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  1. R T@TWI_news: Reid, Baucus Approve Wyden's 'Free Choice' Proposal http://bit.ly/6esgIH
  2. Here's a link to the provision in the #hcr bill giving $100 mil to LA in order to win Landrieu's vote: http://bit.ly/6AuwPp
  3. Full Senate health care bill w/ ability to comment on individual sections and create custom links: http://bit.ly/vGLuG
  4. Late night preview - Senate #hcr bill online as HTML w/ ability to comment and link to specific sections: http://bit.ly/vGLuG
  5. Some excellent reporting on today's "Audit the Fed" action from Ryan Grim: http://bit.ly/2A1Wfp
  6. House Committee today approved robust Paul-Grayson "Audit the Fed amendment. dismissed Watt's weaker alternative.
  7. Boehner is rehashing his "monthly abortion fee" claim for the Senate #hcr bill. It's still just not true: http://bit.ly/35u9H2
  8. @EricKleefeld here's a more detailed debunking of Boehner's "abortion fee" claim: http://bit.ly/35u9H2
  9. RT @jamiedupree Word from the Senate hallways is the first test vote on health care legislation will come at 8pm on Saturday night
  10. Senate #hcr bill requires members of Congress to buy their insurance through the Exchange: http://bit.ly/121r04
  11. We've posted the Senate #hcr bill as an HTML webpage: http://bit.ly/2nAAiS ...some final cleanup forthcoming.
  12. We've put the Senate #hcr bill into HTML and posted it online: http://bit.ly/2nAAiS ...some final cleanup forthcoming.
  13. 3-4 million people would enroll in the public plan. Co-ops would be small, have any affect on enrollment totals.
  14. CBO says Senate bill's public option would have higher premiums than private plans, one-third of states would opt out.
  15. Official CBO score a little better than first reported. bill costs $848 billion, reduces deficit by $130 billion.
  16. Manually pulling the Senate #hcr bill text (http://bit.ly/1kiuDW) out of .pdf and into an HTML webpage for the public to read-- tonight!
  17. Roundup of early news coverage and blog reactions to the Senate health care reform bill: http://bit.ly/1kiuDW. More to come ... #hcr
  18. RT @JohnWonderlich do a "Find in Page" for Internet in the hcr bill. it's everywhere. Internet = new arbiter of trust and accountability.
  19. Surprised the Senate #hcr bill is an amendment to H.R. 3590 (http://bit.ly/15Vwet) and not the House hcr bill. Anyone know why?
  20. 2,074-page PDF of the Senate #hcr bill: http://bit.ly/4saG0X It's in the form of an amendment to H.R. 3590 (http://bit.ly/15Vwet)