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List of Demands
The Page by Mark Halperin —
GETTY Ben Nelson itemizes health care grievances in letter to Leader Reid .
A list or a ransom note?
Political Animal —
A LIST OR A RANSOM NOTE?.... Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) has a few thoughts about the kind of changes he'd like to see on the health care reform bill. In fact, he has two pages of ideas , which he's already delivered to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). "There is not a lot of explanation there. These are just items," Nelson said. What's on it? Public option, abortion, and CLASS Act, among other things. "There will be a lot of discussion back and forth about what might get enough votes," Nelson said after the vote. "There will have to be fairly significant changes for ...
The Sunday Shows In Five Bullet Points... And Glen Beck!
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
1. A Senate of Four: Well, there's Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT). He says that the bill will change -- and significantly. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-NE) says that he'd vote to prevent the current health care bill from being taken off the floor -- and has presented a list of demands to Sen. Harry Reid. No "CLASS" Act -- this is the federal long-term insurance care provision, which Nelson thinks is a Ponzi scheme. No abortion coverage... and no public option. Still, on This Week, he said that he's confident that the bill can be improved on the floor. ...
Hullabaloo — ... I'm hearing a lot of the usual chatter about using reconciliation for the public option in light of comments by various Dems, such as Ben Nelson. But Reid sounded ...
