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Ted Kennedy Remembered In Senate's Health Care Bill Debate

AP | By LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 12.24.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON -- The memory of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy loomed over the Senate Thursday when his weary colleagues moved his life's work, health care reform...

Ryan Grim and Arthur Delaney

Senate Passes Health Care Bill, 60-39

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim and Arthur Delaney | Posted 12.25.2009 | Politics


Without a single Republican vote, the United States Senate passed a sweeping health care reform bill in a landslide, shortly after 7:00 in the morning...

Senate Health Care Reform Takes Major Compromises

New York Times | Posted 12.20.2009 | Politics


Thirty million people without health insurance stand to gain coverage under a deal announced on Saturday by Senate Democrats. To get the 60 votes nee...

Harry Reid Hiding the Sausage on Healthcare Reform

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics


M.S. Bellows, Jr.

Otto von Bismarck is popularly (though probably wrongly) credited with saying that "Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we ...

Reid 'Confident' Senate Will Pass Health Care Bill

usatoday.com | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics


Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he is "confident" the Senate will pass a health care bill, but it will take extra work on weekends in December ...

MIT Analysis: Americans Would Pay LESS Under Senate Health Care Plan

Politico | MIKE ALLEN | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics


A new analysis by a leading MIT economist provides new ammunition for Democrats as the Senate begins formally debating the historic health-reform bill...

Democrats Now "All In" On Healthcare Reform

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Let's look at the poker hand we've been dealt on health care reform. Democrats have now officially gone from "pot committed" to "all in." The stakes, to be blunt, have been raised until they are as high as they can go.

Ryan Grim

Sealed With A Kiss: Dems Unite To Beat GOP Filibuster

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics


Harry Reid sealed the biggest legislative victory of his career Saturday night with a kiss. And then a hug. Emotionally reserved doesn't begin to des...

Reid Slams Broder: A Retiree Who 'Writes A Column Once In A While'

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics


Speaking from the Senate floor on Saturday, Majority Leader Harry Reid had some harsh words for Washington Post columnist David Broder. Reid was resp...

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

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics


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.

White House Pep Talk To Dems On Health Care: "We Must All Hang Together, Or Assuredly We Shall All Hang Separately"

TIME | Karen Tumulty / Washington Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics


With health reform's first test vote on the Senate floor less than 72 hours away, a platoon of top strategists -- including pollsters Mark Mellman and...

Coughing Up Stupak's "Morning-After" Poison Pill

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics


M.S. Bellows, Jr.

Stupak's poison pill will kill the public option -- unless progressives react intelligently rather than emotionally, in which case they can actually turn the anti-abortion amendment to their advantage.

Senate Shuts Down: Letter To Reid On Health Care From Former Surgeon General Causes Security Scare

AP | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


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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


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...

Reid: Republicans Are Like The Girls Who Wouldn't Dance With Me In High School (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics


When it comes to health care reform, hurt feelings and escalating tension among members of Congress have become par for the course. Much like the ...

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

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


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.

Media's Credibility (Not Public Option) Is What Is Dead

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.28.2009 | Media


Chris Weigant

The media has been pushing the "public option is dead" theme for so long, it's no wonder they're so astonished by yesterday's news that a public option will be included in the Senate bill.

Public Option: This Is How It's Supposed to Work

Bill Scher | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics


Bill Scher

We have pushed the limits of Establishment health care debate, buried the right-wing lies and gave people a stronger voice in their democracy. That's how it's supposed to work.

Public Option To Be Included In Senate Bill

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Health care legislation heading for the Senate floor will give millions of Americans the option of purchasing government-run insura...

Friday Talking Points [99] -- Misdirection

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

The real head-scratcher for serious media-watchers right now is what the "war" between the White House and Fox News was meant to distract us from this week. The "war" itself is laughable, for a number of reasons.

Want Healthcare Reform? Pick Up The Phone.

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Yesterday, over 300,000 people picked up the phone and called Congress demanding health care reform this year. The phones ringing off the hook certainly did not go unnoticed by Congress.

House Cuts Health Bill Price To $871 Billion: AP Source

AP | ERICA WERNER and DAVID ESPO | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — House Democrats are aiming to scale back the cost of their health care bill to well below President Barack Obama's preferred price ...

Health Care Bill's Winners And Losers: Drug Makers To Benefit, Insurers Brace For Hit

Wall Street Journal | JANET ADAMY and GREG HITT | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics


The drug industry stands to gain in a health-care overhaul by getting tens of millions of newly insured customers, while insurance companies -- especi...

Halftime At The Healthcare Reform Superbowl

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

A football locker room. Hundreds of Democrats are sitting on benches, to hear Coach's halftime pep talk in the Health Care Reform Superbowl. Some appear exhausted, some appear battered.

Max Baucus Has Only Himself To Blame

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

I have little sympathy for Baucus at this point, when he complains that his adversaries have had time to put out a report attacking his bill. Because there is one reason that they've had all that time.