themoderatevoice.com - 10/27/2009
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And now the key question is emerging — so get ready to hear it: does Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid have the votes to pass the opt-out public option in the health reform care battle? Or does his announcement portend an ugly mega-partisan battle that could end with the passage of ...
Reid Is Only One Or Two Votes Shy On Opt-Out Public Option
huffingtonpost.com 10/23/2009 — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is just one or two Senate votes shy of having a filibuster-proof majority in favor of a public option for health insurance coverage with a provision allowing states to opt-out, multiple sources tell the Huffington ...
My Best Guess on the One or Two Senate Votes Needed for Cloture
openleft.com 10/23/2009 — Multiple anonymous sources (quite a day for anonymous sources, eh?), are telling the Huffington Post that Harry Reid is only one or two votes shy of reaching cloture on health care bill with some sort of opt-out public option :
Senate Majority Leader ...
Reid Covering Up Secret Filibuster
fdlaction.firedoglake.com 10/24/2009 — Sam Stein and Ryan Grim at the Huffington Post say that Harry Reid is working the phone because he’s “just one or two Senate votes shy of having a filibuster-proof majority in favor of a public option for health insurance coverage with a ...
What Did Obama Tell Reid?
tnr.com 10/24/2009 — And I thought yesterday was crazy.
Brian Beutler has sources telling him that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is close to rounding up 60 votes for an "opt-out" public option, but that the White House is trying to slam on the brakes. ...
Reid Closing In on 60 Votes for Nationalized US Health Care
gatewaypundit.firstthings.com 10/25/2009 — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he is closing in on 60 votes for the democrats plan to nationalize health care at a cost of over $1 trillion to US taxpayers.
The Politico reported:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid closed in on clinching ...
White House: We're with Reid
thehill.com 10/26/2009 — The White House is trying to knock down rumors that they're less than enthusiastic about Harry Reid's approach to the public option. Reid is reportedly rounding up votes for a public option with an opt-out clause. The White House, the theory goes, ...
Reid Backs the Opt-Out
mahablog.com 10/26/2009 — Harry Reid just announced the Senate bill will have a public option with an opt-out for states. No trigger . This is great news. Plus, he says he has the votes to pass the bill once it’s been run past the CBO for analysis.
White House To Reid: Don't Come Crying To Us If You're Short Votes
huffingtonpost.com 10/27/2009 — The Obama White House, having pushed for a public health care plan with a trigger, is skeptical that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will come up with the votes for a more progressive opt-out proposal.
The administration told Reid, "You're the ...
Lieberman Says He'll Help GOP Filibuster
politicalwire.com 10/27/2009 — Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) said "that he'd back a GOP filibuster of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's health care reform bill," Politico reports.
"His comments confirmed that Reid is short of the 60 votes needed to advance the bill out of the ...
Tune in, turn on, opt out
balloon-juice.com 10/27/2009 — TPM has a great interview with Chuck Schumer about the discussion between Harry Reid and the White House on the opt out public option versus the triggered public option. It certainly sounds like the White House doesn’t trust Reid to count ...
Reid still short of 60
firstread.msnbc.msn.com 10/27/2009 —
From NBC's Ken Strickland After surveying a number of Democratic centrists today, it's clear that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is still short of the 60 votes he needs to even get the healthcare on the floor.
Passage is another ...
Reid, Durbin Open To Majority Vote To Beat Health Care Filibuster
huffingtonpost.com 10/28/2009 — 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.
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Hard Counts: There’s a big ‘I’ in ‘Win’ as Reid shops for votes
blogs.abcnews.com 10/28/2009 — ABC News’ Rick Klein reports: Who can count around here? (And who would want to know the results right now, anyway?) Surely Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid didn't go through all that trouble just to give Sen. Joe Lieberman (or, in truth, any ...
Trigger gaining support? —
Open Left - Quick Hits's RSS Feed
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., last week said he'd move ahead with a plan that allows states to opt out within the first year, but that's failed so far to stir the eight to 12 moderates whose votes are crucial.
Gaining support is the idea of a "trigger," where the public option ...
McClatchy: Trigger back on the table —
Daily Kos
David Lightman: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., last week said he'd move ahead with a plan that allows states to opt out within the first year, but that's failed so far to stir the eight to 12 moderates whose votes are crucial. Gaining support is the idea of a "trigger," where ...
More Decisions Await Harry Reid —
Matthew Yglesias
Jeff Young reminds us that besides rounding up 60 votes for cloture on a bill that includes an opt-out public option, Harry Reid still has a lot of decisions to make about the other aspects of health reform:
Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.), the third-ranking Democrat in the upper chamber, said ...
Public Option: Is Red Reid Running Yellow from Blue Dogs? —
Moonbattery
Inquiring minds want to know: is that uncompromising Comrade Reid all bark and no bite on that ObamaCare Government Option?
The problems Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is having securing the 60 votes he'll need to block a filibuster of his health care reform bill raises the possibility ...
Harry Reid doesn't have the votes —
Wizbang
Politico has an analysis of the latest developments with the health care deliberations in the Senate. (Hat tip: Instapundit.) The article begins:Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's appeals for party unity...
Progressive Memo to Obama: Pitch In on the Public Option —
TPMCafe
I hope there is no truth in the reports that the White House is telling Reid it will not help cement the 60 votes for an up or down decision on a Senate bill with the opt-out public option -- Option Squared we might call it. This is the least Obama can do -- stand firmly behind this compromise. ...
Reid Shops for Reelection Insurance —
RealClearPolitics - Homepage
Dana Milbank, Washington Post What Harry Reid did Monday afternoon gave new meaning to the phrase "public option."
The Senate majority leader, after haggling behind closed doors with members of his Democratic caucus, realized that he couldn't cobble together the 60 votes ...
Ignore The Anti-Reid Spin —
MyDD
As predicted, there's a singular line of bogus spin coming from pundits post-announcement that manifests itself as of the following arguments: 'Reid isn't sure if he'll get 60 cloture votes for an opt-out plan; but even if he doesn't, he can just substitute a trigger plan and plausibly tell ...
Harry Reid closed in on 60 votes for public option —
The Political Carnival
By GottaLaff Lawrence O'Donnell and Sen. Clyburn are discussing this as I type, on Countdown : Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid closed in on clinching 60 votes for a public health insurance option Friday as two key moderates signaled they wouldn’t stand in his way – clearing a path for ...
HuffPost: Reid one or two votes shy of opt-out public option —
Daily Kos
The Huffington Post's Sam Stein reports Harry Reid is just one or two senators away from securing the 60 votes he needs to defeat a Republican filibuster of a health care reform measure containing an opt-out public option. If Reid does manage to get 60 votes against a GOP filibuster, he'll only ...
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