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Over at Senate Finance, judging by the reports coming of the committee, a solonic gang of six -- three Democrats, including chairman Max Baucus of Montana, and three Republicans, including ranking member Charles Grassley of Iowa -- are turning out a bill whose resemblance to anything the president has championed is accidental and incidental.

Opinion Source: Delivering summaries of editorial and op-ed pieces from major papers by email. 2009

Obama should thank the solonic six for their work, and, as much as is politically practicable, ignore it.

D-Day 2009

Over at Senate Finance, judging by the reports coming of the committee, a solonic gang of six -- three Democrats, including chairman Max Baucus of Montana, and three Republicans, including ranking member Charles Grassley of Iowa -- are turning out a bill whose resemblance to anything the president has championed is accidental and incidental.

D-Day 2009

The solonic six may end up requiring employers to fund subsidies for employees who need them, but that could create the bureaucratic nightmare to end all bureaucratic nightmares -- 700,000 Wal-Mart employees, say, bringing their tax returns to work so management can investigate ( "You sure you reported all your income?") and stall ( "Doesn't your spouse work at Home Depot?

Opinion Source: Delivering summaries of editorial and op-ed pieces from major papers by email. 2009

The solonic six may end up requiring employers to fund subsidies for employees who need them, but that could create the bureaucratic nightmare to end all bureaucratic nightmares -- 700,000 Wal-Mart employees, say, bringing their tax returns to work so management can investigate ( "You sure you reported all your income?") and stall ( "Doesn't your spouse work at Home Depot?

D-Day 2009