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Bernie Sanders Pushes Back On Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

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While conservative members of the Democratic caucus threaten to block passage of health care reform if it includes a public health insurance option, a...

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Sam Stein

Schumer: Senate Dems Will "Come Together On A Public Option"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.04.2009 | Politics

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Senator Chuck Schumer said on Sunday that Democrats in the Senate would agree on a public option for insurance coverage, though the proposal will be d...

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The Public Option Lives On

Robert Reich | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Jay Rockefeller, Robert Reich, Public Option, Kent Conrad, Olympia Snowe, Public Plan, Health Insurance, Robert Menendez, Insurance Companies, Tom Carper, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Health Care, Obama Public Option, Bill Nelson, Politics News
Robert Reich

The public option lives on. It's still in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension bill. It still headlines the House bills, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she's still committed to it.

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Erasing the Doughnut Hole for All Seniors -- A Senate Revolt Against Big Pharma Brewing!

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

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Gail McGowan Mellor

An amendment offered by Senator Ben Nelson [D-FL] would reportedly lower the health care reform bill's cost by an additional $86 billion without reducing services.

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Senate Finance Committee Member Tom Carper Publicly Defends Secret PhRMA Deal

FIreDogLake | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

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In a stunning moment during the Senate Finance Committee markup Sen. Tom Carper defended a secret deal that the White House, Baucus, and PhRMA had rea...

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The Wyden - Bennett Healthy Americans Act: Why Not Just Say Yes?

Lanny Davis | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

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Lanny Davis

What exactly does the HAA accomplish that could possibly attract such broad, bipartisan support in the U.S. Senate? Universal health insurance coverage and immediate deficit neutrality in the first two years.

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Democratic Senators Summoned To White House

ABC News | Jake Tapper | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Udall, Arlen Specter, Evan Bayh, White House, Mark Pryor, President Obama, Michael Bennet, Herb Kohl, Mary Landrieu, Democratic Senators, Tom Carper, Bill Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, Mark Begich, Mark Warner, Joe Lieberman, Jeanne Shaheen, Claire McCaskill, Kay Hagan, Politics News

ABC News has learned that President Obama will be meeting with 16 Democratic senators (and one "Independent Democrat") this afternoon at the White Hou...

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Jeff Muskus

Senate Dems On Pakistan: U.S. Here To Stay

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

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Look for the United States to be sending resources not only to Afghanistan, but Pakistan and the rest of the region for the foreseeable future, a grou...

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Handing Out Awards from Hollywood to Capitol Hill

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

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Michael Markarian

We see cruelty and abuse every day in our work, and it's important to take a step back and celebrate the dedicated and compassionate people who are making a meaningful difference.

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Friday Talking Points [48] -- Throwing Out The Rulebook

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Back in Volume 36 of this Friday Talking Points column, I pointed out what seemed to me to be an obvious observation -- that the media was going a lot...

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