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Liberals protest deal with Blue Dogs
Why have one brand of Democrats pissed off at the Democratic leadership when you can have all of them pissed off?... 
Liberals protest deal with Blue Dogs
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House liberals have quickly rejected a healthcare compromise their leaders forged with centrist Blue Dogs, putting the deal on shaky ground only hours after it was announced.
"It's unacceptable," said Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.), co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. "We're not going to vote for anything that doesn't have a robust public plan."
The Progressive Caucus has 83 members. Members are circulating a letter for signatures protesting the deal.
Liberals are hoping to get 50 signatures on the letter, to make it clear they have the votes to defeat the biil.
"Fifty is our threshold," said Progressive Caucus co-chairman Raul Grijalva. "That'll kill anything."
Woolsey said liberals cannot accept that the public plan will not be linked to Medicare, and said subsidies have been cut to the point where the plan won't help the middle class.
The Blue Dog deal was made with Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), who is also a member of the Progressive Caucus.
Aside from Waxman, there are five members of the Progressive Caucus on the Energy and Commerce Committee, which is not enough Democratic votes to block a bill. But there are other members who are dissatisfied with the compromise, including three of the seven Blue Dogs who had been negotiating with Waxman, but did not join the deal.
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While the Republicans are sitting around waiting on that "bipartisan hand reaching across the aisle", it appears those hands are too busy punching themselves in the face... 
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