Bipartisan

A 10-Point Plan to Drive Down Health Care Costs & Expand Coverage

Bradford Kane | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics

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Bradford Kane

Whether or not they realize it, families, individuals, and businesses need competition and a system that affordably serves everyone, in order to stabilize the scope and cost of coverage.

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What Olympia Snowe's Support Could Mean

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

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Lincoln Mitchell

By supporting a moderate bill in committee, Snowe has made the GOP, or at least part of it, relevant again; succeeding where Michael Steele, John Boehner, Joe Wilson, Rush Limbaugh and others have failed.

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Max Baucus Has Only Himself To Blame

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

I have little sympathy for Baucus at this point, when he complains that his adversaries have had time to put out a report attacking his bill. Because there is one reason that they've had all that time.

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Hiring Tax Credit: Support Builds For Proposal Rewarding Employers For Hiring, More Hours

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/business/07tax.html | Catherine Rampell | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

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The idea of a tax credit for companies that create new jobs, something the federal government has not tried since the 1970s, is gaining support among ...

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Because Bipartisanship Is Dead Until 2011: A Defense of Senate Moderates

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

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John R. Bohrer

The GOP cannot even claim credit for bringing the bills to the middle of the road -- the Democrats are hogging all of it. And that is a good thing, despite what some may think.

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Are We Finally Done With This Bipartisanship BS?

Dan Sweeney | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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Dan Sweeney

Max Baucus, in his insistence on bipartisan reform, is almost entirely responsible for the brain-cell-killing month of 'deathers' and 'birthers' we have had to endure.

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Baucus' Bill Not Bipartisan, But Panmedia

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Baucus' was supposed to be the "bipartisan" bill, but the only way it can truly be referred to as such is in the growing bipartisan distaste for the bill.

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Health Care Bill: Baucus Senate Legislation Finally Unveiled

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — His calls for compromise rebuffed by Republicans, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Finance Committee unveiled sweeping legisla...

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A Big Breakthrough on Green Jobs

Billy Parish | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green

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Billy Parish

The New York State Senate and Assembly rose above petty politics last week to pass legislation on climate and energy, setting a precedent for bipartisanship and a sensible cap and trade system.

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Joe Wilson Voted To Provide Taxpayer Money For Illegal Immigrants' Healthcare

Open Congress | Donny Shaw | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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On Wednesday night, Rep. Joe Wilson [R, SC-2], shouted "You lie!" at President Obama when he said that the healthcare bill would not cover illegal imm...

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It is Time for Congress and the GOP to Get a Grip!

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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Patricia DeGennaro

Congress seems to be stuck in some partisan twilight zone unwilling to get out of their comfortable bickering and get to work for the American people not themselves.

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Calling Mr. Smith, Not Mr. Rogers

Dan Siegel | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

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Dan Siegel

We are starved for a leader who can express righteous indignation against the corrupt forces who have emptied the public purse while bidding for the powers that be.

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Who Will Be Hurt if the Democrats Pass Health Care Alone

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

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Lincoln Mitchell

If the Democrats pass the health care bill, and are able to do it with a public option, the Republicans will have once again put themselves on the opposing side of groundbreaking legislation.

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Senator Grassley: Putting Party Before the People on Health Care

Rep. Bruce Braley | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Bruce Braley

During his nearly thirty years serving in the Senate, Senator Grassley has earned a reputation as a "straight shooter". That's why his recent behavior has been so disappointing.

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President Obama is Soliciting Health Care Questions... Here You Go!

Dan Brown | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

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Dan Brown

I and millions of others on the Obama listserv just got an email from David Plouffe announcing that the president will take questions from people online. What's your question for 44?

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Friday Talking Points [89] -- Fighting Crazy

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.14.2009 | Media

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Chris Weigant

The media is not completely responsible for the state of the debate over healthcare reform. The Democrats have done such a poor job of presenting their case that they really bear the lion's share of blame.

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Who Are These People Anyway? The Gang of Six and the Politics of Health Care Reform

Jerome Karabel | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

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Jerome Karabel

With the outcome of perhaps the most significant domestic legislation since Social Security hanging in the balance, the question arises: who are these six senators and whom do they represent?

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Bipartisan Inclusiveness: Time to Stop Being Polite

Jim Selman | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

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Jim Selman

When the nutters want to both destroy civil discourse and undermine the democratic process in some cynical financially motivated power grab, then we must call it what it is: bullshit.

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The "Bipartisan Compromise" Scam

Cenk Uygur | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

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Cenk Uygur

Saying you're going to do health care reform without a public option is kind of like saying you're going to fight Al Qaeda in Afghanistan by invading Iraq. It misses the point -- on purpose.

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Stop Distorting the Truth about End of Life Care

Rep. Earl Blumenauer | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Earl Blumenauer

GOP leadership has been gravely distorting the truth and misrepresenting the facts about the bipartisan effort for the Life Sustaining Treatment Preferences Act.

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Urban and Rural, Red and Blue: Time to Rebuild America's Water Infrastructure

Rep. Earl Blumenauer | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Earl Blumenauer

Every community is faced with serious drinking water and sanitation problems that lead to dangerous public health problems and serious environmental damage.

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Go Away, Tom Daschle

Jesse Berney | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

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Jesse Berney

Your "bipartisan proposal" for health care was typical: all the compromise came from the Democratic side. It included no public option, leaving the health care out of health care reform.

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Obama Declares Himself President-For-Life (No Fooling!)

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

"I am ashamed at getting my stimulus bill passed so quickly. Republicans, those masters of bipartisanship, offered their sincere efforts to delay this bill for months and, I admit, I ignored them."

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The Purple Leadership of Newark's Mayor Cory Booker

Lanny Davis | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

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Lanny Davis

If Barack Obama is the most successful African American national political leader in our nation's history, then Cory Booker will be the most important African American Mayor in American history.

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A Bipartisan Road to Health Care Reform?

Eileen McMenamin | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

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Eileen McMenamin

The President is right to signal we need to spend money on health care. We can't afford not to do it. The most expensive thing is to do is to just sit and do nothing at all.

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