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Key Democratic Senators Correct Lieberman On The Public Option
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 28 days ago
Key Democratic Senators Correct Lieberman On The Public Option
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Key public option supporters in the Senate Democratic Caucus pushed back today on different objections raised by Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) to the idea of including a public option in health care reform. "I think one of the problems the leader is working through...is that there have been a ...
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

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Lieberman Would Prefer ‘Nothing’ To Health Care Reform With A Public Option
thinkprogress.org - 28 days ago
Lieberman Would Prefer ‘Nothing’ To Health Care Reform With A Public Option
— thinkprogress.org — For months now, media critics like Media Matters’ Jamison Foser have pointed out that the press have... often demonstrated a double standard when questioning opponents and proponents of the public option, only asking advocates about whether they ... (more) Lieberman Would Prefer ‘Nothing’ To Health Care Reform ...

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“Lieberman is totally insincere.”
mahablog.com - 26 days ago
“Lieberman is totally insincere.”
— mahablog.com — There’s word today that Senator Lieberman is saying he won’t join a Republican filibuster of the health... care bill after all. Harry Reid and Lieberman have reached a “private understanding” on the matter, Alexander Bolton says at The Hill. Steve Benen says that in fact ... (more) “Lieberman is totally insincere.”

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Politics on HuffingtonPost.com:  Matt Osborne: Reid Doesn't Need Lieberman

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Matt Osborne: Reid Doesn't Need Lieberman
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... . Senators Whitehouse and Feingold schooled him on these issues afterwards, so his new line is that "nothing" is better than "something" with a public option -- because reform should cost at least $100 billion more than it has to. ...

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