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To Pass, Health Bill May Have To Ditch Public Option
Brunswick :: ME :: USA | about 2 hours ago
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That’s a compromise long advocated by GOP Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine, and one that even Democrats say they increasingly see as the most possible path to get President Obama's top legislative priority passe—-- maybe even before his January State of the...
Tags: public option, Senate Democrats, Thomas Mann, health care, Democratic, democrats leaders, Fenn, Olympia Snowe, White House, Maine, Brunswick, Joe Lieberman, Susan Collins, Blanche Lincoln, Filibuster, Reconciliation, Parliamentary procedure, Olympia Snowe, Ben Nelson, Politics, Social Issues
Vote records can hamper member's political ambitions
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Running statewide often presents different challenges from running in one’s home district, so while Reps. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) and former Rep. Rob Simmons (R-Conn.) might have done things one way in their House districts, their Senate...
Tags: Senate, Rob Simmons, Mark Kirk, House, Barack Obama, Joe Sestak, voting records, Democratic, Birmingham, Swing district, United States Senate elections, United States House of Representatives elections, Club for Growth, Charlie Melancon, Politics
Budget office: Health care bill costs $849 billion
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility The office projects that the measure would reduce deficit by $127 billion and insure an additional 31 million Americans, according to the sources. Ninety-four percent of Americans would be covered under the bill, the sources noted.
Tags: health care bill, democratic, Congressional Budget Office, health care, Atlanta, Health care in the United States, Healthcare reform in the United States, 111th United States Congress, Health care reform in the United States, Health Medical Pharma, Politics, Social Issues
Becerra gets brushback from the boss
Washington :: DC :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility California Democrat Xavier Becerra has learned a lesson about calling out Nancy Pelosi. Don’t. In the run-up to this month’s House vote on health care reform, Becerra suggested to the Congressional Progressive Caucus that party leaders gave up too easily...
Tags: Xavier Becerra, Nancy Pelosi, CHC, leadership team, Democratic, Washington, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Christine Pelosi, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Politics
Health plan price tag is $849 billion
Washington :: DC :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility A healthcare package unveiled Wednesday by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , D-Nev., could extend coverage to more than 30 million Americans, Reid said. The price tag would be $849 billion over 10 years, covered by a number of new taxes and cuts in...
Tags: senate, legislation, democratic, health care bill, Senate Health Bill Said, Senate Democratic, Senate Democrats, obama, republican, us senate, Washington, Medicare, Harry Reid, Health care reform in the United States, Massachusetts health care reform, Healthcare reform in the United States, United States National Health Care Act, Medicaid, Health Medical Pharma, Politics, Social Issues, 110th United States Congress, Joe Lieberman, Mary Landrieu, Blanche Lincoln, Parliamentary procedure, Ben Nelson, Filibuster, Health insurance, Democratic Party, 111th United States Congress
The Ghost of Jesse Helms Haunts Health Care Debate
Muscat :: Oman | 10 days ago
Credibility Scott Galindez, t r u t h o u t Op-Ed Here we go again. Whenever conservative stalwart Jesse Helms didn't like something in a bill, he would pull out an abortion amendment to slow things down. Helms is dead and gone but the tactic is alive and well and...
Tags: health care, Senate, public option, care reform, Bart Stupak, Jesse Helms, Democratic, abortions amendment, stupak amendment, House, Oman, Muscat, Homophobia, Racism, Filibuster, Joe Lieberman, Parliamentary procedure, Conservatism in the United States, Dixiecrats, Politics, Social Issues, Health Medical Pharma
Anniversary's Are For Reminding Oneself: Why Did We choose these people in the first place?
With this week being the one year anniversary of the '08 Presidential Election, I am forced to reflect on this, a minor glimpse of the intense Police presence that surrounded the Democratic National Convention, last August...
Tags: Police State, Budget, Law Enforcement, Obama, Democratic, Denver, Anti-Riot
Democrats say election losses give new urgency to agenda
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 19 days ago
Credibility Originally published Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 12:09 AM Election 2007 Democrats say election losses give new urgency to agenda Blaming election setbacks on a drop in voter enthusiasm, congressional Democrats said Wednesday that losses in governors'...
Tags: New Jersey, Barack Obama, Virginia, Republican Party, Republican senate, New York, Democratic, elections loss, William Owens, GOP
Biden Stumps in a Race Steeped in Ideology
New York :: NY :: USA | 22 days ago
Credibility Biden Jr. threw the heft of the White House behind the Democratic candidate on Monday in a race here for a vacant Congressional seat that both Democrats and Republicans view as significant tests of their political fortunes. In the final hours before...
Tags: Barack Obama, National Republican Congressional Committee, Virginia, New Jersey, Democratic
Robert Wexler to head Middle East peace foundation
Boca Raton :: FL :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Robert Wexler, a senior Jewish Democrat, is reportedly retiring from Congress to head an NGO promoting Middle East peace. Wexler, who has represented his Delray Beach, Fla.-area district since 1997, is the chairman of the Europe subcommittee of the U.S.
Tags: Robert Wexler, Middle East, Resign From Congress, Sun-Sentinel, east peace, think tank, Democratic
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