Democrats vs Republicans as Reid's Manager's Amendment of over 300 pages is read and some debate before and afterwards.

Democrat conference from today



Republican conference from today



Democrat Senator Nelson from today



Republican Senator McConnell from today



Independent Bernie Sanders from today

17 Minute portion of yesterday's debate between Republican Roberts and Democrat Durbin.

Republican Weekly Address



vs President Obama Weekly Address

Tri-partisan hearing on Federal Budget and National Debt from 12/17/2009

Tom Coburn of Oklahoma



Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico

Reid vs McConnell from 12/17/2009 on the Senate floor.

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Republican Senator Coburn asks the Senate Clerk to read the 700 page Sanders Amendment as Sanders withdraws the amendment which was for single-payer health care.

Motion to Table Hutchison Motion to Send Bill Back to Finance Cmte. - Passed 56 - 41

When it comes to polling it seems Pollster.com does a great job in graphing all the polls together and finding an average mid line if you will between them all to give a decent view of public opinion on a number of different items.

As far as their analysis page and other links at Pollster.com Avoid the Bias has nothing to say about them but as concerning the polling graphs has found them to be a very fair way of reviewing all the polls and finding a fair and unbiased public opinion trend by including all polls.

Below is a video on how to use their interactive charts and an example of a recently embedded poll chart.


Pollster.com's Interactive Poll Charts from Mark Blumenthal on Vimeo.

Interesting discussion from two points of view on various subjects from Afghanistan, President Obama's acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, jobs and the economy, and domestic politics.

4 Amendments were voted on and debated:

Baucus Amendment: To protect middle class families from tax increases Passed 97-1
Crapo Motion to Commit H.R. 3590 to the Committee on Finance Failed 45-54
Dorgan Amendment: To provide for the importation of prescription drugs Failed 51-48 (Needed 60 votes to pass)
Lautenberg Amendment: To provide for the importation of prescription drugs. Failed 56-43 (Needed 60 votes to pass)

Morning Session



Into the Evening...

Below are the three latest news conferences from Republicans, Democrats and Independent Joe Lieberman.

Independent Lieberman today



Republicans from today



Democrats from last night

Some may consider this past weekend and Friday as days counted in the Health Care debate but Avoid the Bias has decided to only consider the days where Republicans and Democrats were butting head to head over Health Care most of the day. There were a couple of days in between Day 11 being 12/10/2009 and this Day 12 being 12/14/2009 that Health Care was debated but not so much as prior days being head to head or for the majority of the time.

U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Jewish War Veterans v. City of San Diego from 12/09/2009.

President Obama Weekly address



Republican Weekly Address

Independent and Democrats



Republican Minority Leader