newsbusters.org - 10/29/2009
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Candidate Barack Obama made a big deal about government transparency and giving citizens ample opportunity to read pieces of legislation before they're voted on. With this in mind, all 40 Republican Senators signed a letter sent to Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) Thursday demanding the new ...
Ode To Pro-Rape Republicans
madkane.com 10/11/2009 — Thirty Senate Republicans voted to keep rape victims who work for defense contractors from having their day in court. How? By voting against an Al Franken-proposed amendment to the 2010 Defense Appropriations Bill that would withhold defense contracts ...
Reid: "The Public Option With An Opt-Out Is The One That's Fair"
huffingtonpost.com 10/26/2009 — The public option lives.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced Monday that the bill he will bring to the Senate floor will include a public health insurance option that individual states could decline to participate in.
"The ...
Senate Bill Will Include
foxnews.com 10/26/2009 — Home Senate Bill Will Include 'Public Option' Opt Out Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday that Senate legislation will include government-backed health insurance that allows states to opt out, but it's "not a silver bullet" FOXNews.com ...
Reid makes concessions to labor unions on Senate healthcare bill
thehill.com 10/26/2009 — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has made several significant concessions to organized labor in the healthcare reform bill he is preparing for the Senate floor, according to a source familiar with the legislation. Reid has increased the ...
The High Drama Behind Reid's Public Option Decision
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/28/2009 — Today, everyone's officially on the same page. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and his leadership team, and the White House all stand behind the Senate health care bill, which, as we learned this week , includes a public option. But the days ...
Reid to announce a public option?
voices.washingtonpost.com 10/26/2009 —
At 3:15 p.m. today, Harry Reid will hold a news conference explaining what's in the Senate bill. Expectations are that he's going to announce the inclusion of a national public option that states can reject if they choose. Politico reports that ...
NRSC: Reid is a 'partisan bully'
thehill.com 10/26/2009 — Republicans are now hoping to use Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (Nev.) reaffirmed support for a public option as ammunition in their fight to defeat him in 2010. In a statement released just before Reid announced his chamber's final reform bill ...
Before Reid Even Starts Speaking GOP Hits Him On 'Govt-Run' Health Care
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/27/2009 — As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid prepared to announce the new health care bill with a public option included, Republicans fired off a statement targeting him for reelection that suggests they've chosen a new everything-old-is-new-again talking ...
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