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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/23/2009

Sources: White House Pushing Back Against Senate Public Option Opt Out Compromise

— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — 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 ... (more) Sources: White House Pushing Back Against Senate Public ...

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politico.com - 10/26/2009

Reid to announce push for public option

— politico.com — Senate Majority Leader will announce this afternoon that he plans to push ahead with a public option... vote -- one that includes an opt-out provision for states -- even though he's currently short several votes for passage, according to people close to ... (more) Reid to announce push for public option

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huffingtonpost.com - 10/26/2009

Durbin: Progressives Forced Our Hand On Public Option

— 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.  ... (more) Durbin: Progressives Forced Our Hand On Public Option

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Accountability As Nightmare?
TalkLeft — Ezra Klein has a strange idea of what nightmares are: Imagine Reid puts Schumer's national opt-out plan into the bill. The bill comes to the floor, and it loses Snowe and one or two centrist moderates. Byrd is sick and unable to vote. The Schumer plan needs to come out of the bill. But even though the bill can't get 60 votes to proceed, Reid's office also can't find 60 votes to strip the public option out of the bill. The liberals won't go for it. The left is organized against it. There's no reason 55 Democrats should bow to the wishes of five ...