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Al Franken: Spars With GOP Leadership On Senate Floor, Accuses Thune Of Not Reading Health Bill (VIDEO)

Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics

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Al Franken (D-Minn.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) were off the charts on Monday, at least by the Senate's typical debate standards. In response to a speec...

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Lieberman Wins: Medicare Compromise On Chopping Block

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics

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Joe Lieberman has forced his will on the Senate Democratic caucus and the nation as a whole. After the party reached a compromise last week to effecti...

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Ryan Grim Discusses Joe Lieberman's Medicare Flip-Flop On MSNBC (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics

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Huffington Post reporter Ryan Grim joined political consultant Liz Mair as a guest on MSNBC Monday afternoon to discuss Joe Lieberman's declaration th...

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Obama Summons Senate Democrats To White House

AP | Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will meet with Senate Democrats at the White House Tuesday to press for action at a make-or-break moment for...

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Marc Mukasey, Son Of Michael Mukasey, May Run For NY Senate

New York Post | Maggie Haberman | Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics

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Marc Mukasey, the son of Bush administration Attorney General Michael Mukasey, is mulling mounting a challenge to Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...

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In The Public Interest: Senate Moderates Get it Right

Larry McNeely | Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics

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Progressives continue to have real disputes with some of the Senate centrists. But some of those centrists' proffered amendments are serious attempts to hold down costs and they deserve support.

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Senate Passes $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Senate on Sunday passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill with increased budgets for vast areas of the federal government, includin...

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Senate GOP Denied On Spending Filibuster Attempt

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 12.13.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled Senate on Saturday cleared away a Republican filibuster of a huge end-of-year spending bill that rewards ...

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Obama: I Didn't Run For Office To Help 'Fat Cat Bankers'

Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

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President Obama takes aim at "fat cat bankers" and their aggressive lobbying efforts to defeat financial reform in an upcoming 60 Minutes interview se...

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You Call That Health Reform?

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 12.12.2009 | Politics

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The truth is that what we've been calling health reform doesn't really "reform" the system at all. It merely shifts responsibility from one part of the economy to the other.

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Preventing Political Moral Hazard Means Stopping Bernanke

David Sirota | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

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Bernanke has been called "the definition of moral hazard" because if he is confirmed, it will send a message to all other federal regulators that they can fall down on the job and still get promoted.

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Can Arlen Specter End the War in Afghanistan?

Robert Naiman | Posted 12.11.2009 | World

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Who knew Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter would emerge as one of the most vocal opponents in the Senate of the President's military escalation in Afghanistan?

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Max Baucus Gave Staffer Girlfriend $14K Raise

Politico | MANU RAJU & JOHN BRESNAHAN | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, gave a nearly $14,000 pay raise to a female staffer in 2008, at the time...

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Senate Deal Lets Health Insurers Rob the Public Purse

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

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The Senate is about to take on the worst deal in history. And at the end of the day, the only winners are the same companies who got us in this mess in the first place.

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Media Shield Bill Advances In Senate

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 12.10.2009 | Media

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WASHINGTON — A bill to protect reporters' confidential sources in federal court cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, ending month...

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Reid Readying Full Manager's Amendment; Details Secret Until Friday

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

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Reid's plan to incorporate the new compromise into the final Manager's Amendment before releasing any of its details may suggest that he is planning to offer sweeping substantive changes to the current health care bill.

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Dean: Senate Bill Is 'Real Reform,' A Needed Antidote To GOP Propaganda

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

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Former DNC Chair Howard Dean strongly endorsed on Wednesday the Senate's newest incarnation of health care legislation, declaring that it met the most...

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Health Care Reform: Compromise or Compromised

Denise Dennis | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

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Mary had read some of my Huffington Post pieces on health care reform and thought I might be able to find out why her federal program was canceled--and what her options were for another insurer.

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Coakley Wins Democratic Race For Ted Kennedy's Senate Seat

AP | GLEN JOHNSON | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

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BOSTON — The relatively quiet campaign to fill the late Edward M. Kennedy's Senate seat was matched by equally light turnout Tuesday as voters p...

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Ed Schultz Takes On Jonathan Alter Over Health Bill, Public Option (VIDEO)

Posted 12.08.2009 | Media

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The Ed Show's Ed Schultz took on President Obama Tuesday for not showing support for the public option. Schultz pointed to an email sent out by Organi...

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Say No to Joe: Reject the Latest Public Option "Compromise"

Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics

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Right now, ten senators are locked in a room looking for a deal on the health care bill. One senator is standing in the way: Joe Lieberman.

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Cosmetic Surgery Tax Weighed By Senate

usatoday.com | Sandra Block | Posted 12.08.2009 | Business

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Last week, the Senate began debate on an $848 billion health care reform bill that includes a 5% excise tax on elective cosmetic surgery, beginning Ja...

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Random 2010 Thoughts

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics

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Other interesting news from Republicanland is a new poll showing that, given three choices, voters state who they'd likely vote for in the 2010 election in the following order: (1) Democrats, (2) Tea Partiers, (3) Republicans.

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All the Way Against Richard Burr

Cal Cunningham | Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics

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I just made one of the most important decisions of my life. Today, I announced that I am entering the race to challenge Richard Burr for the U.S. Senate seat from North Carolina.

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A Broader Definition Of Health Care

latimes.com | Kim Geiger and Tom Hamburger | Posted 12.06.2009 | Living

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Acupuncturists, dietary-supplement makers and other alternative health practitioners, some of whose treatments are considered unproven by the medical ...

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