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Rather, the low point – indeed, the wide canyon –</p> </div> <div class="details"> <span class="published"> 9 hours ago</span> in <a href="/web/20090802101822/http://technorati.com/blogs/grandmute.wordpress.com">A Grand Mute Proof</a> · <a class="links" href="/web/20090802101822/http://technorati.com/blogs/grandmute.wordpress.com?reactions" title="View blog reactions">Authority: 3</a> </div> </li> <li> <a class="image-link" href="/web/20090802101822/http://technorati.com/people/technorati/toniview" title="toniview"><img class="photo" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090802101822im_/http://static.technorati.com/progimages/photo.jpg?uid=35377" width="24" height="24" alt="Photo of toniview"/></a> <h3><a href="/web/20090802101822/http://technorati.com/posts/SaCVzCVi6tzaHbKVHgcMkxreuIEHxMcXmttkRWSOCTM%3D">Rep Bart Gordon (D-Tn) Votes for Pro-Abortion Amendment</a></h3> <a class="external" rel="bookmark" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090802101822/http://bearcreekledger.com/2009/08/01/rep-bart-gordon-d-tn-votes-for-pro-abortion-amendment/">http://bearcreekledger.com/2009/08/01/rep-bart-gordon-d...</a> <div class="entry-content"> <p>abortion be made available in every region of the country. Despite bipartisan opposition from Republicans and some pro-life Democrats on the committee, the panel approved the Capps amendment on a 30-28 vote. ( Click here for vote listing.) From <em class="subject">The Weekly Standard</em>: Last week, Stupak said that there were a “minimum of 39 Democrats”–members who recently voted against public funding of abortion in Washington, D.C. –who would vote against a health-care bill that did not exclude coverage for</p> </div> <div class="details"> <span class="published"> 20 hours ago</span> in <a href="/web/20090802101822/http://technorati.com/blogs/bearcreekledger.com">Bear Creek Ledger</a> by <a href="/web/20090802101822/http://technorati.com/people/technorati/toniview">toniview</a> · <a class="links" href="/web/20090802101822/http://technorati.com/blogs/bearcreekledger.com?reactions" title="View blog reactions">Authority: 19</a> </div> </li> <li> <img class="photo" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090802101822im_/http://scm-l3.technorati.com/x/static/img/user/icn-emptyuser-24x24.png?1217125054" width="24" height="24" alt="Author unknown"/> <h3><a href="/web/20090802101822/http://technorati.com/posts/6t00lu4Ja_wdF2eZAEOtuizNJTyCUUih3%2BXg%2BKyWQwk%3D">Obama Faces Carter/Clinton Parallels</a></h3> <a class="external" rel="bookmark" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090802101822/http://therearenosunglasses.wordpress.com/2009/08/01/obama-faces-carterclinton-parallels/">http://therearenosunglasses.wordpress.com/2009/08/01/ob...</a> <div class="entry-content"> <p>kill” on Obama’s embattled health-care plan. “With Obamacare on the ropes, there will be a temptation for opponents to let up on their criticism, and to try to appear constructive, or at least responsible,” Kristol <em class="subject">wrote on July 20</em>. “My advice, for what it’s worth: Resist the temptation. 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Jim DeMint, R-South Carolina, hopes will be his “Waterloo” on health care, the</p> </div> <div class="details"> <span class="published"> 1 day ago</span> in <a href="/web/20090802101822/http://technorati.com/blogs/therearenosunglasses.wordpress.com">Therearenosunglasses's Weblog</a> · <a class="links" href="/web/20090802101822/http://technorati.com/blogs/therearenosunglasses.wordpress.com?reactions" title="View blog reactions">Authority: 38</a> </div> </li> <li> <a class="image-link" href="/web/20090802101822/http://technorati.com/people/technorati/michellemalkin" title="michellemalkin"><img class="photo" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090802101822im_/http://static.technorati.com/progimages/photo.jpg?uid=50869" width="24" height="24" alt="Photo of michellemalkin"/></a> <h3><a href="/web/20090802101822/http://technorati.com/posts/Hg2xDj7C%2BQc9VrLquDHcWUWr9qy4Qo1PoZQLOX9yK6M%3D">Obamacare clears House Energy and Committee hurdle; 4 Blue Dogs heel</a></h3> <a class="external" 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