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voices.washingtonpost.com - 10/13/2009

How the Senate Finance Committee Got Ron Wyden's Vote

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If you'd asked me six months ago which Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee would prove the toughest vote on health-care reform, I'd have had a couple answers for you. Blanche Lincoln, maybe. Or Tom Carper. Or Kent Conrad. I would not have said Ron Wyden. But it was Wyden's ...

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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/13/2009

Senate Finance Committee Votes On Health Care Reform Bill

— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — 10:00 a.m.: We're moments away from the start of the last Senate Finance Committee hearing on health... care reform. Check in here for continuous updates until the vote, which may not come until the afternoon. 10:37 a.m. : Quoth Hatch, "It is ... (more) Senate Finance Committee Votes On Health Care Reform Bill

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Health care

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Max Baucus

Chuck Grassley

Ron Wyden

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dailykos.com - 10/13/2009

Don't Celebrate the Snowe Vote

— dailykos.com — Olympia Snowe knows how to bargain, which anyone considering her yes vote on Baucus bill (which passed... 14-9 today) needs to keep in mind. Her yes vote does a couple of things. It keeps the Baucus bill relevant, and she remains a key focal point in ... (more) Don't Celebrate the Snowe Vote

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Max Baucus

Harry Reid

Appropriations Committee

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firedoglake.com - 10/13/2009

Senate Finance Committee Passes Bill 14-9: What Now?

— firedoglake.com — The Senate Finance Committee’s passage of a health reform bill marks the end of the committee process,... but only the beginning of the longer journey to passage. Starting tomorrow, Harry Reid, Max Baucus, Chris Dodd and one or two representatives ... (more) Senate Finance Committee Passes Bill 14-9: What Now?

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Harry Reid

Appropriations Committee

Health care

Max Baucus

Bill Nelson

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Remainders: Thatcher
Ben Smith's Blog — Obama's set to make a health care statement. The bill passed. Wyden was the hardest vote. Palin costumes sell out. She wishes Thatcher happy birthday. Pawlenty proposes health care changes. He takes heat from the right. Ambinder says the GOP web launch fizzled. Riehl defends. Steele should change his Gmail password anyway. And the Israeli embassy blasts J Street.

The backstory on Wyden's vote today
BlueOregon — Over at his Washington Post blog, Ezra Klein writes a post headlined "How the Senate Finance Committee Got Ron Wyden's Vote". He opens by noting the unlikelihood that Wyden would have emerged as the tough "get" for the chairman, Senator Max Baucus (D-MT): If you'd asked me six months ago which Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee would prove the toughest vote on health-care reform, I'd have had a couple answers for you. Blanche Lincoln, maybe. Or Tom Carper. Or Kent Conrad. I would not have said Ron Wyden. Why was Wyden ...

What will be good enough for Wyden on health care?
Jeff Mapes on Politics — ... Sen. Ron Wyden struck in exchange for his vote on the health care package: "Wyden gets hope in return for 'yes.'" Hope is largely what Wyden got. After the Oregon Democrat had his "choice amendment" sidetracked during the Senate Finance Committee's markup nearly two weeks ago, Wyden refused to say whether he'd vote to send the bill out of committee. After a series of talks with Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., Wyden ended up voting for the bill after Baucus publicly stated that Wyden's latest version of his choice amendment "could help achieve our mutual goals." Of course, ...

'Top Line' -- Sen. Wyden: Lack of Choice in Health Care Bill Doesn’t Pass ‘Smell Test’
The Note — ... He’s still trying to include that component in the final bill, and yesterday engaged in an unusual Senate floor discussion with Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., that strongly suggested that a deal is in the works. ...