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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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Dean: Dems 'In Deep Trouble' On Health Care, The Only Options Are A Bad Bill Or 2010 Losses

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

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One of the leading progressive champions of health care reform is pessimistic about the state of the debate in the Senate, saying he sees virtually no...

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Grassley Receives $150K From Health Insurance Industry

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business

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Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley took in $154,350 in third-quarter campaign donations from the health insurance industry, according to the Public Campaign Act...

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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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Health Care Provision Would Cover Christian Science Prayer Treatments

The Los Angeles Times | Tom Hamburger and Kim Geiger | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

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Reporting from Washington - Backed by some of the most powerful members of the Senate, a little-noticed provision in the healthcare overhaul bill woul...

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

The Hill | Alexander Bolton | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

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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...

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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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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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Weiner Battles McCaughey In Explosive Health Care Debate

Daily Beast | Benjamin Sarlin | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

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If you like partisan combat, the New York University/Langone Medical Center in Manhattan was the place to be Monday night. Betsy McCaughey, former lie...

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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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Civil Rights Groups Target Dems On Health Care Reform

AP | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — African-American, Latino and civil rights groups have launched an ad campaign aimed at pressuring moderate Democratic senators to s...

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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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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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Santorum 2012 Run Against "Injurious" Obama Considered

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

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Rick Santorum affirmed on an RNC conference call -- aimed at attacking Arlen Specter -- that he's considering a run for president in 2012 -- because, ...

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Top Adviser Calls On President Obama To Be More Bold

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

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One of President Barack Obama's former top campaign advisers is "losing patience" with the White House, he told POLITICO Tuesday morning, as frustrati...

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Congressman Waxman: What Americans Need to Know About Health Care

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Last week, Rep. Waxman paneled a discussion at UCLA on climate change. Later, he was gracious enough to sit down with me for an interview.

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President Obama: Trust Young Americans to Relay the Healthcare Message!

Stephen Ratner | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

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If the president is to pass his health care legislation, he must tap into the core base of support the helped him win the 2008 elections -- a core that consists significantly of young Americans.

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Daschle: Obama May Abandon Effort to Reach Health Deal With Republicans

Bloomberg | Edwin Chen | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

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President Barack Obama is likely in September to end Democratic efforts to work with Republicans on health-care legislation and press for a party-line...

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Snowe Says No Public Option, White House Says "That's Democracy"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

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The Senate Finance Committee will not include a public option in its health care bill, one of the key Republican negotiators said on Friday -- to whi...

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What's Wrong With This Statement?

Candy Spelling | Posted 09.14.2009 | Living

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George Lakoff, a UC Berkeley linguistics professor: "The Democrats still believe in Enlightenment reason: If you just tell people the truth, they will come to the right conclusion."

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FACT CHECK: Distortions rife in health care debate

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 09.02.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Confusing claims and outright distortions have animated the national debate over changes in the health care system. Opponents of pr...

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Pelosi's Secret Weapon in Health Care Debate: Chocolate

nytimes.com | David M. Herszenhorn | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

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The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi of California, unveiled her party's battle plan on Friday for selling major health care legislation during the August ...

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The Heavenly Host of Health Care Authors

Michael Brenner | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

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The health care bill is 1,000+ pages. As long as the Old and New Testaments, with a few centuries of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire tacked on.

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Blue Dog Compromise Removes Billions In Savings From Public Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

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Despite Blue-Dog claims that a compromise they engineered Wednesday would trim $100 billion from the cost of health-care legislation, their weakening ...

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