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If Republicans cave, it would probably come as a last minute 'substitute' inserting one of those two options. Most Republicans would vote against a watered down version, while the Democrats would provide the margin for passage ... The Republicans who voted no could all claim they were powerless to prevent House Speaker Jase Bolger from allowing the vote to take place. However, in election year 2014, the only message they could take to the Obamacare hating conservative base would be one of apology and failure.
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Survey: Hostile political rhetoric erodes trust in government at alarming levels
Oakland County Executive Brooks Patterson uses a comb to make a comparison between House Speaker Jase Bolger and Adolph Hitler during a recent taping of WKAR's "Off the Record" program. Tom Ivacko argues that a Michigan survey shows that hostile politica from MLive.com Read more »
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Precision, Precision
Precision, Precision In response to Jack Lessenberry’s column about Michigan state Sen. Jase Bolger (“Why Brooks Patterson was Right,” May 8, 2013, Vol. No. 33, Issue No. 30), reader Alan Feldman emailed: I totally agree with Jack Lessenberry except that from Detroit Metro Times Read more »
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[News] Quote Of The Day
Or at least from Saturday. "They're saying, 'We want everything we want and then we'll give you no assurance that we'll help you with solving the road problems,'" said House Speaker Jase Bolger. "We're saying, 'Please, give us a list of what you want but from RightMichigan.com Read more »
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GOP Medicaid plan doesn't sit well with Dems, Snyder
At a news conference around lunchtime in the Capitol on Thursday, Gov. Rick Snyder was asked where negotiations stood on the expansion of Medicaid. As with his other top budget priority -- road funding -- Snyder did not have much to report, other than th from Crain's Detroit Business Read more »
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Letters: How does GOP expect the rest of us to achieve the American Dream?
A few questions to House Speaker Jase Bolger and his fellow state Republicans: What about the majority of residents of Michigan who are not in the cycle of dependency? How do they make the American Dream possible? How do they overcome the Republican chan from Detroit Free Press Read more »
