Jim Hoft Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons says the Obamacare bill is a “knife in the back” to the people of Nevada. It is the Bernie Madoff of the federal government. He tells FOX News that if you have to pay off every senator to get a vote something is inherently wrong with the bill. Read More:

The Nation, Lindsay Beyerstein The Senate passed its healthcare bill in the early morning hours of Christmas Eve. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had to make major compromises to secure the votes of fencesitters like senators Ben Nelson and Joe Lieberman. Reid sacrificed the public option to keep Lieberman on board and tightened the bill’s [...]

The trend is not the Democrats’ friend. At least not in 2010. The party of the sitting president almost always suffers losses in midterm congressional elections. To that time-tested dynamic now add voter angst about high unemployment, big deficits and controversial legislation. Expect Senate majority leader Harry Reid to lose his effective 60-seat supermajority and Nancy Pelosi [...]

Senator Max Baucus, Democrat from Montana Drunk on the US Senate Floor debating National health Care. Watch below:

The Senate Republicans failed to ever make a fuss about the individual mandate. If I had to guess, it would be because Bob Bennett of Utah, who whispers in Mitch McConnell’s ear more than any other Senator, is a huge proponent of the individual mandate and, as luck would have it, is about to get [...]

On December 9, Burris, an Illinois Democrat, pledged that he would filibuster a health care bill without a public option. “If we have to get 60 and it comes back and it does not have a public option in it, I will not vote for it,” he said. Then early last week he said he [...]

CQ POLITICS.com Senate Republicans, defeated at every turn thus far in their bid to prevent Senate passage of a health care bill before Christmas, are digging into their parliamentary tool chest. John Ensign, R-Nev., lodged a constitutional point of order against the legislation on Tuesday, claiming its mandate that individuals purchase health insurance or pay [...]

CNN Ticker Producer, Alex Mooney (CNN) – Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele made clear Monday he’s not happy with Democratic efforts to pass a health care reform bill, saying the measure which cleared a procedural hurdle Sunday amounts to “flipping a bird to the American people.” “This is a bad bill. It’s bad law. [...]

AP News, MyWay WASHINGTON (AP) – A Republican senator who has opposed President Barack Obama’s health overhaul effort said Tuesday that the deals Democratic leaders have cut to round up the votes they need to push the measure through the Senate have been “sleazy.” Speaking Tuesday on NBC’s “Today” show, GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of [...]