Ace of Spades (Free subscription) | yesterday
Disappointing but not in the least bit surprising. Mr. Nelson (D., Neb.) had withheld his intentions on the test vote, saying he wanted to review the bill before deciding whether to support the procedural motion to allow debate on the...
Left of the Hill (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Senator Ben Nelson (D-Neb) is one of the centrist Democrats who had previously been wavering on whether or not he would vote to proceed to the debate on the health care bill. Today he released the statement below saying that he would vote to proceed with the debate, but that he still had some concerns about the bill. He stressed that this wasn't a way to express support for the bill, but merely supporting...
The Note (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Senator John McCain has taken the unusual step of personally targeting a fellow Senator in an attempted grassroots campaign against the Democratic health care reform bill.
Horserace (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Activists on Both sides of the Health Care Debate are Pressuring Key Senators ahead of Saturday's First Senate Vote
Horserace (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Anthony Salvanto Breaks Down the Electoral Concerns over Health Care for Some Key Senators
ABC News (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Sen. McCain has takes unusual step of personally targeting a fellow senator in an attempted grassroots campaign against the Dem bill. John McCain - John McCain presidential campaign 2008 - United States - Ben Nelson - Presidential
Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Below is just a portion of a great editorial written by the Omaha World-Herald. It has one person in mind, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE). Sixty votes will be needed to send Sen. Harry Reid's health care proposal to the Senate floor for debate. Sen. Ben Nelson, one of the most closely watched swing votes, should vote no. Why? Because Reid's proposal, like that approved in the U.S. House, would place immense...
Amspecblog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The conservative constituents of red-state Democratic senators should see through what Ben Nelson is doing. Many Democrats in difficult states will vote to let the bill go forward and then ...
jillstanek.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Before I get to yesterday's statement by pro-life Democrat Sen. Ben Nelson , from NE , a reminder that over 97% of bills approved for cloture (stop filibuster and allow debate) eventually pass. 60 votes are required for cloture but only 50 to pass a bill. Also read this excerpt from a statement by GOP Sen. Jim Demint of SC : But don't be fooled by senators that will say they oppose a government takeover...
Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Big Ben by digby Ben Nelson has evidently decided not to join the Republicans and filibuster his own Party's historic health care reform bill. Huzzah. Mary? Blanche? .
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) today urged Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) to vote against cloture on the motion to proceed to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) healthcare reform bill, the 2,074-page “Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act.” “Since the beginning of the healthcare debate, CCAGW has been urging...
2008 Democratic Convention Watch (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Huge news for health care reform: Sen. Ben Nelson announced Friday he will vote for a cloture motion Saturday that clears the way for Senate debate on health care reform. Nelson, a centrist Democrat who holds one of the key votes required to prevent a Republican filibuster, said the Senate needs to "start trying to fix a health care system that costs too much and delivers too little for Nebraskans."...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
Harry Reid sealed the biggest legislative victory of his career Saturday night with a kiss. And then a hug. Emotionally reserved doesn't begin to describe the Senate majority leader, a Democrat facing reelection in Nevada. Yet the man was beaming as the members of his caucus left the Senate floor, each one of them having given him their support, leaving him with exactly the 60 VOTES he needed to overcome...
ProLifeBlogs (Free subscription) | yesterday
With a 60 to 39 vote, the Senate approved floor debate on legislation that represents an unprecedented expansion of federally-funded abortion as part of the government takeover of health care. The Family Research Council explains , Among the several objectionable items included in this bill; like the public option, employer and individual mandates, is the government funding for elective abortion,...
PA Pundits (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Anna Edney and Dan Friedman The Senate voted 60-39 along party lines Saturday night to take up sweeping healthcare overhaul legislation, a victory that belies the tough haul ahead to assuage lingering Democratic concerns that threaten final passage. Four moderate Democrats – Sens. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Ben Nelson of Nebraska and [...]
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