Health Care Compromise

Key Democrat Who Pushed Compromise On Health Care: 'I Was Right'

AP | MATT GOURAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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MISSOULA, Mont. — The key Senate Democrat who delayed health care reform last year while trying to get Republican buy-in is now facing the uncom...

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The Nature of Compromise in the Parallel Universe of White House Political Leadership

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

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Clarence B. Jones

Obama's compromise on the current tax deal must be evaluated against several other previously important issues connected to the exercise or lack of exercise of his presidential leadership.

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Health Care Reform: White House Hints Of New Bill To Be Posted Online Before Summit

The New York Times | Sheryl Gay Stolberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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With the House and the Senate still at loggerheads over their health care bills, the White House hinted on Tuesday that President Obama might post his...

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Without Health Care Reform Youth Voter Turnout May Plunge

Newsweek | Jesse Singal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Here's something that should make David Axelrod nervous: there are probably more Yankees fans in Massachusetts than there are young people who voted i...

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Senior House Democrat: 'Senate Is Just A Pain In The Ass'

Posted 05.25.2011

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Roll Call reports that frustration with the Senate is boiling over in the House over health care reform. A senior lawmaker told the paper there had be...

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Better or Worse

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

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All the good things announced in Tuesday night's compromise are under vicious assault by the health industry lobbies, and the bad things still might get negotiated for the better in conference.

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How The Health Care Bill Could Get Better

New York Times | DAVID LEONHARDT | Posted 05.25.2011

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Both the health care bill passed by the House of Representatives and the one that the Senate seems set to pass on Christmas Eve would begin to do away...

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Senate Compromise On Health Care Gaining Support

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama as well as Democratic liberals and moderates all found something to like Wednesday in an emerging compromise...

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Greenwald: The Bill Obama Wanted All Along

Salon | Glenn Greenwald | Posted 05.25.2011

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Of all the posts I wrote this year, the one that produced the most vociferious email backlash -- easily -- was this one from August, which examined su...

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Public Option Compromise Floated: Let States Opt Out

FireDogLake | Jon Walker | Posted 05.25.2011

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First there was the "level paying field" public option. Than there was Snowe's trigger. Snowe's trigger was followed by Conrad's co-ops. Only in the l...

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Maxine Waters: Rahm To Blame For Obstructionist Blue Dogs

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of Congress's most liberal members, Rep. Maxine Waters, (D-Calif.), declared on Tuesday that the White House's problems getting Blue Dog Democrats...

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Ex-Senate Leaders Unveiling Health Care Compromise

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Trying to prevent a repeat of the 1990s standoff over health care, four former Senate leaders are preparing a plan that combines id...

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