Harry Reid Public Option

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 11.20.2009 | 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.

Ryan Grim

Senate Set To Unveil Health Care Bill Today

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics


Tired as folks may be of hearing this, Wednesday is set to be another big day for health care reform on Capitol Hill. No, really. It is. Senate Demo...

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...

Ryan Grim

Reid: "The Public Option With An Opt-Out Is The One That's Fair"

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics


The public option lives. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced Monday that the bill he will bring to the Senate floor will include a p...

Sam Stein

Public Option Chess Match: Reid Working For Best Bargaining Position

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics


There was a slew of good news on Thursday for supporters of a public option for health insurance coverage. Two Democratic Senators who have nominally ...

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

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics


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...