Fox News (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
Democratic senators say they have a tentative deal to drop a government-run insurance option from health care legislation.
Sify (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
Democratic senators: Tentative deal to drop government-run insurance option in health bill.
Reno Gazette Journal (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic senators say they have a tentative deal to drop a government-run insurance option from health care legislation.
OpenSecrets.org (Free subscription) | yesterday
As the U.S. Senate weighs contentious changes to federal abortion policy, the Center for Responsive Politics has also found that pro-choice interests have given sitting senators roughly six times as much as pro-life interests have contributed to them. CRP has further found that senators who voted in favor of tabling an anti-abortion amendment offered by Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) received...
Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion (Free subscription) | yesterday
Senator Orrin Hatch has written a Hanukkah song. The background is here . Thanks, Orrin. There's a lesson to be learned here, but unfortunately the Jewish community will not learn it because it is so deep in the pocket of the Democratic Party that it cannot see the light. (Pun intended.) Anyway, here's the video : Israel Matzav notes: "We're still waiting for the first such venture...
Breaking News from The Birmingham News - al.com (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Contend more than $2 billlion let during his time in office.
LATICONOMICS (Free subscription) | yesterday
Senators Strike Health Deal GREG HITT JANET ADAMY Associated Press Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid talks to the media after the Senate Democratic caucus that Obama attended on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sunday. WASHINGTON -- Senior Senate Democrats reached tentative agreement Tuesday night to abandon the government-run insurance plan in their health-overhaul bill and to expand Medicare...
Queerty (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Though the gay activist delivering the "bloodbath" quote wouldn't go on the record, even we've been hearing from New York's gay leaders that the Democratic state senators who voted "no" on marriage equality will be targeted in their 2010 re-election campaign. And these lawmakers should've expected it. CONTINUED » Permalink | 2 comments | Add to del.icio.us Tagged:...
Jumping in Pools (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
I have done some research, located a few roll call votes, and I have identified the five Democratic Senators we need to pressure over the next few weeks, as the future of America depends on it, forever. Senator Joe Lieberman - Independent, Connecticut. Senator Lieberman is 100% opposed to the government option being included in the health care legislation, he is also...
MSNBC.com: Politics (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
The fate and shape of the public option in the Senate health care bill now rests in the hands of ten Democratic senators: five moderates and five progressives whose views span the spectrum within the Democratic caucus. Democratic - Health care - United States Senate - Congressional caucus - Senate
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
The fate and shape of the public option in the Senate health care bill now rests in the hands of ten Democratic senators: five moderates and five progressives whose views span the spectrum within the Democratic caucus. Democratic - Health care - United States Senate - Congressional caucus - Senate
StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
In a rare Sunday visit to the Capitol, President Obama pressed Democratic senators to make history on health care.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
In a rare Sunday visit to the Capitol, President Obama pressed Democratic senators to make history on health care.
CommonDreams.org Headlines (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
by Brian Beutler WASHINGTON - Ten Democratic Senators emerged tonight from a long series of meetings having reached a tentative agreement on a public option compromise. None would comment on the actual provisions in the deal, saying they first want to hear back from the Congressional Budget Office, which will begin scoring the new package tomorrow. read more
S E N A T U S (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
The group of 10 “progressive and moderate Democratic senators negotiating a deal on the public option may be close to a deal,” First Read reports. The group is meeting this morning and will be throughout the day, according to senators in the group. "This is the first time we’ve said, ‘We’re going to go in [...]
