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Can The U.S. And Europe Agree On Financial Reform Details?

AP | GEIR MOULSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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BERLIN — The United States and Europe broadly agree on the need for reform of the financial system, but global cooperation is needed, U.S. Treas...

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The Financial Crisis: We Know Enough; Now Let's Do Enough

SAFER | Posted 05.25.2011

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William Black, University of Missouri, Kansas City James Crotty, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Jane D'Arista, SAFER & ...

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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon Takes On Washington

Huffington Post | Grace Kiser | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan, has decided that battling financial regulation is now one of his prime responsibilities. That, at least, is the pict...

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Senator Blanche Lincoln, The Last Hold Out Against 13 Bankers: Simon Johnson

baselinescenario.com | Simon Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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By now you have probably realized -- correctly -- that "financial reform" has turned into a victory lap for Wall Street. When they saved the big bank...

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Senate Bill Going Back to the House - Can We Now Get a Public Option Vote?

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Sirota

I ask what we asked yesterday at our rally at Sen. Bennet's office: Will our senator now fulfill his promise to push a public option using reconciliation? Or are we going to get yet another ridiculous excuse?

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The Hidden Winners of Healthcare Reform: Women Over 40

Lesley Jane Seymour | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lesley Jane Seymour

The New York Times proclaimed that uninsured Americans are the biggest beneficiaries of health care reform, but the measure will also be a boon to a less obvious group: women over 40.

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Obama's Health Care Fight Continues: Must Sell The Bill To American People

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP)-- Even with victory in hand, President Barack Obama can't put health care to rest. He still has to sell skeptical Americans on the be...

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Financial Reform Bills Don't Do Enough To Prevent Another Financial Collapse, Says Grayson On 'Ratigan' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Before the Senate passed it's version of the financial reform bill, Dylan Ratigan questioned whether the legislation addressed the causes of the finan...

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A Flawed Step Forward on Health Care Reform

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

We all know how much the media love conflict, and they have fallen in love with the health care debate. To say the process hasn't been pretty would be one of the biggest Washington understatements in years.

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Sam Stein and Ryan Grim

Nancy Pelosi Will Not Include Public Option In Final Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Thursday that she would not include a public option in a health care reconciliation package that the House wil...

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Senate Health Bill Would Cut Deficit By $118 Billion Over Decade

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Congressional budget referees say Senate legislation that's now the foundation for President Barack Obama's health care plan would ...

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Health Care Deadline In TWO WEEKS: Dems Want Bill Finished By March 18

Posted 05.25.2011

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The deadline for accomplishing health care reform, which for months has been a moving target, has moved yet again. This time to March 18, before Presi...

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Health Care Memo Outlines Possible Democratic Timeline For Easter Recess

The New Republic | Posted 05.25.2011

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Inside Health Policy's Julian Pecquet and Amy Lotven report on a Democratic memo sketching out a timeline for passage of health care reform. The gist ...

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Health Care and Bipartisanship in the Balance

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

President Obama, this is your moment for political courage, vision, leadership, and faith. We urge you to take heart and move meaningful health care reform forward.

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Pass the Senate Bill, Please

Paul Begala | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Begala

Several months ago, I advised my fellow progressive Democrats to support health care reform even if it fails to include some of their cherished goals. Now I'm begging.

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A Path Forward: It's Time to Pass Health Insurance Reform

Andy Stern | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Stern

The House should pass the Senate's health insurance reform bill -- with an agreement that it will be fixed, fixed right, and fixed right away through a parallel process. The suffering must stop for uninsured families.

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Obama Consumer Agency: President Steps Up Fight, Holds Private Meeting With Dodd

nytimes.com | JACKIE CALMES and SEWELL CHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mr. Obama personally weighed in on Tuesday in a one-on-one meeting at the White House with Senator Christopher J. Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut and ch...

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Health Care: What We Do Now

Nicholas Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nicholas Brown

The Senate already passed a health care plan though. We need to vocally and wholeheartedly support that bill without any changes.

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Sam Stein

Latest Public Option Concession Comes Into Focus

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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With several prominent House Democrats acknowledging that they will likely have to give up a public option for insurance coverage in health care refor...

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Top 10 Reasons to Kill the Senate Health Care Bill

Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jane Hamsher

The Senate bill isn't a "starter home," it's a sink hole. It needs to die so something else can take its place. It doesn't matter whether people are on the right or the left.

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Senate Climate Bill Could Be Blocked By Republicans

Washington Post | Juliet Eilperin | Posted 05.25.2011

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The climate-change bill that has been moving slowly through the Senate will face a stark political reality when it emerges for committee debate on Tue...

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An Inglorious End to the Promise of Reform

Rose Ann DeMoro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rose Ann DeMoro

The greatest tragedy of the current health reform bill is that it may lock into place a dysfunctional and inhumane system that threatens to move beyond the reach of more comprehensive reform for generations to come.

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Senate Votes To Debate Health Care Reform Bill

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP)-- Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate...

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Wait For Health Care Benefits Is 3 Years If Health Care Bill Passes

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Sixty years is how long Democrats say they've been pushing for legislation that provides health care access for all Americans. They...

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States With Expanded Health Coverage Fight Bill

New York Times | KATE ZERNIKE | Posted 05.25.2011

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States that have already broadly expanded health care coverage are pushing back against the Senate overhaul bill, arguing that it unfairly penalizes t...

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