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Nelson, Landrieu Say Election Results Do Not Diminish Their Health Care Goals
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/5/2009
Nelson, Landrieu Say Election Results Do Not Diminish Their Health Care Goals
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Today is a day for thumbsucking. After Republicans won gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, and Democrats picked up two House seats, everyone in Washington is spinning away, hoping to change the conventional wisdom, and, perhaps politics on Capitol Hill. But will it work? Today, ...
abcnews.go.com - 24 days ago
Democrat Ben Nelson Draws a Line in the Sand on Health Care
— abcnews.go.com — Nelson won't vote for a health care bill that looks like the House version. Ben Nelson -... House - Health - United States - Medicine (more) Democrat Ben Nelson Draws a Line in the Sand on Health Care

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Nelson: Bad Economy Means We Should Wreck Economy, Destroy Planet, Let Health Care Languish
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 29 days ago
Nelson: Bad Economy Means We Should Wreck Economy, Destroy Planet, Let Health Care Languish
— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — I suspect we’re going to be hearing a lot more of this sort of thing in the... weeks to come: Democrat Ben Nelson, a Senator from Nebraska, said the slumping economy and rising joblessness will be factors as Congress considers climate change ... (more) Nelson: Bad Economy Means We Should Wreck Economy, ...

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CNBC Exposes Hypocrisy Of Ben Nelson’s ‘Prairie Populism’
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 30 days ago
CNBC Exposes Hypocrisy Of Ben Nelson’s ‘Prairie Populism’
— wonkroom.thinkprogress.org — Last Friday on CNBC, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) bashed clean energy reform as a scheme to raise... electricity costs and prop up Wall Street. Nelson reaffirmed his opposition to the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act , legislation supported by ... (more) CNBC Exposes Hypocrisy Of Ben Nelson’s ‘Prairie Populism’

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Daily Kos:  Landrieu Still Needs Some Help with the Public Option

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Landrieu Still Needs Some Help with the Public Option
Daily Kos — ... In an otherwise good news article about how yesterday's election doesn't change anything in ConservaDems' Ben Nelson and Mary Landrieu's attitude toward the need to enact healthcare reform, there's this: ...

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