news.yahoo.com - 10/23/2009
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Top US Senators vow no 'failure' on health care AFP/Getty Images A woman holds a sign to show her support for a strong public health insurance option in the health care
politico.com - 10/23/2009
theplumline.whorunsgov.com - 10/27/2009
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The House Dem leadership has conducted its preliminary
whip count and has tallied up less than 200...
likely Yes votes in support of a health care reform bill with a robust public option, well short of the 218 needed for passage, according to an internal ...
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Exclusive: Robust Public Option Lacks Votes To Pass ...
huffingtonpost.com - 10/21/2009
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Nancy Pelosi is ready to rumble. The House
Speaker told her Democratic caucus Tuesday night that she...
plans to bring a health care reform bill with a robust public option to the House floor for a vote, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) tells HuffPost. But ...
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Pelosi To Dems: Time To Take A Stand On Public Option
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Exclusive: Pelosi lacks votes for most sweeping public option
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... of moderate Democrats in this debate. The House is now likely to include one of the two weaker versions in the bill that will be considered on the floor as Obamas historic health-reform plan chugs toward passage. The vote count will be a disappointment to liberals, but could be helpful to the crucial members of her caucus from conservative-leaning districts. Votes arent there, a top official said. The progressives are always more optimistic than reality. .... Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091023/pl_politico/2... Trigger my ass. This is about weak as ...
Pelosi lacks votes for most sweeping public option
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... for a trigger option for a government plan. Administration officials have been telling POLITICO for weeks now that this the most likely compromise because it can probably satisfy liberalsalbeit only reluctantly and after many vent frustration and some even threaten to walk away from the bill. This would clear the way for backers to sneak a limited public option through the Senate by attracting moderate Democrats and then to win President Barack Obama's signature. Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091023/pl_politico/2... Well, with the signs in the Senate that ...
Politico: Obama Fighting For Snowe's Triggers
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Politico: [President] Obama told Democratic leadership at the White House Thursday evening that his preference is for the trigger championed by Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) – a plan that would allow a public plan to kick in if private insurers don’t expand coverage fast enough, a top administration official told POLITICO. It’s also sign Obama is interested in maintaining a sense of bipartisanship around the health reform plan. At that meeting, Obama did not sign on to a plan being floated by Senate Majority Leader Harry ...
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Obama working on getting Senate votes for public option
thehill.com 10/23/2009 — The White House is concentrating on winning Senate votes to pass health reform with a public option, a spokesman said Friday. As questions swirl about the number of votes in the House for several versions of the public option, varying in strength, ...
Under 200 Votes For Public Option ?
themoderatevoice.com 10/28/2009 — A leaked memo from the Democratic Whip’s office shows that they may have under 200 votes for the public option, so the issue of 60 Senate votes may be moot
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Pelosi Believes She Has Votes for Robust Public Option*
campaignsilo.firedoglake.com 10/15/2009 — The Hill is reporting that Pelosi now believes she has the vote for a modified version of the robust public option favored by progressives. Pelosi made two key concessions to garner sufficient votes.
Pelosi offered a key policy change to the ...
Pelosi: Public Option Is 'Best Option'
realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com 8/18/2009 — As liberals worry that President Obama may be resigned to signing a health care reform bill without a public option, Speaker Nancy Pelosi released a statement this afternoon calling a public option...
Pelosi: "The Public Option Will Be in the Bill That Passes the House"
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 9/18/2009 — This will come as a welcome moment of relief for House progressives and public option enthusiasts.
"I fully support the public option. The public option will be in the bill that passes the House," Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters today .
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Do They Need the Public Option?
powerlineblog.com 10/30/2009 — Much discussion of the House Democrats' health care bill has focused on its inclusion of the "public option," which most observers see as a Trojan Horse intended to serve, ultimately, as the vehicle for socialized medicine as private insurers are ...
Public Option Please
publicoptionplease.com 10/10/2009 — Public Option Please: Public Option for the Public Good P ublic O ption P lease is a grassroots organization committed to the goal of guaranteed and affordable health care for all Americans. We believe that health care is a human right; and, like ...
House Still Shy On Votes For Robust Public Option
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/27/2009 — Greg Sargent's numbers are right : "47 House Dems are committed No votes, and eight are Leaning No," on a health care bill if it includes a public option, preferred by reformers, that pays providers Medicare rates plus five percent.
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First Read 10/23/2009
From NBC's Andrea MitchellA spokesman for Nancy Pelosi is denying today's Politico report that any decision has been made about the public option in the House bill.
"We continue to work with all the members of the caucus to build consensus," ...
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