Senate Health Bill

Mary Landrieu Wooed To Back Health Care With $100 Million For Her State

Bloomberg | James Rowley and Kristin Jensen | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics


Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu, one of three lawmakers being wooed by Democratic leaders to back health-care legislation, won the inclusion of an ext...

Harry Reid: 'I'm Not Using Reconciliation'

Politico | Carrie Budoff Brown | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics


Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the first key test vote on his $848 billion health care bill will be taken Saturday, but he declined to say whe...

Joe -- We Know Where You Live.

Suzanne Langlois | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics


Suzanne Langlois

Senator Joseph Lieberman is the rarest of creatures, a political Chimera. He calls himself an Independent, caucuses with the Democrats and is at his core a staunch conservative.

Republicans Promise "Holy War" To Delay Health Care Bill

latimes.com | Noam N. Levey and Janet Hook | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics


Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Wednesday unveiled his long-awaited plan for expanding medical coverage to millions more Americans over ...

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Read The Abortion Compromise In Harry Reid's Senate Health Care Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics


The health care reform package unveiled by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) Wednesday night bars the use of federal funds for abortion servi...

Orrin Hatch Will Introduce Abortion Restrictions In Senate Health Bill

Politics Daily | Patricia Murphey | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics


Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) told Politics Daily Tuesday that he plans to introduce an amendment to the Senate health care reform bill similar to the ame...

Hundreds Attend Vigil Outside Lieberman's Home Over Health Care

The Stamford Advocate | Devon Lash | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics


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

No Men: The Most Ornery, Obstructionist Senators

The Daily Beast | Benjamin Sarlin | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics


When Sen. Joe Lieberman issued fresh threats to filibuster any health-care reform proposal including a public option, he did more than just blunt the ...

Bill Clinton To Speak To Democratic Senators About Health Bill

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to pass health care legislation by year's end, pointedly telling sk...

Ben Nelson Wants Anti-Abortion Measures In Senate Health Bill

AP | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Abortion opponents in the Senate want tough restrictions in the health care overhaul bill, similar to the limits passed by the Hous...

Steve King Doesn't Know Number Of Uninsured In His District: "My District Wants Freedom" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics


Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) was pressed earlier this week on whether he knew how many constituents in his district were uninsured. The conservative congr...

Health Care Provision Would Cover Christian Science Prayer Treatments

The Los Angeles Times | Tom Hamburger and Kim Geiger | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics


Reporting from Washington - Backed by some of the most powerful members of the Senate, a little-noticed provision in the healthcare overhaul bill woul...

White House Feels Vindicated By Health Care Reform Strategy

New York Times | Robert Pear and Sheryl Gay Stolberg | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics


After months of plodding work by five Congressional committees and weeks of back-room bargaining by Democratic leaders, President Obama's arms-length ...

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Snowe Warns Reid On Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics


Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), the most likely Republican vote for the Democratic health care bill, told reporters Thursday that she would not vote to ...

Senate Health Bill Opposed By Unions, Full-Page Paper Ad Planned

AP | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — About 30 unions will run a full-page ad in newspapers Wednesday announcing their opposition to the Senate Finance Committee's healt...