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Lieberman slams public option; taunts critics

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:31:09 +0000

Lieberman’s threat to filibuster any health care bill with a public option could kill health reform this year.

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Senate panel notes 'red flags galore' in Fort Hood incident

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:31:02 +0000

The hearing by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee kicked off a congressional push to examine laws and policies dealing with suspicious troops. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, the committee's top Republican, said the military and the FBI failed to follow "red flags ...

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Lieberman says he wouldn't be alone in public option filibuster

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:53:00 +0000

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said he might not be the only Democrat to oppose cloture for final passage of the healthcare bill. Lieberman said he would vote with Democrats over the weekend to proceed with debate on the Senate health bill, but said that if the final version includes a public ...

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Pat Robertson denounces Islam: 'Not a religion,' but 'a violent political system,' wants adherents treated like Communists

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:14:00 +0000

DOWNLOADS: (14) PLAYS: (28) You just knew that when Holy Joe Lieberman started grandstanding about the Fort Hood massacre by demanding an investigation into whether or not Nidal Hasan "infiltrated" the military as a "terrorist", it was the kind of demagoguery that would bring out the worst in ...

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Reid: Crucial vote Saturday

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:50:32 +0000

From NBC's Ken Strickland Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today said the crucial vote to bring the legislation to the floor will happen "sometime" Saturday. But he was uncertain he had to 60 votes required to start debate. "We'll find out when the votes are taken," he said during a Q ...

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Ben Nelson threatens filibuster

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:14:00 +0000

Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) said Thursday that he would prevent health reform from moving to final passage if restrictions on federal funding for abortion weren’t tightened during the amendment process. But, he added, “there are a lot of other things that could keep me from ...

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Pentagon, Senate Launch Dueling Fort Hood Investigations

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:31:02 +0000

Lieberman blasts Defense Department probe of the shooting as backward-looking. United States Department of Defense - United States Senate - United States - Government - Defense Department

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Joe Lieberman Is Hallucinating

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:31:37 +0000

The Connecticut Senator says that President Obama didn't favor a public plan when he ran for president: It’s classic politics of our time that if you look at the campaign last year, presidential, you can’t find a mention of public option,” Lieberman said. “It was added ...

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Lieberman Going Rogue (Again)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:18:47 +0000

Next week, much to the discomfort of the Obama Adminsitration, Joe Lieberman -- chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Relations Committee -- will begin his investigation into whether the Fort Hood shooter was a terrorist and if law enforcement agencies missed red flags that ...

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Rabbi to Lieberman: “Do Not Stand Idly by the Blood of Your Neighbors”

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:49:46 +0000

Is this great or what? Thank you Rabbi Fish! “The moral imperative for our time is clear. Anyone whose guide in public policy is conscience, anyone who argues that faith and religious traditions should direct our actions, such a person must stand for universal health care in ...

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Yale to Lieberman: Please reconsider your stance on the healthcare bill

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:06:44 +0000

About 650 members of the Yale University community -- students, faculty and staff -- signed a letter urging Sen. Joseph Lieberman, a Yale grad, to reverse course on the health care bill. Lieberman has said he opposes any healthcare bill that includes a government-funded insurance option ...

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Hundreds attend vigil outside Joe Lieberman's home over health care

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:19:00 +0000

This has to send a potent message to Lieberman. The symbolism is simply stunning. Rabbis protesting outside Joe Lieberman's home in Stamford? This from a man who nine years ago had huge approval ratings in his home state and was within a hair of becoming the first Jewish vice-president. From the ...

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Hundreds attend vigil outside Lieberman's home over health care

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:36:21 +0000

STAMFORD -- Quietly holding candles, hundreds of clergymen, congregants and reform advocates lined the sidewalks outside Independent U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman's Stamford home Sunday night in a show of support for universal health care. "When we heard not only would he vote against it, but he'd use ...

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Far Left Radicals Hold Threatening Rally Outside Sen. Lieberman’s Home

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:24:00 +0000

The radical left is now threatening Joe Lieberman and his family outside his home for his position against nationalized health care. The far left Stamford Advocate reported this on the protest: Quietly holding candles, hundreds of clergymen, congregants and reform advocates lined the ...

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Lieberman will seek committee hearing on Fort Hood shootings

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:55:12 +0000

(CNN) - Sen. Joseph Lieberman said Sunday he intends to launch a Senate committee hearing on whether the Fort Hood shootings were a terrorist act and if the Army should have taken pre-emptive steps due to reported signs of Islamic extremism by the suspected gunman. "I'm intending to begin a congressional investigation of my Homeland Security Committee into what were the motives of (Maj. Nidal Malik) Hasan in carrying out this mass murder," the Connecticut independent, who belongs to the ...

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Lieberman Shills for the Healthcare Industry—By Scott Horton (Harper's Magazine)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:46:56 +0000

Scott Horton When he was seeking reelection in 2006, Joe Lieberman campaigned as a supporter of healthcare reform and expressed his support for “universal healthcare.” When the rubber hit the road, however, Lieberman emerged as a frontline warrior for the healthcare industry in its efforts to ...

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Clergy Seek To Reclaim Health Care Debate

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:24:54 +0000

Lead by an interfaith coalition more than 500 residents poured out of Stamford High School Sunday and walked across the street to U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman's Strawberry Hill Avenue home. Outside clergy from all denominations informed the junior senator...

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Lieberman: Bringing terror suspects to U.S. for trial 'inconceivable'

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:00:00 +0000

It is "inconceivable" why the U.S. would bring the alleged terrorist masterminds of the 9/11 attacks to New York for trial, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Friday. Lieberman, the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, said that the terror detainees -- including alleged 9/11 ...

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Hundreds attend vigil outside Lieberman's home over health care

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:24:54 +0000

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CTNJ-TV: Prayer Vigil Outside Lieberman's Stamford Home (video)

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:31:01 +0000

Prayer vigil outside U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman's Stamford home Sunday,Nov. 15

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