After the Jan. 19 Republican upset in the U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts, Bayh said Democrats who control Congress should pursue a more limited health-care overhaul measure that could achieve bipartisan consensus.

Such legislation might include proposals to let insurance companies compete across state lines, insurance-market changes including a ban on coverage exclusions for pre-existing conditions, and subsidies that would encourage more small businesses to cover their workers.

via Bayh Says Obama May Call for Freeze on Discretionary Spending – Bloomberg.com.

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“I haven’t seen Rahm Emanuel except on television,” Jim Pascrell, a Democratic lawmaker from New Jersey, told Politico, the news website, on Friday. “We used to see him a lot; I’d like him to come out from behind his desk and meet with the common folk.”

via FT.com / US / Politics & Foreign policy – White House nightmare persists.

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