Health Care Reconciliation

Ryan Grim

GOP Senators Refusing To Work Past 2PM, Invoking Obscure Rule

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Republicans fuming over the passage of health care reform are now refusing to work past 2 p.m. -- a tactic they can employ by invoking a little...

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The Most Ridiculous Amendments To The Health Care Reconciliation Bill

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republicans know that the health care reform process could be derailed if the Senate decides to adopt any changes in reconciling the bill passed by th...

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Sam Stein

Dems To Oppose The Most Alluring Of GOP Reconciliation Amendments

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democrats in the Senate say they are so committed to passing the House's version of health care reconciliation fixes verbatim, that they are willing t...

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Senate Picks Up The Ball On Health Care Reform

Roll Call | David M. Drucker and Emily Pierce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Democrats on Monday are set to pick up the battle over health care reform where the House left off, but the path forward remains uncertain as R...

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Is Reconciliation Undemocratic?

D. Brad Wright | Posted 05.25.2011

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D. Brad Wright

There's been some talk "out there" that reconciliation is an undemocratic process, because it doesn't go through the regular legislative channels. That's just wrong.

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Obama, Durbin and Pelosi All Point Fingers at Someone Else for Killing Public Option

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

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Miles Mogulescu

It's all Kabuki theater to cover up the truth that President Obama made a backroom deal with the for-profit hospital industry that the final health care bill would not include a national public option.

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Orrin Hatch Schooled By E.J. Dionne On Reconciliation

The Washington Post | E.J. Dionne Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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For those who feared that Barack Obama did not have any Lyndon Johnson in him, the president's determination to press ahead and get health-care reform...

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Health Care Deadline In TWO WEEKS: Dems Want Bill Finished By March 18

Posted 05.25.2011

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The deadline for accomplishing health care reform, which for months has been a moving target, has moved yet again. This time to March 18, before Presi...

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Kent Conrad Bashes Media Portrayal Of Reconciliation, Defends Passage Of Health Reform

Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an interview with me just now, Senator Kent Conrad tore into the media for repeatedly botching its reporting on reconciliation, and confirmed that ...

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Sam Stein

Biden Can Single-Handedly Run The Reconciliation Process: Parliamentarian Experts (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Should passing health care reform come down to the use of reconciliation -- and all signs point that way -- Vice President Joseph Biden could play a h...

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Ryan Grim

Steny Hoyer: House Must Move First On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democratic Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said on Sunday that the House must move on a package of fixes to the health care bill before the Senate...

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Health Care Reform: To Reconcile Or Not To Reconcile?

NPR | Julie Rovner | Posted 05.25.2011

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To reconcile or not to reconcile -- when it comes to a health overhaul bill, that seems to be the biggest argument of the moment. At issue is a proce...

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Reid: Democrats Will Use 50-Vote Tactic To Finish Health Care Within 60 Days

The Hill's Blog Briefing Room | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democrats will finish their health reform efforts within the next two months by using a majority-vote maneuver in the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Re...

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Health Reform D-Day Approaches

Linda Bergthold | Posted 05.25.2011

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Linda Bergthold

President Obama will now write his own health care bill. There are so many questions and so few answers -- is this a trick by the president to force the hands of the Republicans, or to unite the Democrats?

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GOP Sees Loophole In Health Care Reconciliation Strategy

The Hill | Alexander Bolton | Posted 05.25.2011

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As it turns out, Senate Democrats may not be able to force healthcare legislation through the chamber on a simple majority vote. Republicans say they...

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Ryan Grim

Reid, Durbin Open To Majority Vote To Beat Health Care Filibuster

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid works to cobble together the 60 votes he needs to overcome an expected Republican attempt to block a floor vote o...

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Sam Stein

Lieberman: Using Reconciliation For Health Care A "Real Mistake"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senator Joseph Lieberman, (I-Conn.) said on Sunday that he thinks it would be a "real mistake" if Democrats used the parliamentary maneuver known as r...

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Sam Stein

Gibbs: President Would Rather Not Use Reconciliation For Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The White House declined to say on Tuesday whether it would support the use of a parliamentary maneuver to pass a health care in the Senate on a 50, a...

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