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Ryan Grim is the senior congressional correspondent for the Huffington Post. He is a former staff reporter with Politico.com and Washington City Paper. He won the 2007 Alt-Weekly Award for best long-form news-story and is the author of the book, "This Is Your Country on Drugs."

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Health Care PASSES: The Scene In The House When It Happened

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   November 8, 2009

Read More: Health Care Bill Passed, Health Care Bill Passes, Health Care Passes, Health Care Reform Passes, Health Care Reform Vote, Health Care Vote, Healthcare Passes, House Health Care Bill, House Health Care Passes, House Health Care Reform Passes, House Vote On Health Care, Stupak Amendment, Vote On Health Care
CORRECTION: From my vantage point in the press gallery, it looked as if Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) was leaning on Cao to oppose the bill....
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Compromise Reached On Health Care Bill: Anti-Abortion Amendment To Be Given Floor Vote

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   November 7, 2009

Read More: Health Care, Health Care Reform, Health Care Reform Vote, House Health Care Bill
As the House of Representatives inches toward a final vote on comprehensive health care reform this weekend -- the most dramatic domestic policy debate in...
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Civil War In Corporate America: Banks Battling The Chamber On Accounting Rules

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   November 6, 2009

Read More: Barney Frank, Brad Miller, Ed Perlmutter, Financial Accounting Standards Board, Mark To Market Accounting, Sec
Amid the ongoing financial regulation overhaul, the banking industry is hoping to pull off a quiet power grab that has eluded its grasp since the...
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Former BlueCross Pitchman Switches Sides, Comes Out For Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   November 7, 2009

Andy Cobb has had enough. A former pitchman for BlueCross Blue Shield of Florida, Cobb is breaking with the firm and speaking out in favor...
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Reid Picks Pelosi's Pocket To Pay For Business Tax Break

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   November 5, 2009

Read More: Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Tax Breaks, Unemployment Insurance
In order to fund business tax breaks and an extension of a first-time homebuyers tax credit this week, Harry Reid swiped one of Nancy Pelosi's...
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Pelosi: Single-Payer Amendment Breaks Obama's Health Care Promise

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   November 5, 2009

Read More: Nancy Pelosi, Pelosi Health Care Reform, Pelosi Public Option, Pelosi Single Payer Health Care, Single Payer Health Care
An amendment to allow states to pursue single-payer health care without incurring insurance-industry lawsuits was stripped from the House bill, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said...
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GOP Folds On Unemployment Benefits Fight: 14-Week Extension Passes

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   November 5, 2009

Read More: Gop, Harry Reid, Jobless Benefits, Senate, Transparency, Unemployment, Unemployment Benefits
The GOP called for the check Wednesday night, having had enough of the fight over an extension of unemployment benefits that the party had held...
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Maine Voters First To License Medical Pot Shops

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   November 4, 2009

Maine voters became the first to license nonprofit organizations to sell medical marijuana on Tuesday, with the state's Question 5 cruising to a landslide victory....
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Final House Health Care Bill Unveiled

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   November 4, 2009

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) unveiled a revised health care reform bill -- known as a manager's amendment -- Tuesday evening after taking the concerns...
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Snowe, Collins Refuse To Say How They Voted On Maine Gay Marriage Vote

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   November 3, 2009

Read More: Collins Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage Referendum, Maine Gay Marriage, Olympia Snowe, Snowe Gay Marriage, Susan Collins
Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, two Senate Republicans from Maine, have amassed outsized power by playing their legislative cards very tightly and keeping their colleagues...
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As GOP Holds Up Unemployment Extension, Nearly 200,000 Lose Their Benefits

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   November 3, 2009

In the world outside the Senate, time is money; inside it, time is everything. Senate Republicans are taking full advantage of that reality, using every...
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Afghan War Vets Patrol Halls Of Congress To Stop Troop Escalation

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   November 2, 2009

Read More: Afghanistan, Antiwar, Iraq Veterans Against War, Raul Grijalva
A little more than two months ago, Brock McIntosh was fighting in Afghanistan, a member of the Army National Guard. This week, he's walking the...
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How The Blue Dogs Cost Pharma $14 Billion

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   October 30, 2009

Read More: Big Pharma, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Pharmaceutical Industry, Public Option
As Speaker Nancy Pelosi sat down to put the finishing touches on the House health care bill Wednesday night, the California Democrat was stuck between...
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Reid To Push Dem Senators To Fight GOP Obstruction

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   October 30, 2009

Read More: Harry Reid, Obama Administration, Obama Nominees, Surgeon General
When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took to the Senate floor Thursday to blast Republicans for blocking President Obama's nominees for key agencies, the Capitol...
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Reid Punts On Insurance Industry Anti-Trust Exemption

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   October 29, 2009

Read More: Harry Reid, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Insurance Industry, Senate Health Care Bill
Senate negotiators have decided not to include a provision revoking the insurance industry's anti-trust exemption in the bill leadership sends to the floor, said two...
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