Harry Reid

The Ersatz Public Option

Robert Reich | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics


Robert Reich

Harry Reid's public option is a token public option -- a fleeting gesture toward the idea of a public option, so small and desiccated as to be barely worth mentioning except that it still contains the word "public."

Harry Reid: 'I'm Not Using Reconciliation'

Politico | Carrie Budoff Brown | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics


Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the first key test vote on his $848 billion health care bill will be taken Saturday, but he declined to say whe...

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

Matt Osborne | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media


Matt Osborne

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.

Senate Slowly Creaks Forward

Mike Lux | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics


Mike Lux

Ever so slowly, painfully, creakily, the Senate is beginning to move forward on debating health care reform. It will all come down to who blinks first: House progressives or Senate conservatives.

The Public Option: Why Not Allow 80 Million Americans to Join?

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics


Miles J. Zaremski

After all, if a public option pays for itself, and does not cost a nickel to create and operate, why not allow as many as 80 million citizens to become eligible when any bill becomes law?

Ryan Grim

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics


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

Bring Back the Cots! The Filibuster and Health Care Reform

Jerome Karabel | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics


Jerome Karabel

Paradoxically, the filibuster -- a classic device of obstruction -- may turn out to be the unexpected pathway to health care reform.

Progressives To Reid: Hold Firm On Public Option (VIDEO)

Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics


Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid met on Monday night with a group of Senate Democrats who urged him not to back down from his decision to put a publi...

Pelosi Shifts Focus To Unemployment After Push For Health Care Bill

The Hill | Mike Soraghan | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics


House Democratic leaders, worried they've appeared unresponsive to rising unemployment because they were absorbed by healthcare, are aiming for a legi...

Walking the Halls for Global Education

Jessica Alba | Posted 11.16.2009 | Impact


Jessica Alba

Education is the most effective way to fight poverty. Every year a child is out of school is a year they lose in literacy, in health, in opportunity. 2010 is the year for a breakthrough on global education.

An Open Letter to Harry Reid on Controlling Health Care Costs

Robert Reich | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics


Robert Reich

Nobody promised you this would be easy, Harry. But, hell, why are you there, anyway? Your responsibility is to do the right thing by the American people and bring down future health-care costs.

Reid Eyes Payroll Tax Hike On Wealthy Americans

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Majority Leader Harry Reid is considering a plan for higher payroll taxes on the upper-income earners to help finance health care l...

Why Roland Burris Matters to Barack Obama, Right Now

Rebecca Sive | Posted 11.11.2009 | Chicago


Rebecca Sive

Roland could write an epitaph on that vaunted tombstone of his that actually matters. And, Roland, take note: By doing this, you will have saved the lives of millions of American women.

Reid Working on Job-Creation Bill For 2010

The Hill | Walter Alarkon | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


Senate Democrats will take up a new job-creation bill in the wake of the 10.2 percent unemployment rate, Majority Leader Harry Reid told his colleague...

Sam Stein

Reid Hoping Clinton Builds Momentum For Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics


Looking to build momentum before the Senate goes on recess, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid reached out to the White House last week to see if the a...

Sue Lowden Faces Backlash After Questioning Reid Assassination Attempt

Politics Daily | Sally Denton | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


Sue Lowden's campaign to unseat Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) in his 2010 re-election bid took a nosedive when she laughed about an ...

Health Care Reform: Trying to Please Everyone and No One

Philip Lee Miller | Posted 11.07.2009 | Politics


Philip Lee Miller

You deserve a more articulate answer to the question: just what is the problem?

Ryan Grim

Reid Picks Pelosi's Pocket To Pay For Business Tax Break

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics


In order to fund business tax breaks and an extension of a first-time homebuyers tax credit this week, Harry Reid swiped one of Nancy Pelosi's revenue...

AARP, AFL-CIO Boost House Health Plan That Taxes Rich, Not Middle Class

Art Levine | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics


Art Levine

The centrist lobbying powerhouse for the elderly, the American Association for Retired Persons (AARP), is scheduled to endorse the House health care bill despite its possibly flawed public option.

Ryan Grim

GOP Folds On Unemployment Benefits Fight: 14-Week Extension Passes

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics


The GOP called for the check Wednesday night, having had enough of the fight over an extension of unemployment benefits that the party had held up for...

Fans of House Health Option Cite Rights, Hopes, But Risk Big Defeat

Andrew Kreig | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics


Andrew Kreig

Despite favorable national poll numbers, the public option faces a potentially fatal counter-attack during the weeks ahead because of lack of follow-up by its proponents.

It's Not Maine, It's the Process

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


Charles Karel Bouley

The fact is, no civil right should be left up to the masses. Our founders were very clear about equality in the Constitution.

Homebuyers' Tax Credit Set To Be Extended By Congress

nytimes.com | JACKIE CALMES | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON -- The Senate and House are poised to agree on a compromise measure to extend unemployment benefits that also would expand a popular $8,000...

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

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


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...

Harry Reid Reassures Democrats That Joe Lieberman Is On Board With Health Care Bill

The Hill | Alexander Bolton | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics


Sen. Joe Lieberman has reached a private understanding with Majority Leader Harry Reid that he will not block a final vote on healthcare reform, accor...