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Three Reasons to Be Happy About the Reported Deal by Senate Democrats on Health Care

Mitchell Bard | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anthony Weiner, Progressive Democrats, Republicans Health Care, Death Panels, President Obama, Olympia Snowe, Democrats Senate Health Care, John Thune, Susan Collins, Public Option Trigger, Uninsured, National Coalition on Health Care, Centrist Democrats, Medicare, Medicaid, Health Care, Republicans, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

I have criticized the Democrats for failing to properly use the power of their majority in Congress and the mandate from an overwhelming victory last November, so it's only right I give them their props for finally taking charge.

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Contradictory Republicans Still Flummoxed By Medicare

Bob Cesca | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mitch McConnell, Public Option, Olympia Snowe, Sarah Palin, Health Care Reform, Medicare for All, Medicare, Health Insurance, Single Payer, Glenn Beck, Republican Party, Health Care, Obama Health Care, David Vitter, Sarah Palin's Hat, Politics News
Bob Cesca

A contradiction problem has been a feature of Bush Republicanism for a while now, but it's only during the past year that the gap between contradictory statements has narrowed down to just 24 hours.

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Ben Nelson Introduces New Anti-Abortion Amendment To Senate Health Care Bill

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Anti-Abortion Amendment, Ben Nelson, Private Insurance Abortions, Olympia Snowe, Health Care Reform, Anti-Abortion, Harry Reid, Abortion Coverage, Federal Abortion Coverage, Abortion Health Care, Health Care, Stupak Amendment, Anti-Choice, Politics News

WASHINGTON — With time growing short, Senate Democratic liberals are seeking expansion of two large federal programs, Medicare and Medicaid, as ...

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Ryan Grim

Pharma Deal To Be Tested On Senate Floor

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: #Hcr, Big Pharma, Gop, Charles Grassley, Health Care Reform Bill, David Vitter, Senate Health Care Bill, Prescription Drugs, Drug Companies, Drugs, Democrats, Canada, Reimportation, Olympia Snowe, Pharmaceutical Companies, White House, Barack Obama, Health Care, Byron Dorgan, John McCain, Politics News

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has promised to allow a vote on re-importing prescription drugs from Canada as an amendment to the health c...

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Ryan Grim

Snowe Rejoins Dems At Public Option Negotiating Table

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, #Hcr, Olympia Snowe, Gang of 6, Trigger, John Kerry, Mark Pryor, Senate, Mark Udall, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Mary Landrieu, Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

In a breakthough in Senate negotiations around a public health insurance option, Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) sat down with centrist conservative Demo...

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Senate Sextet

Shawn Healy | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, Blanche Lincoln, Ben Nelson, Pivotal Politics, Olympia Snowe, Health Care Reform, Filibuster, Harry Reid, Joe Lieberman, Mary Landrieu, Politics News
Shawn Healy

By my calculation, Senator Reid can count on 56 votes for the health care legislation as it now stands. Any attrition from this group would require Reid to reach across the aisle to recruit one or more moderate Republicans.

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Collins, Snowe In Spotlight: Reid Goes Back To Maine Republicans For Support

New York Times | CARL HULSE | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Collins Snowe, Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, Maine Republican Senators, Susan Collins Olympia Snowe, Reid Maine Republicans, Politics News

Anxious that Saturday's party-line Senate vote to open debate on a health care overhaul gives them little maneuvering room, Obama administration offic...

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Friday Talking Points [102] -- Harry Reid's Glacial Progress Grinds On

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Harry Reid thinks he's got enough votes, but then this is the reason why the vote keeps getting pushed back -- because he's obviously still scrambling for the final few votes before he moves ahead.

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Sam Stein

Health Care Reform Closing Arguments: White House, Activists, Labor Unions Eye The Finish Line

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Olympia Snowe, Activist Groups, Labor Unions, Hcan, Health Care Reform, Ben Nelson, Reform Activists, White House Blog, Blanche Lincoln, Reform Legislation, Politics News

With the Senate poised to cast historic votes on health care legislation, a host of activist groups, labor unions, and even the White House itself lau...

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White House Thinks Trigger More Progressive Than Opt-Out: Mark Whitaker

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Olympia Snowe, Trigger, Public Option Trigger, White House Trigger, Public Option Opt-Out, Olympia Snowe Trigger, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News

According to NBC News Washington Bureau Chief Mark Whitaker, some in the White House -- and on Capitol Hill -- think a 'triggered' public option is pr...

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From California to Maine: Lessons in Reliability and Perseverance

Joseph DiNorcia, Jr. | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, Progressives, Olympia Snowe, Abstience Only, Maine Gay Marriage, California Gay Marriage Ban, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Joseph DiNorcia, Jr.

When push came to shove, the voters of both Maine and California have acted to restrict marriage rights. So what's going on? Why have these states abandoned us and the progressive cause?

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Jason Linkins

Michael Steele Flip-Flops On Moderate Republicans [UPDATE]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Moderate Republicans, Olympia Snowe, Gop, Rnc, Michael Steele, Election Results, Politics News

Remember Election Night 2009? The big takeaway from the 23rd District of New York -- where Democrat Bill Owens prevailed as the first Democrat to win...

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Senate "Moderates" Delaying Health Care Bill With Demands

The Washington Post | Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Olympia Snowe Health Care, Senate Moderates, Mary Landrieu Health Care, Mary Landrieu, Senate Health Care Reform, Senate Moderates Health Care Reform, Blue Dogs Health Care Reform, Evan Bayh, Blue Dogs, Olympia Snowe, Blanche Lincoln Health Care, Health Care Reform, Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News

Moderate lawmakers are exerting their outsize influence in the divided Senate to secure changes to health-care reform legislation, potentially adding ...

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Time for Liberals to Give Up on the Public Option

Lanny Davis | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Wyden-Bennett Healthy Americans Act, Public Option, Joseph Lieberman, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Olympia Snowe, Politics News
Lanny Davis

The dream of a national health insurance system that guarantees that matters of life or death are not a function of wealth can finally come true, but only if the public option is put aside for now.

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Ryan Grim

Snowe, Collins Refuse To Say How They Voted On Maine Gay Marriage Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, Maine Gay Marriage, Collins Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage Referendum, Gay Marriage, Snowe Gay Marriage, Politics News

Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, two Senate Republicans from Maine, have amassed outsized power by playing their legislative cards very tightly and ke...

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The Problem Is Minority Rule

Steven Hill | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Steven Hill, New America Foundation, Senate, Senate Finance Committee, Health Care, Barack Obama, President Obama, Olympia Snowe, Politics News
Steven Hill

Senator Snowe may wield a pivotal vote on health care, but it is in a body that is unrepresentative and anti-majoritarian by design. How long are we Americans going to ignore this constitutional defect?

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Who Will Step Into Ted Kennedy's Shoes on Health Care

Sandy Maisel | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Orin Hatch, Chuck Schumer, Olympia Snowe, Ted Kennedy Health Care, Politics News
Sandy Maisel

Some see Kennedy's legacy as the roaring liberal lion, ready to express moral outrage. And surely he was that. But his lasting legacy may well be as the respected legislator who could reach across the aisle.

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Olympia Snowe Still Opposes Public Option Because it's Too Good

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Adam Smith, Joe Lieberman, Public Option, Olympia Snowe, Olympia Snowe Public Option, Olympia Snowe Health Care Reform, Olympia Snowe Health Care, Snowe Health Care, Snowe Public Option, Health Care, Politics News
Jonathan Weiler

Snowe's blindly ideological view on health care asserts, against common sense, that even when the outcome is likely to be inferior, we should prefer "private" solutions.

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Lieberman Twists the Knife

Robert Scheer | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Olympia Snowe, Senate, Public Option, Ron Paul, Health Care Reform, Filibuster, Medicare, Joe Lieberman, Libertarian, Health Care, Politics News
Robert Scheer

Is there a more hypocritical figure in American politics than Joe Lieberman? His threat to thwart a vote on health care legislation should be the last straw that ends his Democratic caucus connection.

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Jason Linkins

Senators Who Could And/Or Will Screw Up Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Kent Conrad, Mary Landrieu, Roland Burris, Max Baucus, Evan Bayh, Olympia Snowe, Harry Reid, U.S. Senate, Joe Lieberman, Ben Nelson, Health Care Reform, Blanche Lincoln, Politics News

Harry Reid boldly announced the bill would contain something public option-esque. But will a reform bill that contains as limited a measure as the opt-out plan survive the Senate?

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How Lieberman Stole Reid's Candy and Drank Snowe's Milkshake

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Trigger, Snowe, Public Option, Hcr, Olympia Snowe, Harry Reid, Joe Lieberman, Obama, Opt-Out, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Reid, Healthcare, Lieberman, Politics News
M.S. Bellows, Jr.

Forty-eight hours ago, Snowe could have extracted almost anything from the Democratic leadership. Then 24 hours ago, Snowe became irrelevant -- and two hours ago, Lieberman seized his opportunity.

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Sam Stein

As Others Debate Health Care's Future, Snowe Raises Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Olympia Snowe, Snowe Fundraiser, Snowe the New Republic, Lobbyblog, Fundraiser Snow Health Care Conference, Health Care Reform Will It Work, Politics News

The New Republic hosted an interesting and generally newsworthy conference today at the Phoenix Park Hotel on the current status of the health care de...

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The Public Option, and Why Letting It Snowe Is Foolish

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: House of Representatives, Filibuster, Senate, Senate Finance Committee, Health Care, Olympia Snowe, Politics News
Robert J. Elisberg

If a health care bill is as critical as the Democrats -- and American public -- say it is, then what matters is passing it in as strong a form as possible, not gutting it for the sake of one, empty Republican vote.

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Please Mr. President, Stick To Your Guns and Don't Pull the Trigger on Public Option

Vivien Lesnik Weisman | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: M=Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Trigger, Obama, Public Option, Health Care, Olympia Snowe, President Obama, Politics News
Vivien Lesnik Weisman

Obama should be worrying less about Reid's arithmetic and more about losing some progressive senators who may not pass a plan that includes the trigger provision.

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Howard Fineman: Obama's Pointless Pursuit Of Olympia Snowe

Newsweek | Howard Fineman | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sen. John Kerry, Senate, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, Olympia Snowe, Filibuster-Proof Majority, Republican, Health Care Reform, Senate Finance Committee Bill, Bipartisanship, Republican Senators, Barack Obama, Politics News

On Mount Olympus in Greece there were many gods, but on Mount Olympia in the District of Columbia there is one: Snowe of Maine, daughter of Spartan im...

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