Pelosi shoots down public option 'trigger'
That means that the government-run healthcare plan would be a fallback option, enacted only if other reforms didn’t make healthcare more accessible. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), who is being courted by the Obama administration as their best hope for getting a Republican to sign...
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- News Source: The Hill | about 1 month agoEach of Hoyer’s moves attracted headlines — which is unusual for a man who avoids making waves...Hoyer this week also reached out publicly to House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.), who earlier this year told The Hill that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (...
- News Source: Asian Wall Street Journal | about 1 month agoHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi stepped up her push for a publicly run health plan that has divided congressional Democrats, saying it could "save enormous amounts of money." The struggle among House Democrats came as the chamber voted 406-18 to block a...
- News Source: The Hill | about 1 month agoIf she chooses a public option, she could lose the votes of many Blue Dogs and other centrist lawmakers. If she scraps the public option, she could lose the votes of liberals. Even with the sizable majority of Democrats, either decision might cost...
- News Source: Androscoggin News | 2 months agoSpeaking at her weekly press conference, Pelolsi said there were no doubt that House Democrats will include a government-administered health insurance plan. In response to a question about whether healthcare reform would "definitely" include a public...
- News Source: CNN | 2 months agoHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday House Democrats need further negotiations before bringing a final version of a health care bill to debate before the full chamber. At her weekly news conference, the California Democrat said she expects a...
- News Source: The Hill | 2 months agoThat means that the government-run healthcare plan would be a fallback option, enacted only if other reforms didn’t make healthcare more accessible. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), who is being courted by the Obama administration as their best hope...
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- Blog Source: www.veniceforchange.comPelosi has since backed off, saying she will leave the decision to the caucus. Still, vulnerable Democrats are worried that they will be pressured into supporting a public option that many of their constituents consider a “government ...
- Blog Source: www.ourfuture.orgThe Hill reports Speaker predicts House vote "within weeks": "During an event in Philadelphia on Monday, Pelosi said the House will pass a healthcare reform bill 'within weeks.' Jumping ahead of the Senate could irritate Blue Dog Democrats and
- Blog Source: www.fivethirtyeight.comDemocrats can keep 30-35 of those 48 highly vulnerable seats, and 30 of the 36 other moderately vulnerable seats. Or they can have Health Care Reform rammed through without bipartisan support. ...and lose around 45-50 seats. ...... Last year, it was
- Blog Source: www.weaselzippers.netBy dismissing a trigger, she also risks further alienating Blue Dog Democrats, who are angry at Pelosi's handling of the bill, particularly her push to include a public option supported by the liberal wing of the caucus. ...
- Blog Source: politicalticker.blogs.cnn.comI am not a Pelosi fan, but if she keeps in a public option, and unifies the Dems enough to prop up the Dems without any spine to actually pass some health care reform that has meaning. . . I (and my family) will be eternally grateful. ...
- Blog Source: tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.comHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi's approach to the public option may have changed. But her commitment to it has not. ... Conrad's Deficit Obsession and Public Option Skepticism Have Put Him Out of Step with Democrats ...
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