If Democrats had any hopes of winning Sen. Olympia Snowe's vote on a health care reform bill, the Maine Republican likely put an end to them on Wednes...
Mitchell Bard | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics
I acknowledge that a fair debate on health care can be had. But what I have no patience for is the ignorance being injected into our national consciousness, most recently by Sarah Palin.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics
The perks that Senate Democratic leadership put into the final health care bill to win the support of conservative caucus members may cost them the on...
Posted 12.20.2009 | Politics
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), considered one of very few Republicans who might vote for the Senate health care bill, said Sunday that she would not. ...
AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 12.19.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — After marathon talks, the Obama administration and Democratic leaders appeared near agreement with Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson late Fr...
Robert Reich | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics
The Dems eventually will get a bill they can call "reform," but they will not be able to say with straight faces that the reform is a significant improvement over the terrible system we already have.
Rick Horowitz | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics
Jingle Bells // Sarah sells // Now she's got a book // Truth? Or lies? // While she tries and tries // To be worth a second look. // Oh, the weather outside is frightful // And the GOP is spiteful
Mike Lux | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics
When Joe Lieberman turned his back on a compromise that he has been strongly and publicly supporting for at least 9 years, this Senate health care bill got too heavy to carry.
Mitchell Bard | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics
I have criticized the Democrats for failing to properly use the power of their majority in Congress and the mandate from an overwhelming victory last November, so it's only right I give them their props for finally taking charge.
Bob Cesca | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics
A contradiction problem has been a feature of Bush Republicanism for a while now, but it's only during the past year that the gap between contradictory statements has narrowed down to just 24 hours.
AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — With time growing short, Senate Democratic liberals are seeking expansion of two large federal programs, Medicare and Medicaid, as ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.05.2009 | Politics
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has promised to allow a vote on re-importing prescription drugs from Canada as an amendment to the health c...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.06.2009 | Politics
In a breakthough in Senate negotiations around a public health insurance option, Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) sat down with centrist conservative Demo...
Shawn Healy | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics
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.
New York Times | CARL HULSE | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics
Anxious that Saturday's party-line Senate vote to open debate on a health care overhaul gives them little maneuvering room, Obama administration offic...
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics
Harry Reid thinks he's got enough votes, but then this is the reason why the vote keeps getting pushed back -- because he's obviously still scrambling for the final few votes before he moves ahead.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics
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...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
According to NBC News Washington Bureau Chief Mark Whitaker, some in the White House -- and on Capitol Hill -- think a 'triggered' public option is pr...
Joseph DiNorcia, Jr. | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
When push came to shove, the voters of both Maine and California have acted to restrict marriage rights. So what's going on? Why have these states abandoned us and the progressive cause?
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics
Remember Election Night 2009? The big takeaway from the 23rd District of New York -- where Democrat Bill Owens prevailed as the first Democrat to win...
The Washington Post | Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
Moderate lawmakers are exerting their outsize influence in the divided Senate to secure changes to health-care reform legislation, potentially adding ...
Lanny Davis | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
The dream of a national health insurance system that guarantees that matters of life or death are not a function of wealth can finally come true, but only if the public option is put aside for now.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, two Senate Republicans from Maine, have amassed outsized power by playing their legislative cards very tightly and ke...
Steven Hill | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics
Senator Snowe may wield a pivotal vote on health care, but it is in a body that is unrepresentative and anti-majoritarian by design. How long are we Americans going to ignore this constitutional defect?
Sandy Maisel | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics
Some see Kennedy's legacy as the roaring liberal lion, ready to express moral outrage. And surely he was that. But his lasting legacy may well be as the respected legislator who could reach across the aisle.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics