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Health Care Reform Bill Unlikely to Pass This Year
abcnews.go.com - 25 days ago
Health Care Reform Bill Unlikely to Pass This Year
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Senior Congressional Democrats told ABC News today it is highly unlikely that a health care reform bill will be completed this year, just a week after President Barack Obama declared he was "absolutely confident" he'll be able to sign one by then. "Getting this done by the by the end of the ...
thehill.com - 27 days ago
Reid reassures the left Lieberman is on board
— thehill.com — Joe Lieberman has reached a private understanding with Harry Reid that he will not block healthcare reform,... sources say. Read more... (more) Reid reassures the left Lieberman is on board

Comments vote down Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News found this 27 days agofound this
Reid Suggests Health Care Reform May Not Come This Year
cbsnews.com - 26 days ago
Reid Suggests Health Care Reform May Not Come This Year
— cbsnews.com — Asked if health care reform legislation will pass this year, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid told reporters... today that "we're not going to be bound by any timelines." "We need to do the best job we can for the American people," he said. "We want ... (more) Reid Suggests Health Care Reform May Not Come This Year

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Hit & Run:  Harry Reid Promises There Really is a Health-Care Bill at the End of the Rainbow

Megan McArdle:  Punditwatch: Who Got Hurt More Last Night?

Flopping Aces:  Democrats May Stall Health Care Vote!

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Harry Reid Promises There Really is a Health-Care Bill at the End of the Rainbow
Hit & Run — Remember at the beginning of the year when President Obama declared that we'd have health-care reform bills passed by the August recess? Not so much, right? Indeed, the whole sticking-to-the-timeline thing hasn't gone so well for Congress' would-be reformers. And now it looks like they're beginning to admit that they may not ...

Punditwatch: Who Got Hurt More Last Night?
Megan McArdle — A quick survey of the print and web punditospheres reveals Democrats chin-pulling about the mixed message of last night's events, or wanly saying that this wasn't a referendum on Obama.  Meanwhile conservatives are mostly crowing--even, somewhat delusionally, about pushing Scozzafava out in NY-23.  From which I mote that progressives took the worst body blow--though if conservatives continue perkily believing that intraparty warfare is the surest route to success . . . well, welcome to Barack Obama's second term. ...

Democrats May Stall Health Care Vote!
Flopping Aces — Harry Reid, who demanded a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq, insists he will not be held to a timeline to vote on health care! This is too funny! Top Dems: No Health Care Bill in 2009 By JONATHAN KARL ABC News 11/4/09 Senior Congressional Democrats told ABC News today it is highly unlikely that a health care reform bill will be completed this year, just a week after President Barack Obama declared he was “absolutely confident” he’ll be able to sign one by then. “Getting this done by the by the end ...

No Health Care In '09? Says Who?
The Atlantic Politics Channel — Senior congressional Democrats told ABC News today that getting health care done by the end of the is unlikely. This, of course, would be a blow to the White House and to Democratic leaders trying to get their bill done before another blown deadline--first it was August, then it was the end of the year, and now... But who, exactly, is saying there won't be reform by the end of the year? ABC quotes a senior Democratic leadership aide on background as saying, "Getting this done by the end of the year is a no-go," plus two other "key Congressional Democrats," without specifying which chamber any of the three work in. It's ...

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No Health Care Bill Til Next Year? Fine By Me
fdlaction.firedoglake.com 25 days ago — I was on Rachel Maddow last night talking about Harry Reid’s announcement that a health care bill might not pass until next year, and the White House response that they still wanted it in 2009. Why is this happening? Pure guess: White ...
As Leaders Try To Pass Health Care Reform By Year's End, The Nearest Obstacles Are In Their Own Party
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 24 days ago — With less than two months to go until Congress breaks for the holidays, the White House and Senate leaders are huddling to figure out how to pass a bill before the end of the year. As part of their push, both camps are meeting with conservative ...
Concerned Obama Pressures Senate To Pass Health Care Bill — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
The White House, growing concerned that the Congressional timetable for passing a health care overhaul could slip into next year, is stepping up pressure on the Senate for quick action, with President Obama appearing Sunday in the Rose Garden to call on senators to "take up the baton and bring ...
"I can tell you right now, if we don't pass this bill, I don't care who you are; if you have a D behind your name and this bill has not been passed, you are in tremendous peril next year." — Althouse
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn sounds the alarm , but perhaps not the alarm he thinks he's sounding. It focuses the minds in the House, but does it incline them to vote for the bill or against it?
Quote of the Day — The Political Carnival
Amen. "I can tell you right now, if we don't pass this bill, I don't care who you are; if you have a D behind your name and this bill has not been passed, you are in tremendous peril next year." -- House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC), talking with Politico about the health care reform ...
Quote of the Day — Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
"I can tell you right now, if we don't pass this bill, I don't care who you are; if you have a D behind your name and this bill has not been passed, you are in tremendous peril next year." -- House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC), talking with Politico about the health care reform bill.
Question Of The Day: What If Health Care Doesn't Pass In 2009? — The Atlantic Politics Channel
If health care reform doesn't pass by the end of the year, will the political will behind it fall apart? What changes for health care if Congress leaves for the holidays without putting a bill on President Obama's desk?
Analysis: Health care delay would frustrate Obama (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - Delay is rarely good for politicians trying to pass legislation. The possibility that Congress might not complete action on a major health care bill this year is another frustration for President Barack Obama and his allies.