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'Blue Dog' Democrats Still Want Health Care Reform
By David Sessions - Politics DailyEven after a rough summer of voter outrage and Republican attacks, most "Blue Dog" Democrats still believe Congress can pass some kind of health care reform and that doing so is necessary. How these conservative Democrats are feeling after the five-week recess is crucial to the success of President Obama's health care plan, as every Democratic vote will be necessary in the face of solid Republican opposition. Several members of the Blue Dog coalition say that views on health care across the Democratic Party have not shifted much during this summer's battle, but that they are not looking to ...
Health Marathon: An Inside Look At How Congress Is Deciding Your Care
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyThe third and last House committee considering health reform was entering the endgame, or so its members hoped, and chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) opened by sharing some advice he gave a congressman before Thursday's work session. "I told him not to make any appointments before 1 a.m. Friday morning," Waxman said. ...
Health Care Reform: Fasten Your Seatbelts -- Congress is at the Wheel
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyThe truest legislative assessment of the prospects for health care reform was uttered by none other than Bette Davis in "All About Eve:" "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night." Just when it seemed like Congress was going to slink into its August recess with everything in suspended animation, both Senate and House negotiators reported unexpected progress Wednesday afternoon in easing bills through key committees. ...
Liberals Threaten Revolt After Blue Dog Deal on Health Care
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyHours after the Blue Dog Democrats announced a deal on a scaled-back health care reform bill Wednesday, anger among liberal members threatened to derail the bill from the left. ...
John Boehner on Health Care Bill: 'It Will Get Shredded'
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyRep. John Boehner of Ohio, the top Republican leader in the House, predicted that if the Democrats leave town without a full House vote, they will doom the bill to failure. "If this bill hangs out there over August recess, it will get shredded and they will have nothing," Boehner said at a lunch sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor. He said that the more the American people learn about the Democrats' plans for health care reform, the less they will like it. "What was promised and what was delivered don't add up and people are upset about it." Speaking of the moderate Blue Dog Democrats ...
House Dems Strike Health Care Deal, But Senate 'Not Even Close'
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyRep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.), the lead health care negotiator for the conservative Blue Dog Democrats, announced Wednesday that five moderate Democratic members of a key committee have struck a deal on health care reform with Democratic leaders. The Blue Dogs had been threatening to derail the bill without concessions from party leaders on the cost and size of the measure. Earlier this week, Ross and his group of Blue Dogs gave a list of 10 items to the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), that they wanted to see changed in the existing House ...
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