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dailykos.com - 9 days ago
Reid: Reconciliation "Always an Option"
— dailykos.com — This is the correct answer to the bleating of Joe Lieberman, and Blanche Lincoln, and Ben Nelson. If you don't want to be a part of the most critical domestic policy reform in generations, we can always do it without you. "Sure, it's always an ... (more) Reid: Reconciliation "Always an Option"

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huffingtonpost.com - 10 days ago
Reid, Durbin Open To Majority Vote To Beat Health Care Filibuster
— huffingtonpost.com — As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid works to cobble together the 60 votes he needs to overcome an expected Republican attempt to block a floor vote on health care, there is still one powerful parliamentary weapon he could draw from his back pocket.  ... (more) Reid, Durbin Open To Majority Vote To Beat Health Care ...

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huffingtonpost.com - 12 days ago
Durbin: Progressives Forced Our Hand On Public Option
— huffingtonpost.com — Democratic leaders were forced to include a national public health insurance option as part of health care reform by progressive Democratic senators who refused to support anything less, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said on Monday.  ... (more) Durbin: Progressives Forced Our Hand On Public Option

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Reid Dismisses Schumer's Insistence That Public Option Is In His Hands
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 24 days ago
Reid Dismisses Schumer's Insistence That Public Option Is In His Hands
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — Speaking to reporters just outside the Senate chamber this afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid scoffed at the suggestion--articulated last night by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) --that the public option is simply in his hands. "He would ... (more) Reid Dismisses Schumer's Insistence That Public Option ...

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swampland.blogs.time.com - 24 days ago
And they're off...
— swampland.blogs.time.com — The first day of negotiations to merge the Finance and HELP bills is now underway downstairs in S219 of the Capitol Building – just past the bathrooms off the Senate floor (I'm in the third floor press gallery). At the antique-looking wooden ... (more) And they're off...

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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 24 days ago
TPMDC Morning Roundup
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — Obama Making First Presidential Visit To New Orleans President Obama is making his first trip as President to New Orleans today , to review the continued reconstruction process from Hurricane Katrina. While this is the first trip by Obama himself, ... (more) TPMDC Morning Roundup

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Schumer: We Prevailed On The White House That Public Option Was The Way To Go
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12 days ago
Schumer: We Prevailed On The White House That Public Option Was The Way To Go
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — After a meeting between Senate leaders and the White House last week, a number of sources spoke to both myself and other reporters, reporting that the White House was pushing back on Majority Leader Harry Reid's inclination to do what he did today : ... (more) Schumer: We Prevailed On The White House That Public ...

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