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Mike Enzi

The Surgeon General Is Confirmed!

Linda Bergthold | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Regina Benjamin, Surgeon General, Obama's Surgeon General, Msnbc, Mitch McConnell, The Rachel Maddow Show, Mike Enzi, Hhs, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, Medicare, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

Dr. Regina Benjamin has finally been confirmed for the post of Surgeon General. And the reasons for the delay have been varied, contradictory, and byzantine.

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Why Don't We Have a Surgeon General?

Linda Bergthold | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Regina Benjamin, Mitch McConnell, Mike Enzi, Swine Flu Pandemic, Surgeon General, Humana, H1n1, Obama's Surgeon General, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

There is something terribly wrong when a political minority can hold up a nomination that has the potential to affect a nation's health.

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The GOP vs. Labor Law

Thomas Frank | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Interfaith Worker, Mike Enzi, Barack Obama, Labor Department, Politics News
Thomas Frank

Outreach is just what understaffed labor agencies need. Yet the menace of outreach is why conservatives objected to the "Wage Watch" program.

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Nate Silver: Health Care Is Hazardous To Poll Numbers For Grassley, Other Senators

fivethirtyeight.com | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Congress, Health Care Debate, 2010 Elections, Gang of Six, Health Care Negotiations, Health Care Polls, Elections, Nate Silver, Olympia Snow, fivethirtyeight.com, Chuck Grassley, Mike Enzi, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Health Care, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

One of the things about the so-called Gang of Six -- the group of Senators to which Max Baucus issued an exclusive invitation to participate in health...

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The Republican Approach to Abortion and Health Care -- Fair or Unfair?

Steven Waldman | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Abortion, Orrin Hatch, Max Baucus, Senate Finance Committee, Mike Enzi, Health Care Abortion, Politics News
Steven Waldman

In his "chairman's mark" on health care reform, Max Baucus had rejected the pure pro-choice position but still included provisions that pro-lifers viewed as supporting abortion.

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The Gang of Six: An Epic of Futility

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.17.2009 | 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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Mad Max Baucus (D-BC/BS) and his Gang of Styx

Don Parker | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Styx River, Jeff Bingaman, Charles Grassley, Fargo North Dakota, Olympia Snowe, Albuquerque New Mexico, Billings Montana, Mike Enzi, Mad Max, Blue Cross-Blue Shield, Gang of Styx, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Kent Conrad, Health Care, Gang of Six, Politics News
Don Parker

The Gang of Styx represent 8.4 million Americans, but they have been given more dollars from the health care industry than they have constituents.

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Are We Finally Done With This Bipartisanship BS?

Dan Sweeney | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Chuck Grassley, Mike Enzi, Olympia Snowe, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Bipartisanship, Bipartisan, Health Care, Politics News
Dan Sweeney

Max Baucus, in his insistence on bipartisan reform, is almost entirely responsible for the brain-cell-killing month of 'deathers' and 'birthers' we have had to endure.

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Dems May Be Walking Into Republican Health Care "Trap"

Politics Daily | David Corn | Posted 11.16.2009 | 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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Sahil Kapur

Mike Enzi: GOP Gang Of Six Senator's Ties To Insurance Industry

HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mike Enzi Wellpoint Inc, Mike Enzi Ties to Wellpoint, Enzi Wellpoint, Enzi Health Care, Mike Enzi, Health Care, Gang of Six, Politics News

Max Baucus isn't the only senator who may be taking his health care cues from insurance companies. WellPoint Inc., recently revealed to have influence...

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Gang Of Six: Who Votes With Whom?

Sunlight Foundation. | Sunlight Foundation | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Transparency, Gang of Six, Max Baucus, Mike Enzi, Kent Conrad, Jeff Bingaman, Chuck Grassley, Olympia Snowe, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Home News

Since the end of July the Senate Finance Committee has been the focus of health care reform discussions. More specifically, the bipartisan “Gang...

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Hatch: I Sincerely Doubt Snowe Or Collins Will Support Health Care Reform

Talking Points Memo | Brian Beutler | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, Orrin Hatch, Obama Health Care Speech, Chuck Grassley, Mike Enzi, Olympia Snowe, Republicans, President Obama, Politics News

What did conservative Republicans think of President Obama's health care speech last night? Not very much, apparently. Sen Orrin Hatch (R-UT)--who, yo...

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Obama Healthcare Speech: How To Watch it

New York Times | David M. Herszenhorn | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, Raul Grijalva, Mike Ross, Ben Nelson, Senior Citizens, Chuck Grassley, Public Option, Mike Enzi, Olympia Snowe, President Obama, Medicare, Bipartisanship, Mary Landrieu, Healthcare Reform, Politics News

In his speech to Congress at 8 p.m. Wednesday, President Obama will press his case for major health care legislation, not just with lawmakers in the a...

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Free Now To Do the Right Thing

Stephen M. Davidson | Posted 11.08.2009 | Home

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Care Costs, Health Policy, Chuck Grassley, Mike Enzi, Senator Grassley, Senator Enzi, Home News
Stephen M. Davidson

Why do people make dysfunctional health care decisions? The main answer is cost.

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Gang Of Six Back In Action: Giving Bipartisanship One More Try

POLITICO | Carrie Budoff Brown | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Jeff Bingaman, Chuck Grassley, Mike Enzi, Kent Conrad, Olympia Snowe, Max Baucus, Bipartisanship, Healthcare Reform, Politics News

Most top Democrats, including senior White House advisers, may no longer expect a health care deal out of the bipartisan "Group of Six," but the senat...

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Enzi On Health Reform: "I'm Pretty Sure It's Going To Fail"

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Sanford, Gang of Six, Bipartisanship, Healthcare Reform, Mike Enzi, Flip-Flop, Politics News

Despite continuing to claim he's working on bipartisan health care reform, Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) has been quoted, yet again, condemning the effort. T...

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The Death Panels Are Real

D. Brad Wright | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Chuck Grassley, Health Policy, Mike Enzi, Death Panels, Health Care, Health, Politics News
D. Brad Wright

Throughout Congress there are men and women who are making decisions right now that will mean putting some people to death. Sen. Grassley is the ranking member of the Early Grave Commission.

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Schumer: Idea That Grassley And Enzi Are Negotiating In Good Faith "Pretty Much Gone"

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Harry Reid, Bipartisanship, Healthcare Reform, Chuck Grassley, Mike Enzi, Politics News

I'm surprised this one passed unnoticed, because it's a pretty stark declaration from a key Dem leader that bipartisanship is dead. A Republican forw...

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Ryan Grim

Mike Enzi, Gang Of Six Republican, Admits He's Simply Blocking Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Finance Committee, Mike Enzi, Health Care Reform, Gang of Six, Wyoming, Town Hall Meetings, Health Care, Politics News

Mike Enzi, one of three Republicans ostensibly negotiating health care reform as part of the Senate's "Gang of Six," told a Wyoming town hall crowd th...

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The Health Club at the Corner of Chimera and Mirage

Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama and Republicans, Public Option, Senate Finance Committee, Charles Grassley, Health Co-Ops, Senate Republicans, Mike Enzi, Democrats, Barack Obama, Senate Democrats, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Kent Conrad, Bipartisanship, Chuck Grassley, Republicans, Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

Obama the Developer wants to build a health club. Something classy, that's what he's thinking, with all the latest equipment, and enough room so everyone in town can join.

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Sam Stein

Key GOPer: Health Care Reform Needs To Be Broken Down "Into Smaller Parts"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bits and Pieces Enzi, Health Care Incremental Approach, Mike Enzi, Jim Clyburn Incrementalism, Health Care Reform, Enzi Incrementalism, Mike Enzi Co-Ops, Reform Enzi, Politics News

One of the three Republican Senators crafting an ostensibly bipartisan health care bill is now pushing for reform to be slowed down and considered in ...

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Tea Party Organizers Admit: No Reform Is Goal

The Plum Line | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, RecessRally.Com, Tea Party Protests, Senate Finance Committee, Olympia Snowe, Afl-Cio, Mike Enzi, Tea Parties, Eddie Vale, American Liberty Alliance, Health Care Reform, Tea Party Patriots, Chuck Grassley, Health Care, Tea Party, Politics News

On a private conference call, a group of top Tea Party and conservative organizers offered a surprisingly frank description of their goal, according t...

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No Deal

Mike Lux | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, 2009 Obama Administration, Mike Enzi, Politics News
Mike Lux

Republicans are never going to deal in good faith, and this idea of a bipartisan health care reform bill is not going to happen.

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Mike Enzi: No Chance Of Senate Bill Before Recess

AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mike Enzi, Enzi, Mike Enzi Health Care Bill, Senate Finance Committee, Senate Finance Committee Bill, Gop Health Care Bill, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A key Republican senator involved in bipartisan talks on health care says there's no way a breakthrough will happen before lawmaker...

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Sam Stein

Breast Feeding Debate Leaves Senators Grasping For Words (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Coburn, Jeff Merkley, Health Committee, Mike Enzi, Breast Feeding Debate, Senators Breasts, Merkley Breast Feeding, Senators, Politics News

Some general awkwardness occurred during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Tuesday as a few uncomfortable lawmakers...

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