EDITORIAL -- Memo to Senate Dems: Public Option Is Not Negotiable

By: SkeeterVT

Holdout Democrats Still Opposed to the 'Public Option' Should Heed This Warning: Any Health-Reform Bill Without It Won't Be Worth the Paper It's Printed On for Those Who Can't Afford Health Insurance; The Time Has Come for Majority Leader Reid to End 'Tyranny of the Intransigent Minority' and Choke Off GOP Filibuster by Invoking ...

5 days ago

Watch Live Senate Vote On Health Care Reform:

By: ahsanjavaid

8:22 p.m. ET — There is the usual post-vote speechifying outside the Senate chamber. Reid and Dodd both make predictable remarks about the importance of health care reform. Both have praised their fellow Senator Max Baucus, who after all this time and effort is pointedly missing from this presser.We note that Sen. Voinovich of Ohio did not ...

5 days ago

Historic health care bill clears Senate hurdle

By: Nimra

WASHINGTON – A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the historic legislation has cleared a key hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. The bill would extend coverage to roughly 31 million who lack it, crack down on insurance company ...

5 days ago

Senator, Clout Rising, Cements Role at Heart of Debate

By: dustgeer

   No sooner had Senator Blanche Lincoln promised to deliver one crucial vote in support of a health care overhaul than she threatened to withhold the next one.Her clear warning that she would oppose the Democratic plan in its current form is certain to keep her squarely at the center of the increasingly contentious health care fight and ...

6 days ago