalling the process. Ross describes two weeks of intense negotiations eight hours a day that "quite frankly have been just a great big blur. " He gives White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel a former House member credit for facilitating negotiations between two opposing ideological camps the Blue Dogs on the one hand and Pelosi and Energy Committee chairman.
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fficers: Man threw dog off 6th-floor NYC roof
The Associated Press
Animal welfare officers arrested 19-year-old Fabian Henderson of Brooklyn on Friday. He has been charged with aggravated cruelty to animals and reckless endangerment both felonies. Joseph Pentangelo with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says surgeons had to reassemble reo’s front legs. The 1-year-old terrior mix is able to walk.
Dog-Rescuing Firefighter Does It Again
CBS News
It resulted in what became a world-famous photo of the dog `kissing` Clark on the scene. Now the Charlotte N. fireman is at it again. “)); PageVars.
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