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dailykos.com - 10/28/2009
Reconciliation, Here We Come
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In my interview with Sen. Schumer today, I also asked him if reconciliation was still on the table for healthcare reform. He talked about how it wasn't the preferred way to go because of the complications and limitations, but didn't say it wasn't the route anyone wanted to take. Now that Joe ...
Lieberman Lies To Justify Health Care Filibustering: The Public Option Will Raise Premiums And Increase The Debt
thinkprogress.org - 10/28/2009
Lieberman Lies To Justify Health Care Filibustering: The Public Option Will Raise Premiums And ...
— thinkprogress.org — This afternoon, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) appeared on Fox News to defend his intention to filibuster any... health care reform bill that includes a national public option . Lieberman argued that a public plan would “stifle” the economic ... (more) Lieberman Lies To Justify Health Care Filibustering: The ...

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Traitor Joe
thedailybeast.com - 10/28/2009
Traitor Joe
— thedailybeast.com — The ex-Democrat now says he'll join the GOP in a health-care filibuster. Paul Begala on Lieberman's latest... and most shameless betrayal. It's journalistic shorthand to note a politician's party identification and state after his or her name. For... (more) Traitor Joe

Comments vote down Taegan Goddard's Political Wire found this 10/28/2009found this
Lieberman Proposed Public Option In 2004, Opposes It Now
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/28/2009
Lieberman Proposed Public Option In 2004, Opposes It Now
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) seems to have seriously changed his position on a public health insurance program... -- from supporting it years ago, to staunchly opposing it now. Back when Lieberman was a full-fledged Democrat and sought the party's ... (more) Lieberman Proposed Public Option In 2004, Opposes It Now

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10/28: Holy Joe
Blogometer — ... Pres. Obama to pressure Lieberman to vote for cloture, since "it was Obama who intervened to save Lieberman's position in the Democratic caucus last December." Others are urging Reid to give up on trying to get 60 votes and instead use the reconciliation procedure to pass a strong public option. The netroots are also urging Senate Dems to punish Lieberman by stripping him of his chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee. ...

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Reid: Reconciliation "Always an Option" — Daily Kos
This is the correct answer to the bleating of Joe Lieberman, and Blanche Lincoln, and Ben Nelson. If you don't want to be a part of the most critical domestic policy reform in generations, we can always do it without you. "Sure, it's always an option," Reid said after leaving his press ...