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Sam Stein

GOP Senator: We Will Unanimously Oppose Newest Health Care Compromise

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

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Senate Republicans predicted on Wednesday that the 40 members of their caucus would unanimously oppose health care reform despite changes made by Demo...

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Gibbs: GOP Approval Rating 'Only Slightly Above The National Drinking Age'

The Hill | Sam Youngman | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics

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White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters in his West Wing office Friday that the Republican Party's approval rating is "only slightly a...

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McCain Contradicts Himself With First GOP Health Care Amendment

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) introduced the first Republican amendment to the Senate's version of health care reform on Monday. In doing so, he placed h...

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RIP Compassionate Conservatism

Will Marshall | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

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In taking a purely obstructionist stance, the GOP has evinced scant empathy for tens of millions of fellow Americans who lack basic protection against illness or injury. So much for compassionate conservatism.

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GOP Reform Proposal Borrows Heavily From AHIP's Approach

The Huffington Post | Sam Stein | Posted 11.07.2009 | Politics

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House Republicans introduced their outlines for health care reform this past week to much anticipation. The minority leadership had pledged to produce...

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Bachmann Challengers Maureen Reed, Tarryl Clark Share Plans To Take On Michele

The Daily Beast | Benjamin Sarlin | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

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Michele Bachmann took her paranoid campaign against the White House to new heights on Thursday, leading a mass protest inside the Capitol itself that ...

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Second House Call: Steve King Wants Another Protest Against Health Bill

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

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Because the first one apparently didn't do it, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) issued a statement today calling for a second "House Call" protest against hea...

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The GOP Health Care Plan: A Cruel Joke

Deepak Bhargava | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

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Some had the audacity to hope that the Republicans would work with the President to solve health care. Now, it's clear they are putting insurance industry profits above the health of America's families.

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GOP Health Care Bill Would Extend Coverage To Only 3 Million

New York Times | David Herszenhorn | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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The Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday that an alternative health care bill put forward by House Republicans would have little impact in ex...

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Jim DeMint On Health Care Reform: "Everyone Can Show Up At The Hospital" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) was caught off guard when pressed about health care in Washington D.C. earlier this week. In footage of the incident poste...

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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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Douglas Holtz-Eakin, McCain Strategist, Losing Health Coverage

The Washington Post | Philip Rucker | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

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If history had taken a different course, Doug Holtz-Eakin would be inside the McCain White House driving the Republican president's domestic agenda, i...

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John Boehner Fumbles On GOP Health Care Plan

Think Progress | Faiz Shakir | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

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Republicans have been insisting for months that Democrats are shoving a secret bill down the throats of the American public. The health reform legisla...

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GOP Health Care Website Fails To Mention Senior Citizens

Think Progress | Victor Zapanta | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

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House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (R-IN) held a press conference today to explain why prog...

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GOP Impatient With Party Leaders Over Health Care, Awaiting An Alternative Plan

The Hill | Molly K. Hooper | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

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Some House Republicans are growing frustrated that their leaders have not yet introduced a healthcare reform alternative. For months, the message fro...

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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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Health Care Bill May Not Get Single GOP Vote In The House

Washington Post | Ben Pershing | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

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The House is inching closer to voting on a comprehensive health-care bill, even as the chamber appears so divided that the measure may not attract a s...

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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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Thomas Frank: GOP Leaders Treating Health Insurers Like "Panda Bears"

Wall Street Journal | Thomas Frank | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

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In June 2008, I used this space to call on then-Sen. Barack Obama to add economist James K. Galbraith's book, "The Predator State," to his reading lis...

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Tommy Thompson Praises Senate Finance Committee Health Care Bill

New York Times | David M. Herszenhorn | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

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In a statement distributed by the White House Monday, Tommy Thompson -- the former Republican presidential candidate, health and human services secret...

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Bill Frist: I'd Vote For Health Care Reform Bill

Time | Karen Tumulty | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

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Or so the former Senate Republican Leader, a surgeon who has written a new book on health care, told me a few minutes ago in an interview. Were he st...

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Grayson Not Worried About Future: "Whether You're Democratic Or Republican, You Want A Congressman With Guts"

Daily Beast | Benjamin Sarlin | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

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Alan Grayson's anti-GOP rant on health care made the Florida congressman a liberal hero--and the right's favorite new whipping boy. Is this a ticket t...

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

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 12.02.2009 | 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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Boehner: I Have Not Met One American Who Supports The Public Option

POLITICO | Glenn Thrush | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

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House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) has just more or less dared proponents of a public option to bombard his office with their expressions of ...

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Sam Stein

White House Uses Jindal As An Ally On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

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The White House is getting a boost in its efforts to pass health care reform from a potential 2012 opponent. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs urged Repub...

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