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Insurance Industry Antitrust Fight Headed To Conference Committee

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

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The insurance industry successfully fought off a Senate threat to revoke its antitrust exemption as part of health care reform, but the issue lives to...

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Senate Sextet

Shawn Healy | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, Blanche Lincoln, Ben Nelson, Pivotal Politics, Olympia Snowe, Health Care Reform, Filibuster, Harry Reid, Joe Lieberman, Mary Landrieu, Politics News

By my calculation, Senator Reid can count on 56 votes for the health care legislation as it now stands. Any attrition from this group would require Reid to reach across the aisle to recruit one or more moderate Republicans.

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Ben Nelson: I Might Not Back Health Care Bill In Next Step

AP | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A moderate Democratic senator who voted to allow debate over a health care bill says he might not support the bill in its next hurd...

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Sealed With A Kiss: Dems Unite To Beat GOP Filibuster

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

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Harry Reid sealed the biggest legislative victory of his career Saturday night with a kiss. And then a hug. Emotionally reserved doesn't begin to des...

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Democrats Are United -- For Now

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

The Senate has voted to move forward with the health care bill. The vote was 60-39 in favor of debating the bill put forward by Senate Majority Leader...

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Ben Nelson To Vote Yes Saturday: Two Dems Remain Uncommitted

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

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And then there were two. Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) announced Friday for the first time that he will vote to allow the Democratic health care reform b...

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Health Care Reform Closing Arguments: White House, Activists, Labor Unions Eye The Finish Line

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

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With the Senate poised to cast historic votes on health care legislation, a host of activist groups, labor unions, and even the White House itself lau...

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Obama Gets 11-Dimensional Chess Win; Epic Fail for Media, GOP

Matt Osborne | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media

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The Republican strategy of delay escalated their misfortune; their "tea party" movement is a great, big Teabagger Fail, and the media's credibility is shot right along with them.

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Senate Dems Close In On Reform: Details Of Health Care Bill Revealed

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

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Read the bill (PDF). Senate Democrats have posted the legislation on their web site. --------- Senate Democrats made a big step toward comprehensive...

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Nelson: I'm Comfortable Being Lone Democrat To Derail Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

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Ben Nelson, a key conservative Senate Democrats, said on Wednesday that he was pleased with the changes party leadership had made to health care legis...

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The Three Democrats Who Could Block Health Care Reform

New York Times | CARL HULSE | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

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Senator Ben Nelson, Democrat of Nebraska, says he is not sure he is ready to help a Democratic health care proposal clear even the most preliminary hu...

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Nelson On Board For Second Round Of Spending

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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Throughout last winter, Sen. Ben Nelson, the Nebraska Democrat, was trailed through the Capitol by reporters curious where he stood on the amount of s...

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Joe Lieberman Filibusters Health Care While Americans Suffer

Bob Cesca | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

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With every month that goes by without health care reform, another 3,600 Americans die due to a lack of insurance. And Joe Lieberman, like Elaine in that classic Seinfeld episode, is stopping off for Jujyfruits.

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Can We Afford to Let Blanche Lincoln Stop Health Care Reform Dead in Its Tracks?

Howie Klein | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Blue America has run TV spots against Lincoln all summer and fall and she's watched her re-elect numbers dwindle. This week Blue America has a brand new ad for Arkansas voters to look at.

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Senate "Moderates" Delaying Health Care Bill With Demands

The Washington Post | Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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Moderate lawmakers are exerting their outsize influence in the divided Senate to secure changes to health-care reform legislation, potentially adding ...

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Nebraska Voters Favor Public Option, Want Ben Nelson To Back It

Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

If Ben Nelson decides to filibuster a Democratic health care bill that includes a public insurance option, he should expect to lose support among Nebr...

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Senators Who Could And/Or Will Screw Up Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

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Harry Reid boldly announced the bill would contain something public option-esque. But will a reform bill that contains as limited a measure as the opt-out plan survive the Senate?

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Arianna Weighs In On The Senate Health Care Bill And The Challenges Ahead

Huff TV | Posted 10.27.2009 | Media

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Arianna appeared on MSNBC's Countdown With Keith Olbermann on Monday to discuss news that the Senate's health care bill would include an opt-out publi...

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Who Should Pay for Health Insurance Reform?

Peter Dreier | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

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"Much has been given" to those Americans at the pinnacle of wealth. So it is only fair that "much will be required" when it comes to helping pay for health insurance for those who can't otherwise afford it.

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Health Insurance Industry Exposes Its Insatiable Greed

Peter Dreier | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

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After pretending for months to cooperate with the Obama administration and Democrats to secure a reasonable health reform bill, the industry's CEOs and lobbyists on Sunday double-crossed their one-time political allies.

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Opt-Out Public Option Gains Steam Among Dems, But Questions Remain

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

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With Reporting By Jeff Muskus Democratic senators were largely caught off-guard on Thursday as a compromise approach to health care reform -- emergin...

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Conservative Dems, GOP Senators Lobby To Delay Health Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

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Republican and conservative Democrat lawmakers revived a push Wednesday for the kind of delay to health care reform that a GOP senator admitted was pa...

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Nebraska Dems Put Nelson On The Spot On Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

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The Nebraska Democratic Party put the state's senior senator, Ben Nelson, in an awkward spot on Saturday by passing a resolution making support for a ...

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Friday Talking Points [96] -- The Impressiveness of Alan Grayson

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.03.2009 | Politics

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First, let's get rid of the distractions this week. Chicago will not be getting the Olympics in 2016, even after President Obama went over to Copenha...

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Nelson Supported Reconciliation For Bush Tax Cuts, But Not Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

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Now that Sen. Ben Nelson, (D-Neb.) has definitively stated that he opposes the use of reconciliation to pass health care reform, it's worth noting tha...

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