{"id":633474,"date":"2010-01-18T07:44:56","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T12:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/2010\/01\/18\/weekly-roundup-what-we-missed\/"},"modified":"2010-01-18T07:44:56","modified_gmt":"2010-01-18T12:44:56","slug":"weekly-roundup-what-we-missed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/633474","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Roundup: What We Missed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/tpmcafe-main\/~3\/IevWGQ2qFPs\/\" >Weekly Roundup:  What We Missed \t\t<\/a><br \/>The week began with a &#8216;game-changer,&#8217; so to speak, and a PR disaster for the Senate Majority Leader. This story, thankfully, fizzled out, but for the worst possible reason. The unspeakable tragedy in Haiti has, understandably, been the primary focus&#8230;<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=7c22532b1f8f587bf9018ef170584e22&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=7c22532b1f8f587bf9018ef170584e22&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?resize=0%2C0\"\/><br clear=\"all\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?kw=\" align=\"absmiddle\" \/>  <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=7c22532b1f8f587bf9018ef170584e22&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Majority+leader'>Majority leader<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=7c22532b1f8f587bf9018ef170584e22&#038;p=64&#038;kw=United+States+Senate'>United States Senate<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=7c22532b1f8f587bf9018ef170584e22&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Senate'>Senate<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=7c22532b1f8f587bf9018ef170584e22&#038;p=64&#038;kw=United+States'>United States<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=7c22532b1f8f587bf9018ef170584e22&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Haiti'>Haiti<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/tpmcafe-main\/~3\/BGdA8TUzOHI\/\" >A Sobering Picture \t\t<\/a><br \/>[See a high-resolution version of the map here.] Yesterday, at my request, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report that provides a thorough understanding of the state of the housing market at the end of June 2009. A&#8230;<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=baa93d51bcb85ffd89829b4a80fac39f&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=baa93d51bcb85ffd89829b4a80fac39f&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?resize=0%2C0\"\/><br clear=\"all\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?kw=\" align=\"absmiddle\" \/>  <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=baa93d51bcb85ffd89829b4a80fac39f&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Government+Accountability+Office'>Government Accountability Office<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=baa93d51bcb85ffd89829b4a80fac39f&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Government'>Government<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=baa93d51bcb85ffd89829b4a80fac39f&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Violence+and+Abuse'>Violence and Abuse<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=baa93d51bcb85ffd89829b4a80fac39f&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Elder'>Elder<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=baa93d51bcb85ffd89829b4a80fac39f&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Finance'>Finance<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/tpmcafe-main\/~3\/eCkHPKBSmHc\/\" >The Last Big Question: Will Health Care Reform Be Paid For By The Rich or the Middle Class? \t\t<\/a><br \/>There&#8217;s only one big remaining issue on health care reform: how to pay for it. The House wants a 5.4 percent surtax on couples earning at least $1 million in annual income. The Senate wants a 40 percent excise tax&#8230;<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=0b306c8a069e71b8fe26efcf05429497&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=0b306c8a069e71b8fe26efcf05429497&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?resize=0%2C0\"\/><br clear=\"all\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?kw=\" align=\"absmiddle\" \/>  <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=0b306c8a069e71b8fe26efcf05429497&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Health+care'>Health care<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=0b306c8a069e71b8fe26efcf05429497&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Senate'>Senate<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=0b306c8a069e71b8fe26efcf05429497&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Excise'>Excise<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=0b306c8a069e71b8fe26efcf05429497&#038;p=64&#038;kw=United+States+Senate'>United States Senate<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=0b306c8a069e71b8fe26efcf05429497&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Health'>Health<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weekly Roundup: What We Missed The week began with a &#8216;game-changer,&#8217; so to speak, and a PR disaster for the Senate Majority Leader. This story, thankfully, fizzled out, but for the worst possible reason. The unspeakable tragedy in Haiti has, understandably, been the primary focus&#8230; Majority leader &#8211; United States Senate &#8211; Senate &#8211; United [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":764,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-633474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2ENk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/764"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633474\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}