The Hill quotes Bishop Stupak saying that his dozen supporters have narrowed to a half-dozen. Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) says that “at least six” of his original “dozen” members are standing firmly against the Senate healthcare bill. Following a 20-minute huddle on the House floor with a handful of the holdouts, Stupak told reporters that [...]

The House Budget Committee, on a mostly party-line vote, just kicked off the procedural process, voting by a 21-16 count to forward the Reconciliation Act of 2010 to the House Rules Committee. The vote itself tells us nothing about what’s in the bill; now the Budget Committee will debate what instructions to offer on reconciliation [...]

It may surprise people to know that Arkansas has a predominantly Democratic Congressional delegation, but 5 of the 6 seats are currently held by Democrats. Barack Obama did poorly in Arkansas, losing by 20 points, but that couldn’t have affected anyone in the Congressional delegation because not one of them faced a major-party opponent. You [...]