Former DNC Chairman Howard Dean has never been a fan of the individual mandate for insurance coverage, both on policy and political grounds.
And once Senate negotiators removed any hope of a public option for insurance coverage from the final health care reform package, he became much more outspoken in his criticism. HCR
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/06/dean-individual-mandate-w_n_673218.html
When the Democrats regained tenuous control of the 110th Congress, filibusters by the new Republican minority skyrocketed.
Following the landslide victory of Barack Obama and progressives in 08, there was a clear mandate for change in reform in America, yet the 111th should set a new record for filibusters as part of a clear pattern of obstruction
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http://newsjunkiepost.com/2010/03/02/republican-obstruction-at-work-record-number-of-filibusters/
