Lieberman Filibuster

Hundreds Attend Vigil Outside Lieberman's Home Over Health Care

The Stamford Advocate | Devon Lash | Posted 05.25.2011

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Quietly holding candles, hundreds of clergymen, congregants and reform advocates lined the sidewalks outside Independent U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman's Sta...

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Leadership, Lieberman Deny He Has Dropped His Filibuster Threat

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democratic leadership and Senator Joseph Lieberman's office are both denying a report that the Connecticut Independent had pledged that he would not o...

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Lieberman: I'd Filibuster Final Bill Over Public Option

Talking Points Memo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) told reporters today that he would in fact filibuster any health care bill he doesn't agree with--and right now, he doesn't ...

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WATCH: What Tiger Can Teach Us About Health Care

Lee Camp | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lieberman Pressured By Yalies To Back Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The local campaign pressuring Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) to support health care reform accelerated on Thursday, after a group of more than 650 Ya...

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Lieberman Pledges To Filibuster House Bill "As A Matter Of Conscience"

Posted 05.25.2011

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Joe Lieberman showed no sign of dropping his filibuster threat on Sunday morning, when he pledged to help kill any health care reform that includes a ...

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Lieberman Willing To Sink Health Care Reform... But He Would Really Hate To Do It (AUDIO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Joe Lieberman, the independent Democrat from Connecticut, emerged Tuesday afternoon from a meeting with his caucus as the center of attention -- ...

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No Health Care Reform for Old Men

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The push toward health care reform entered into a new phase this week. Negotiations have been marred by Congress' hyper partisans in general and obstinate Senate Republicans in particular.

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Joe Lieberman Filibusters Health Care While Americans Suffer

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.25.2011

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With every month that goes by without health care reform, another 3,600 Americans die due to a lack of insurance. And Joe Lieberman, like Elaine in that classic Seinfeld episode, is stopping off for Jujyfruits.

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Lieberman In '94: The Filibuster "Ails Washington" And Should Be Eliminated

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senator Joseph Lieberman's (I-Conn) threat to filibuster health care legislation that includes a public option for insurance coverage has sent minor s...

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Mr. President, Please: A Little Less Oprah, a Little More LBJ

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 05.25.2011

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Want to know how to get this president's attention? Disagree with him or oppose him, and he's putty in your hands.

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Bring Back the Cots! The Filibuster and Health Care Reform

Jerome Karabel | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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Kyl: I've Talked With Lieberman About His Filibuster Threat

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The second-ranking Republican in the United States Senate acknowledged on Thursday that he has had conversations with Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn) a...

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Lieberman Rejected Filibusters On Other Bills He Opposed, But Not Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) announced on Tuesday that he would vote to sustain a filibuster of health care legislation unless changes were made to...

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Lieberman: 'I Don't Think Anybody Thinks This Bill Will Pass'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.), reaffirmed on Sunday that he will support a Republican filibuster of any health care bill that includes a governme...

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Misfits: Eight Politicians Who Should Just Switch Parties

Politics Daily | Jill Lawrence | Posted 05.25.2011

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RINOs and conservadems are cutting quite a swath these days -- making demands, frustrating their colleagues, wielding clout and even influencing elect...

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Lamont: Lieberman "Dithering" On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) most strident critics accused him of "dithering" on health care reform after the Independent stated that he ...

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Podesta: Democrats Will Pass Health Bill With Or Without Lieberman

Politics Daily | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Podesta, the former White House chief of staff who ran President Obama's transition and still advises the administration on health care and other...

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