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By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailySen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) Tuesday derided as "a joke" a bipartisan proposal being crafted by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), and John Kerry (D-Mass.) to address climate change since it does not spell out what to do with toxic waste that would be generated by proposed new nuclear plants. "There's no nuclear power, there's no recycling, there's no storage," McCain said. "It's a joke when there's no site recycling and there's no storage. Nuclear power is not viable without recycling and without storage. Period." The proposal from Graham, Lieberman, and Kerry calls for ...
Lieberman's Health Care Role Hurt Him With Voters Back Home
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyConnecticut's independent Sen. Joseph Lieberman may have won a round with the Democratic leadership in getting what he wanted on health care reform legislation, but he has come out the loser when it comes to how the state's voters see him, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted Jan. 4-5. ...
Top Obama Aide Defends Use of Criminal Trial for Would-Be Plane Bomber
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyPresident Obama's top counterterrorism adviser today defended the administration's decision to put the Nigerian man who tried to bomb a Detroit-bomb airplane on trial in a criminal court rather than charge charge him as an enemy combatant given his ties to an al Qaeda group based in Yemen. ...
Napolitano Says No Evidence Yet Airplane Bomb Plot Part of 'Anything Larger'
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyHomeland Security Security Janet Napolitano said officials so far have no indication that the attempt by a Nigerian man to ignite an explosive device aboard a Northwest Airlines plane Friday "is part of anything larger" and that investigations continue on how he got dangerous substances aboard the plane and whether security watch list systems need to be updated. ...
New Health Vote Math Gets Worse For Reid
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyAs the president called Senate Democrats to the White House for a come-to-Obama meeting on health care, Majority Leader Harry Reid got some decidely mixed news about his uncommitted members, and one Republican thought to be in play. ...
The Health Battles That Won't Die: Lieberman, Taxes, Abortion and (Oh, Yeah!) the House
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailySenate Majority Leader Harry Reid showed just how ugly legislating can get on Monday night, when he called the members of his exhausted, fractured caucus together for an emergency meeting to discuss health reform. Once inside the large room in the Capitol, he gave them a reality check and a choice. First, the reality check: The only people keeping the Democrats from passing health care reform were other Democrats. Sen. Joe Lieberman, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, had announced the day before that he would filibuster the bill if it contained a Medicare expansion, while a ...
Podesta: Democrats Will Pass Health Bill With or Without Lieberman
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyJohn Podesta, the former White House chief of staff who ran President Obama's transition and still advises the administration on health care and other issues, today expressed confidence that a health care bill will pass despite the news that Sen. Joe Lieberman will filibuster any legislation with a public health insurance option or a Medicare buy-in for 55 year-olds. ...
Palin's Favorability Numbers Improve
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyMaybe it's her book tour, or the fact that recent polls have shown majorities saying the press has treated her unfairly, but Sarah Palin's favorability numbers improved in the latest poll by CNN/Opinion Research, with those that see her in a positive or negative light matched evenly at 46 percent each, according to a CNN/Opinion Research poll conducted Dec. 2-3. Ten percent had no opinion and 6 percent say they never heard of her (!!!!!!). ...
The How-To Guide for Improving the Health Care Bill
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyNow that the Senate version of the health-care bill has survived its first filibuster, the next stage in this Perils-of-Pauline legislative drama is courting the recalcitrant moderates, who all have their own ideas about how to amend the bill. The buzzword over the weekend was "improvements," as if all the legislative process required was a quick stop at Home Depot. In advance of Saturday's Senate vote, Nebraska Democrat Ben Nelson – a human weather vane – courageously declared, "I'm not for or against the new Senate health-care bill." But Nelson voted to choke off the ...
Praying for Lieberman: Will That Change His Mind on Health Care?
By David Gibson - Politics DailyJoseph Lieberman is an observant Jew, but the senator from Connecticut apparently didn't want to check out the candlelight prayer vigil in front of his Stamford home Sunday evening -- and who could blame him? The crowd of 500 people had gathered outside of Lieberman's condo holding candles and singing "This Little Light of Mine" because they were incensed at Lieberman's threat the join a Republican filibuster against any health care bill that includes a public option. The protesters represented a cross-section of faiths, including Unitarians, African-American Baptists, Muslims, and Stamford ...
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