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Jay Rockefeller: White House Approach To Public Option "Difficult To Fathom"

Talking Points Memo | Brian Beutler | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rockefeller Public Option, Health Bill Vote, Senate Public Option, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Jay Rockefeller, Senate Finance Health Care, Health Bill, Rockefeller Health Care Reform, Obama Health Care, Obama Public Option, Politics News

I just spoke with Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), who had a bit of a fractured take on the current state of the public option. He took issue with the Pre...

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"Cadillac" Health Plans a Smooth Ride or a Bumpy Road?

Robin Baker | Posted 10.12.2009 | Denver

Read More: Health Care Reform, Jay Rockefeller, Congressional Budget Office, Colorado Politics, Senate Finance Committee, Cbo, Cadillac Health Insurance Plans, Denver News
Robin Baker

The Finance Committee's proposal would impose a tax on employer-sponsored insurance for plans with costs above $21,000 for a family. In Colorado, the average annual premium cost was $11,952 for a family.

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Public Option Vote Could Pit Democrat Vs. Democrat

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Jay Rockefeller, Health Care Debate, Senate Finance Committee, Public Option, Health Care, Politics News

Scroll down to the bottom for updates from the hearing. Follow live coverage of the hearing here. WASHINGTON � It'll be Democrat vs. Democrat as la...

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The Public Option Lives On

Robert Reich | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Jay Rockefeller, Robert Reich, Public Option, Kent Conrad, Olympia Snowe, Public Plan, Health Insurance, Robert Menendez, Insurance Companies, Tom Carper, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Health Care, Obama Public Option, Bill Nelson, Politics News
Robert Reich

The public option lives on. It's still in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension bill. It still headlines the House bills, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she's still committed to it.

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Ryan Grim

Public Option Headed For Vote Tomorrow

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jay Rockefeller, Health Care, Max Baucus, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Senate, Health Care Public Option, Politics News

The public option is headed for a vote in the Senate Finance Committee on Friday. Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) lamented on a conference call Thursd...

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Rick Scott's Group Unveils "Death Star" Strategy For Public Option

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jay Rockefeller Public Option, Jay Rockefeller, Conservatives Healthcare, Anti-Reform, Anti-Reform Death Star, Healthcare Ads, Healthcare Reform, Rockefeller Death Star Ad, Conservatives for Patients Rights Death Star, Healthcare Attacks, Conservatives for Patients Rights, Death Star Ad, Politics News

Conservatives for Patients Rights, the well-funded anti-reform group run by controversial former hospital exec Rick Scott, is spending nearly half a m...

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Rockefeller: GOP Bringing "The Hammer" Down On Snowe

The Plum Line | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Olympia Snowe, Jay Rockefeller, Snowe Gop Hammer, Olympia Snowe Public Option, Snowe Public Option, Politics News

There's a very revealing moment in an interview that public option hero Jay Rockefeller gave to Ezra Klein. Rockefeller suggests he has first-hand kno...

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Rockefeller Rips 'Gang Of Six' Senators -- "I Just Don't Think You Do Legislation That Way" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Video, Jay Rockefeller, Charlie Rose, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Baucus Health Care Bill, Gang of Six, Health Care, Politics News

Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller has not been shy about voicing his criticisms of the Baucus health plan, and on Thursday night he continued his cri...

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Dems Finding Plenty To Dislike About Baucus Plan

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Baucus Health Bill, Jay Rockefeller, John Kerry, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Health Bill, Democrats, Health Care, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Unhappy Senate Democrats on Thursday found plenty to complain about in the fine print of the latest health overhaul bill, particula...

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The Gang of Six: An Epic of Futility

Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: House of Representatives, Ron Wyden, Jay Rockefeller, Jeff Bingaman, Charles Grassley, Senate Finance Committee, Olympia Snowe, Congress, Mike Enzi, Barack Obama, Obama and Health Care, Max Baucus and Health Care, Congress and Health Care, Max Baucus, Chuck Grassley, Kent Conrad, Bipartisanship, Senate, Gang of Six, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

The Baucus Caucus came to town one morning in the early spring, / They said, "You want a health-care bill? Don't sweat -- we'll handle ev'rything!"

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Dems May Be Walking Into Republican Health Care "Trap"

Politics Daily | David Corn | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jay Rockefeller, Chuck Grassley, Mike Enzi, Olympia Snowe, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Gang of Six, Democrats, Politics News

Are the Democrats about to walk into a Republican trap on health care? As I monitor the latest back and forth, I feel as if I'm watching a cheesy horr...

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Sen. Rockefeller Won't Vote For Baucus Health Bill

Huffington Post | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jay Rockefeller, Public Option, Senate Finance Committee, Kent Conrad, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Gang of Six, Bipartisanship, Health Care, Politics News

Speaking with reporters Tuesday, Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller slammed Senator Max Baucus' health care bill, saying his vote would not be forthco...

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Senior Democrats Call Public Health Care Option Essential

Washington Post | Anne E. Kornblut and Perry Bacon Jr. | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Jay Rockefeller, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Health Care Public Option, Politics News

Several leading Democrats voiced concern Monday about an apparent White House shift on health-care reform, objecting to signals from senior administra...

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Jeff Muskus

Extremist Outbursts At Town Halls Put GOP In Tough Spot

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Freedomworks, Birthers, Jay Rockefeller, Gene Green, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sherrod Brown, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Health Reform, Politics News

National conservative groups organizing angry protests on health care reform at congressional town halls this week are drafting behind the "birther" m...

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Jeff Muskus

Rockefeller: Stalling Republicans Will Vote No On Health Care In The End

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Jay Rockefeller, Health Reform, Health Care, Senate Finance Committee Health Care Bill, Politics News

Three Republicans dragging out health care negotiations in the Senate Finance Committee probably won't vote for the compromise bill anyway, a key comm...

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GOP Senator Undercuts Party's "Elder Murder" Claims

The Plum Line | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elder Murder, Susan Collins, Jay Rockefeller, Republicans GOP, End of Life Consultations, John Boehner, Medicare, Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act, Health Care, Government Euthanasia, Politics News

As I've been noting, conservatives and Republican leaders have been running wild with the claim that the House Dems' health care reform bill, by offer...

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Democratic Senators Resisting Concessions To GOP

New York Times | ROBERT PEAR and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stabenow, Jay Rockefeller, Dem Senators Health Care, Rockefeller, Health Care Reform, Democratic Senators Health Care, Democrats Health Care, Debbie Stabenow, Politics News

President Obama tried Tuesday to sell his health care plan to older Americans, as members of Congress said they were deluged with calls from constitue...

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Lots of Smoke, Little Fire

Shawn Healy | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Evan Bayh, Jay Rockefeller, First Amendment, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Flag Desecration, Harry Reid, David Vitter, Politics News
Shawn Healy

Our elected officials have decided to put national health care and cap and trade legislation on hold to diminish the 45 words of the First Amendment via a flag desecration amendment.

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Rockefeller On Health Care Reform: "The Good Guys Versus The Bad Guys"

The Charleston Gazette | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Health Insurance Plan, Jay Rockefeller, Rockefeller Health Care, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Republican Health Care Reform, Health Care, Politics News

"There is a very small chance any Republicans will vote for this health-care plan. They were against Medicare and Medicaid [created in the 1960s]. The...

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Bobby Kennedy, Jr.: "Family Friends" Are "Endorsing Criminal Behavior" (Video)

Alex Pasternack | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Jay Rockefeller, Robert Byrd, Climate Change, Clean Coal, Coal, Bobby Kennedy, West Virginia, Green News
Alex Pasternack

Coal companies would not exist if not for the "corruption" of politicians, Bobby Kennedy, Jr. told me, singling out "family friends of ours forever," like West Virginia Democrats Jay Rockefeller and Robert Byrd.

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Pelosi Confronts That Age-Old Question

Rick Horowitz | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: House of Representatives, Jay Rockefeller, Pelosi and Republicans, Pelosi and Torture, Pelosi and CIA, Nancy Pelosi, Congressional Briefings, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Congress, Bob Graham, Pelosi and Torture Briefings, Congress and Torture, Senate, Financial Crisis, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

In newsrooms and studios, hearts are a-twitter/The sharks begin circling, they've spotted their prey,/There's sweat on your forehead, there's blood in the water,/They're ready to rip into each word you say.

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Jay Rockefeller Casts Doubt On CIA Pelosi Briefing Memo

Politico | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nancy Pelosi Waterboarding, Pelosi Waterboarding, Pelosi Cia Memos, Nancy Pelosi, Jay Rockefeller, Pelosi Cia Memo, Rockefeller Cia Memo, Politics News

Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), who was chairman of the intelligence committee in 2002, is the latest Democrat to seriously question the accuracy of the ...

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Ryan Grim

Sen. Jay Rockefeller Speculated NSA Was Wiretapping Him

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Security Agency, Jay Rockefeller, Nsa Wiretap, Politics News

Earlier this year, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) speculated that the National Security Agency may have wiretapped him. His statement came at the very...

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Jay Rockefeller on Health Care: "We Can't All Have Everything We Want When We Want iIt."

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 04.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jay Rockefeller, Obama's White House Health Care Summit, The Privately Insured Will Have to Sacrifice, A Propnent of Health Care Reform, Politics News
Carol Felsenthal

Barack Obama needs to take one step immediately if he wants to move his health care reform through Congress: Put a muzzle on Democratic Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV.

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It's Just Not Julius -- There's An All New Telecom Team

Art Brodsky | Posted 02.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Congress, Jay Rockefeller, Henry Waxman, Fcc, Julius Genachowski, Media News
Art Brodsky

Much of the buzz around Washington in telecom circles has been about the selection of Julius Genachowski as the new chairman of the FCC. But he's only at the top of the all-new lineup.

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