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Democrats May Suffer If They Fail To Pass Health Care Legislation: Poll

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

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Democrats may face severe political consequences in the polls next year if they fail to pass health care reform legislation. A new survey from Public ...

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Blue Dog Democrats Dominate House Health Care Debate

The New York Review Of Books | Michael Tomasky | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

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So what did the House Blue Dogs do on the health care vote last Saturday? They were more supportive than one might think: Of the fifty-two-member coal...

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MoveOn Targets Dems Who Voted Against Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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In the wake of Saturday night's historic health care vote, the main lines of attack have been extremely partisan -- Republicans insist that politicall...

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Jim Cooper On House Health Care Bill: 'One Of The Best Votes I Ever Cast'

The Washington Post | Ezra Klein | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) knows as much about health-care policy as anyone in Congress. He teaches the subject back home in Tennessee, promoted his ow...

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Some Dems Vow To Block Final Health Bill If Anti-Abortion Amendment Stays

The Plum Line | Alec MacGillis | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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In a move that will intensify the coming war over how to treat abortion in the health care bill, more than three dozen House Dems have signed a letter...

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West Wing Stars: Call Your Congressman Today (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

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A (fake) former president and first lady promoted health care reform in a new ad from Health Care for America Now. Martin Sheen and Stockard Channing...

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Harry Reid: Health Care Bill May Not Be Finished This Year

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — In a blow to the White House, the Senate's top Democrat signaled Tuesday that Congress may fail to meet a year-end deadline for pas...

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Virginia Foxx: Health Care Reform Is A Bigger Threat Than "Any Terrorist Right Now In Any Country" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) claimed on Monday that health care reform is a bigger threat than terrorism -- the latest incendiary comment from a Republ...

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White House Feels Vindicated By Health Care Reform Strategy

New York Times | Robert Pear and Sheryl Gay Stolberg | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

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After months of plodding work by five Congressional committees and weeks of back-room bargaining by Democratic leaders, President Obama's arms-length ...

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Health Care Study: Lack Of Insurance Has Led To 17,000 Child Deaths

AFP | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

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Lack of adequate health care may have contributed to the deaths of some 17,000 US children over the past two decades, according to a study released by...

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House Health Care Bill Released: "Historic Moment"

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Cheered by President Barack Obama, House Democrats rolled out landmark legislation Thursday to extend health care to tens of millio...

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Govs Now Major Players In Health Care Debate; Corzine Wouldn't Opt Out

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

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Now that the Senate leadership has settled on a health-care reform proposal that includes a public insurance option with an opt-out clause for states,...

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Anthony Weiner: GOP Public Option Opponents Should Give Up Their Medicare

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

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On Thursday, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) called on 55 Republican adversaries of the public option to give up their government-funded health insurance...

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Harry Reid Ad Star: My Sister Will Switch Parties If He Delivers Public Option

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

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I just got off the phone with Lee Slaughter, the ailing Nevada woman who is starring in a powerful new ad demanding that Harry Reid prove "strong enou...

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Harry Reid: AMA Misled Me, Means Health Care Setback

The Hill | Alexander Bolton | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has told colleagues that he was given bad information by the American Medical Association (AMA), which will...

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Bill Frist: Obama Health Plan "Is Not Socialized Medicine" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

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Former Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) said Thursday that Obama's plan to overhaul the country's health care system is not socialized medicine. T...

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Catering To Snowe A "Waste Of Time," Grijalva Says

The Hill | Jordan Fabian | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

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Crafting a final version of health insurance legislation to attract moderate Republican support would be a "waste of time," according to the leader of...

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Senate Democrats Launch Attack On Insurer Anti-Trust Exemption

POLITICO | Patrick O'Conner and Carrie Budoff Brown | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

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The long-simmering tension between insurers and congressional Democrats is erupting into open warfare, with lawmakers stepping up their push to revoke...

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Thousands Sign Petition Demanding Reid Get Tough With Filibuster-Supporting Dems

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

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A new twist in the left versus left health care wars. A progressive group is launching a campaign to pressure Harry Reid into getting tough with Dem ...

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Dems Taunt GOP: Where's Your Health Care Plan?

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Even as Republicans pummel President Barack Obama's health care proposals, some GOP leaders worry their party is being hurt by a De...

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Labor Leader Warns Of "Price To Pay" For Dems Who Support Health Care Filibuster

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

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One of the nation's most powerful union leaders warned conservative Democratic senators on Thursday that there would be a "price to pay" if they voted...

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McCain: Health Care Will Pass With No GOP Input Or Support

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

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Senator John McCain predicted on Thursday that health care reform legislation would pass Congress without GOP input or support, insisting that the par...

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Republicans and Their Strategic Fainting Spells

Mike Stark | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

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The minor dust-up in the House today is over Alan Grayson, a freshman Democrat. He said that the Republican health care plan was "Don't get sick." And if you do? "Die quickly."

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Pelosi Shoots Down Public Option 'Trigger'

The Hill | Mike Soraghan | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday shot down a healthcare compromise that has been viewed as the best chance for getting a bipartisan bill through...

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