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Public Option
Memo to the Left: The Public Health Insurance Option Is Dead, Get Over It
By Jill Lawrence
As the climactic votes approach this week on health care, some groups on the left seem more interested in throwing a wrench into the process than putting a landmark law on the books. MoveOn.org is in the latter camp. It is asking its 5 million members to back primary challengers to Democrats who ...
Hey, Congress: You're Fired!
By Patricia Murphy
It's hard to believe that most members of Congress, if they worked at any private company in America, would still be employed after their last year on the job. How would Democratic and Republican leaders fare on the basic performance review that most workers encounter annually? When graded on a ...
Governors in Washington, Worried About Health Care Inaction
By Tom DiemerIn a rite of late winter, the nation's governors rolled into Washington Saturday, worried as ever about what the federal government might do to them, and their states. The three-day National Governor's Association winter meeting opened in the nation's capital with states still struggling to close ...
Obama: I've Backed Some GOP Health Care Ideas All Along
By Tom DiemerPresident Barack Obama said Saturday he hopes neither political party tries to turn the upcoming White House summit on health care reform into "political theater with each side simply reciting talking points and trying to score political points." Obama has invited Republican and Democratic ...
Republicans May Skip White House Health Summit
By Patricia MurphyHouse Minority Leader John Boehner and the Republican whip, Rep. Eric Cantor, have notified the White House that Republicans may not participate in the president's bipartisan health care summit unless the ground rules of the meeting are changed. In a lengthy letter to White House Chief of Staff ...
Obama Braves Snow, Talks Politics, as Monster Storm Paralyzes DC
By Tom Diemer
President Obama ventured out of the White House on Saturday, but he was among a mere handful of Washingtonians willing to brave blizzardy conditions, as a record snow storm paralyzed the nation's capital and left tens of thousands without power. Even the president of the United States had to defer ...
Latest Round-Up of Obama Polls by State
By Bruce DrakeThe latest round-up of President Obama's job approval or favorability ratings by state updates or adds Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Kentucky, Massachusetts and Nebraska. Some of you have asked why some states do not appear in this list and the reason is there has not been polling that we have ...
Goodbye, Public Option, Hello Senate Bill? Hoyer Vows, 'Not Going to Happen'
By Patricia Murphy
Setting up yet another intraparty battle, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday that although he thinks the House would be willing to vote for a bill without a public-run insurance option, they will most definitely not accept the Senate bill in full without a conference committee to debate ...
The Joe Lieberman Debate: Good Jew or Bad Jew?
By David Gibson
Sen. Joseph Lieberman's cold shower announcement that he will filibuster just about any version of health care reform with a public option or Medicare expansion has set off sharp political debates about whether a reform bill can pass and whether the Democrats -- with whom the Dem-turned-Independent ...
Fate of Health Care Reform Changes Dynamics of Next Year's Midterms
By Bruce DrakeMeasuring how a vote for health care reform will play politically in next year's midterm elections is tricky business, and Public Policy Polling says its latest survey shows two things: Democrats will be hurt if they don't get a bill passed, and if they do, they may be in a delicate position with ...
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