prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com - 10/8/2009
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Two former Congressional leaders lend their support to Democratic efforts to revamp health care.
voices.kansascity.com - 10/7/2009
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Bob Dole By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star
editorial page columnist Bob Dole supports health care reform....
"This is one of the most important measures members of Congress will vote on in their lifetimes," the former Republican Senate majority ...
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Bob Dole outs naysayer Mitch McConnell
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huffingtonpost.com - 10/7/2009
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Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kans.) told
a group of local Kansas reporters on Wednesday, that...
opposition to the president's health care package had been driven by knee-jerk partisanship and urged Congressional Republicans to get on board ...
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Bob Dole: Health Care Will Pass, GOP Should Get On Board
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Dole endorses reform, smacks McConnell
Political Animal —
DOLE ENDORSES REFORM, SMACKS MCCONNELL.... In the early 1990s, then-Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kan.) helped kill health care reform. Fifteen years later, Dole may not be in Congress anymore, but he's playing a more constructive role on the issue. Bob Dole, the one-time Republican leader in the Senate, and Tom Daschle, the one-time Democratic leader, issued a joint statement today in which they said they supported the Democrats' attempt to overhaul the health-care system. "The American people have waited decades, and if this moment passes us by, it may be decades more ...
The WonkLine: October 8, 2009
Wonk Room —
... Former Senate Majority Leaders Bob Dole and Tom Daschle “issued a joint statement today in which they said they supported the Democrats’ attempt to overhaul the health-care system. “The American people have waited decades, and if this moment passes us by, it may be decades more before there is another opportunity,” the two former leaders said in a joint statement. ...
Newsflash: Paid Health Care Lobbyists Support Obamacare
RedState —
... Several news outlets have been making hay out of an apparent joint endorsement of Obamacare (sans public option) by Bob Dole and Tom Daschle: ...
Dems’ and Dole’s Flaccid Health Care Advocacy
Firedoglake —
... Last week, former Senator and GOP Presidential candidate Bob Dole went public endorsing President Obama’s attempt to reform healthcare. Dole did so over already existing objections by Mitch McConnell and other Republicans. It spite of those objections, Dole publicly issued a joint statement with Tom Daschle saying: ...
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The split between Republicans may be getting more public as the reality sinks in that a vote is near on health care reform. And former Senator Bob Dole is now coming out in favor of it — and seemingly taking a swipe at Senate Minority leader Mitch (Dr. No) McConnell, the Kansas City ...
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washingtonpost.com 8/31/2009 — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ...
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First Read 10/8/2009
The New York Times says that the CBO's analysis of the Baucus health care bill now allows Baucus to "push for a panel vote within the next few days, and sets the stage for Democrats to take legislation to the floor for debate by the full Senate ...
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