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Lieberman at his most Lieberman-esque
Political Animal —
... , most notably Israeli settlements and the closing of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. Of course, as the cliche goes, Lieberman is with his caucus on "everything but foreign policy," so these remarks were hardly surprising. I found Lieberman's remarks on health care more disconcerting. Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said this weekend that he opposes a public option plan for consumers in a healthcare reform plan to emerge from the Senate. "I don't favor a public option," Lieberman told Bloomberg News in an interview broadcast this weekend. And I don't favor a public ...
TPMDC Sunday Roundup
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... In an interview with Bloomberg News, Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) expressed his opposition to a public option on health care. "I don't favor a public option," said Lieberman. "And I don't favor a public option because I think there's plenty of competition in the private insurance market." He ...
Lieberman opposes public plan in ObamaCare
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... , in which he firmly opposed the public plan in ObamaCare, which Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and Barack Obama have pushed hard. Lieberman says he sees no need for government to enter into this market, as The Hill reports : Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said this weekend that he opposes a public option plan for consumers in a healthcare reform plan to emerge from the Senate.“I don’t favor a public option,” Lieberman told Bloomberg News in an interview broadcast this weekend. And I don’t favor a public option because I think there’s plenty of competition in the private insurance ...
Joe being Joe: Lieberman says no to "public option" on health-care reform
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... And here he is again, Joe being Joe, this time on health-care reform, coming out, as expected, against the so-called "public option": ...
Flaps Blog Links for 2009-06-14
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Obamacare: Sen. Joe Lieberman won’t back public option on healthcare
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said this weekend that he opposes a public option plan for consumers in a ...
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... a terribly managed decision by the autocratic regime in Iran."
The former Republican Massachusetts governor also used the Iranian results to broaden his indictment of Obama, saying "it's very clear that the president's policies of going around the world and apologizing for America are not working."
Romney cited the belligerence of Iran, North Korea and Russia and the refusal of European countries to offer significant troop increases for Afghanistan.
Obamacare: Sen. Joe Lieberman won’t back public option on healthcare
Sen. Joe ...
Joe Being Joe: Lieberman Says No to “Public Option” on Health-Care Reform
The Moderate Voice —
... And here he is again, Joe being Joe, this time on health-care reform, coming out, as expected, against the so-called “public option”: ...
'Highly concentrated'
Political Animal —
... ." Likewise, Joe Lieberman recently emphasized the importance of " competition " in the system. Kathleen Sebelius told CNN a couple of weeks ago, " ...
Howard Dean Joins With TP’s Igor Volsky And Faiz Shakir To Author Book On Health Care Reform
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... to be his co-authors.
The book — which is being released in paperback today — is titled “Howard Dean’s Prescription for Real Health Care Reform.” (If it’s not available in your local bookstore, you can purchase a copy online here.)
The book is being released in the midst of a heated policy debate over health care reform. A number of so-called “moderate” Democratic senators -– including Max Baucus, Kent Conrad, Joe Lieberman, and others — have indicated they are opposing President Obama’s efforts ...
Lieberman: Public Option Not Good On Politics Or Substance (VIDEO)
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... in the politics," Lieberman said to the paper. "And by the politics I mean I think we're not going to get the votes to pass the overall bill if that becomes a condition of it."
On the substance, Lieberman said: "Part of my concern is ... that inevitably if we create a public option, the public is going to end up pay for it and that's a cost we can't take on."
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Lieberman has declined to back a public option in the past.
Independent Bernie Sanders has ...
Lieberman: Public Option Not Good On Politics Or Substance (VIDEO)
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... in the politics," Lieberman said to the paper. "And by the politics I mean I think we're not going to get the votes to pass the overall bill if that becomes a condition of it."
On the substance, Lieberman said: "Part of my concern is ... that inevitably if we create a public option, the public is going to end up pay for it and that's a cost we can't take on."
Watch:
Lieberman has declined to back a public option in the past.
Independent Bernie Sanders has ...
Life After the Death of the Public Option
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... 220-225 votes for passage (a minimum of 218 are required). And arguably, the conditions have worsened somewhat for health care reform since the Commerce Committee's compromise passed on July 31st. It's the Senate side, though, where the public option was encountering most of its difficulties. Only 37 Senators, according to the whip count at Howard Dean's website, were firmly on board with the public option, whereas at least a few Democrats (Mary Landrieu, Joe Lieberman, Kent Conrad) had stipulated their opposition to it. There were ...
