fdlaction.firedoglake.com - 10/28/2009
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Lieberman said he “feared” the 60 vote Democratic majority shortly after the election. Well, sure is a good thing we gave him oversight over Homeland Security, allowed him to use it as a power base and let him have his gavel without any agreement whatsoever to support the ...
thehill.com - 10/26/2009
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thehill.com —
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), one of a handful
of Senate wild cards in this fall’s healthcare reform...
debate, says his concern about the Senate bill is based on the national deficit — not the insurers that dominate his state. The Connecticut senator ...
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Lieberman: Health bill concern not based on Connecticut ...
tnr.com - 10/27/2009
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tnr.com —
I've been thinking for a couple weeks that
Joe Lieberman is the Democrats' biggest potential problem. The...
rest of the party has a strong incentive to pass health care reform and avoid a 2010 catastrophe. But Lieberman? He's not a Democrat and won't ...
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It Was Lieberman All Along
voices.washingtonpost.com - 10/27/2009
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I don't know why I don't take Joe
Lieberman's threat to filibuster health-care reform more seriously, but...
I just don't. Take what Lieberman told reporters today: I told Senator Reid that I'm strongly inclined -- I haven't totally decided, but I'm ...
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Will Joe Lieberman filibuster?
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FDL Action Health Care Update: Tuesday (10/27/09)
Blue Commonwealth - Front Page —
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Tuesday, October 27.
1. David Dayen reports on Joe Lieberman threatening to filibuster any bill with a public option. Dayen points out that Lieberman's current position represents a complete reversal of what he was saying during the 2006 U.S. Senate election. Given this behavior, Dayen wonders, "why does Lieberman still have his committee gavel and what is Obama doing about it?" Good questions.
2. Dayen adds that White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said earlier today, "I ...
FDL Action Health Care Update: Tuesday (10/27/09)
Blue Virginia —
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Tuesday, October 27. 1. David Dayen reports on Joe Lieberman threatening to filibuster any bill with a public option. Dayen points out that Lieberman's current position represents a complete reversal of what he was saying during the 2006 U.S. Senate election. Given this behavior, Dayen wonders, "why does Lieberman still have his committee gavel and what is Obama doing about it?" Good questions. 2. Dayen adds that White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said earlier today, ...
Dodd: Lieberman Being Reprimanded is “Ridiculous”
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... Harry Reid screwed up and didn’t demand that Lieberman vote with the caucus on cloture votes as the price of his committee chairmanship. “I trust Senator Lieberman…. We’re looking forward, we’re not looking back,” he said. Well, Joe’s looking back — to the same old Joe. If Chris Dodd has more loyalty to an “old boy’s club” notion of the Senate than he does to an issue he was tasked to lead on by both the President and Ted Kennedy, I think he firmly moves into “part of the problem” territory. ...
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