tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/22/2009
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Where did all of this momentum for the public option come from? According to a source close to negotiations between the Senate and the White House, it came from last night's closed door meeting, with the push coming from Democratic leadership.
"It's definitely being considered," the source ...
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 30 days ago
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Multiple sources tell TPMDC that Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid is very close to rounding up 60
members in support of a public option with an opt out clause, and are continuing to push skeptical members. But they also say that the White House is ...
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Sources: White House Pushing Back Against Senate Public ...
huffingtonpost.com - 27 days ago
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huffingtonpost.com —
Democratic leaders were forced to include a national
public health insurance option as part of health care
reform by progressive Democratic senators who refused to support anything less, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said on Monday. ...
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Durbin: Progressives Forced Our Hand On Public Option
voices.washingtonpost.com - 30 days ago
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Things have gotten real complicated, real quick, on
the public option. This roundup of contrasting quotes and
statements, for instance, has a Keystone Kops quality to it. I've spent a fair bit of the day trying to figure out what went on in ...
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White House to Reid: We hope you know what you're doing
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Showdown at the Pub Opt Corral
Talking Points Memo —
... But Sen. Baucus this morning tried to rally the Dem holdouts to kick up a storm against the emerging consensus that getting a public option in the bill was doable. But his efforts appear to have fallen flat. Brian Beutler's got our late report with all the details. ...
Will Reid Dare Defy Empress Snowe on the Public Option Opt-Out?
Firedoglake —
... Update: Baucus really wants to keep Snowe on board and/or kill the public option. TPM is reporting that he went to conservative Democratic senators to try to whip them up against the public option with opt out. . . ...
Tab dump
Ezra Klein —
1) Enough with the states. Let's empower the Metropolitan Planning Organizations!
2) One could imagine a lobbying industry that's good for America, where various interests balance each other out and expertise is widely shared. But that's not the lobbying industry we have.
3) Is Google feeling the heat from Bing? What heat?
4) More public option momentum.
Recipe of the day: Apple cider donuts. I want to go to there.
Source: Leadership Poised To Add Public Option, Moderates Mostly Mum
Open Left - Quick Hits's RSS Feed —
... with the push coming from Democratic leadership.
"It's definitely being considered," the source said, referring to the public option compromise that may end up in the Senate's health care bill.
"It came out at last night's meeting," the source indicated. "It was indicated that based on some surveying that had been done of the moderates, that it doesn't so far seem like they would jump out of their skin as long as they have an opportunity to vote to strip it." http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo...
The Public Option: Where Things Stand
The New Republic blogs —
Thursday was as crazy a day as I've seen in Washington. The flurry of legislative activity over the public insurance option--and the flurry of media coverage it generated--made it difficult to keep up and, at times, to separate truth from rumor or hyperbole. But over the course of the day, one thing became increasingly clear. At least for the moment, the debate isn't over whether to include a public option. It's over what kind. Brian Beutler and ...
Where we stand
Political Animal —
... who'll listen how much she dislikes the public option (read: she's not voting for it). That said, Reid is sending up one giant trial balloon, waiting/watching to see just how apoplectic possible opponents become, and the reaction from the center-right has been fairly muted. Fears of an automatic, open revolt against the effort hasn't materialized. In other words, so far so good for reformers. And where, pray tell, has this momentum for the public option come from? Brian Beutler reported , "According to a source close to negotiations, it came from [Wednesday] night's closed ...
Your majority leader earns tentative, conditional attaboy
Las Vegas Gleaner —
... Or as TPM noted when the news began spreading Thursday, the majority leader could be floating a trial balloon designed to see just how much Ben Nelson, Mary Landrieu and other conservative Democrats freak out. ...
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voices.washingtonpost.com 10/22/2009 —
There are three "compromise" public options currently being considered in the U.S. Senate (and yes, I know many argue that the public option is itself a compromise, and there's something to that). Ben Nelson is advocating one. Olympia Snowe is ...
Snowe indicates health vote may not occur before Christmas
thehill.com 28 days ago — Centrist Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) suggested that Congress may not vote on healthcare legislation before lawmakers leave Washington for Christmas. Democratic leaders are pushing to complete healthcare reform legislation before year's end but key ...
Snowe Taking Marching Orders from AHIP?
dailykos.com 30 days ago — AHIP is working Republicans , backing up any effort they might make to obstruct healthcare reform, and particularly the public option. It's looking like they got to Olympia Snowe : Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), the most likely Republican vote for ...
Snowe falls on opt-out compromise
washingtonmonthly.com 30 days ago — SNOWE FALLS ON OPT-OUT COMPROMISE.... The opt-out compromise on the public option seems to be gaining some momentum. Brian Beutler asked Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) this afternoon if it's a proposal she might be able to support. "I don't support...
Moderates plot to stop bill with public option —
First Read 10/22/2009
From NBC's Ken Strickland Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe and a bipartisan group of centrist senators is poised to stop the healthcare reform bill from even coming to the Senate floor if it contains the public option. Because 60 votes will likely ...
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