Daily Democratic Wire 9-19-2009

George Wenschhof

Yesterday, during taping of NBC "Meet the Press", President Obama said the health care debate was not about race - instead, he felt it a centuries old debate centered on the role of government. MSNBC.com has a preview of the interview to be aired tomorrow here.

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Republicans in Massachusetts state senate delay approval of interim senate appointment - using procedural rules, they slowed the approval process a few days until next week. Governor Deval Patrick has said he will sign it and quickly appoint a person to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat. The NY Times has more here.

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Republicans asked Treasury Secretary to end bail out bill at the end of the fiscal year - the Troubled Assets Relief program (TARP) is funded through September 30 which is the end of the federal fiscal year. It was passed at the end of the George W. Bush administration at the height of the financial crisis. TheHill.com has more here.

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DCCC continues to out raise RNCC - in spite of all the heated rhetoric on health care reform, the House Democratic fundraising committee continues to out raise their Republican counterpart. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee enters September with 10.74 million and the Republican committee reported 4 million. Politico.com has more here.

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Fox News gets into the spreading of untruths and other networks respond - seems not only some Republican officials can spread untruths. Fox News purchased an ad that indicated ABC, NBC, MSNBC, CNN and CBS had missed coverage of the tea party in D.C. last weekend. The only problem is all of the networks did provide coverage of the rally. So much for fair, accurate and balanced reporting at Fox News. CNN.com has more here.

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