Wasserman-Schultz: House will vote on fixes first
The Huffpo has the update on the new, no-”deem and pass” version of how healthcare reform will be voted on in the house:
2:39 PM ET — Debbie Wasserman-Schultz: How the vote tomorrow will work.Debbie Wasserman-Schultz says what will now happen is first a vote on the reconciliation package followed immediately by a vote on the Senate bill. They had wanted to do this all along, she said, but thought they had to do Senate bill first. The parliamentarian has now ruled it’s ok to vote on the ‘fixes’ to the Senate bill BEFORE actually voting on the Senate bill itself.
And this earlier in the day, on the “Stupak situation”: Read more
Wasserman-Schultz, DNC blast Florida Republican Party, call for special prosecutor
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL)
In a conference call with reporters that just wrapped up, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (who’s also the vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, and easily one of the party’s most effective spokespeople) along with DNC Communications Director Brad Woodhouse, Florida Democratic Party Executive Director Scott Arceneaux and Florida party spokesman Eric Jotkoff blasted away at the Republican Party of Florida over AMEXgate, calling on Gov. Charlie Crist and Bill McCollum to take action, and the former to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate what Wasserman-Schultz called Florida Republicans’ use of party American Express cards as a “personal slush fund.” Read more
Sink, Wasserman-Schultz, Florida Dems pounce on AMEXgate. Meek? Not so much
Alex Sink’s campaign responded with uncharacteristic vigor to the AMEXgate story. Either that or they had an extraordinary stroke of good luck, announcing a new push for ethics reform just as the Marco Rubio credit card statements were released. (They just brought on a new press secretary, which may or may not account for their new aggressiveness…) The Florida Democratic Party’s press shop has been having a ball dishing out article after article slamming the Florida Republican Party for its clearly questionable ethics — which make so-called Chicago politics look like a day at the beach. And now, Debbie Wasserman Schultz will hold her own conference call, at 2:40, courtesy of the DNC, to demand Gov. Crist appoint a special prosecutor. The lesson: Democrats can do rapid response when they’re ready. That’s a relief to the base, who have learned to doubt the party’s political savvy over the past year.
So what’s the presumed Senate nominee, Kendrick Meek have to say on the issue? Hm? Anything? Read more
Maybe it’s just me …
… but I find myself wishing Debbie Wasserman Schultz was a candidate to be the Democratic Senate nominee from Florida. In a state with only a handful of political stars (Alan Grayson is another, but may be too unpredictable to grow beyond the House,) she certainly is one. Her appearance on “This Week” today was a fine example of how Democrats, when they have convictions, can sock it to the opposition without appearing shrill. Watch as the congresswoman, a breast cancer survivor herself, takes down Marsha Blackburn and her blizzard of page numbers (raise your hand if you think Blackburn has really read the House healthcare bill…) for politicizing the illness:
Nice work. Read more
Wasserman Schultz not amused by opponent’s assassination fantasy
Did you hear the one about the Republican candidate who played target practice with the image of his opponent? And no, this one’s not about Dick Cheney…
The Associated Press reports today that the South Florida-based Southeast Broward Republican Club held an event earlier this week at a gun range where targets included silhouettes of Muslim stereotypes and of Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL). Among those who attended the event was real estate CEO Robert Lowry, who is vying to replace Wasserman Schultz in 2010: Read more
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