Conrad Public Option

Ryan Grim

Feinstein, Bayh On Board For Public Option -- Nelson, Conrad Holding Out

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

A handful of Democratic senators are withholding their support for the time being for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's health care reform compromis...

Sam Stein

North Dakota Dems Pass Resolution Backing Public Plan, Alert Sen. Conrad

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

In a move that seems designed to push Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) on health care reform, the North Dakota Democratic Party voted two weeks ago to make the...

Sam Stein and Ryan Grim

Budget Buster: Kent Conrad's Long Opposition To The Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Kent Conrad, the Democratic Senator who declared the public health insurance option dead on Sunday, portrays his activism on behalf of health insuranc...

Kent Conrad: Public Option A 'Wasted Effort'

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

A public health insurance option took more hits Sunday as Sen. Kent Conrad described its pursuit as a "wasted effort" and an administration official s...

Kent Conrad Says He Won't Vote For Public Option

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Update: Conrad's spokesperson told Salon that the story was inaccurate. Conrad told his constituents that he won't let the government run their hea...