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Dean Responds to Lieberman's Threat to Filibuster Health Care

Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean responds to Sen. Joe Lieberman's (I-Aetna) threat to support a Republican filibuster of health care reform if bill includes a public option. Via Americablog: Dean says Lieberman should resign as chair of the...

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Mr. President, Explain To Us Why We Should Even Want This Crappy Healthcare Bill

... believes that this bill has the best chance possible to get the 60 votes necessary to overcome a Republican filibuster," Manley said. The delay in implementing some key reforms contrasts with the urgency of Obama's call for action. Although some changes might take years to implement, Obama said in July, "We shouldn't have to wait a long time to make sure that people don't...

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Senate health care debate to focus on Democratic divide

Washington (CNN) - With Republican opposition unanimous so far, the Senate debate starting Monday on a comprehensive health care bill will focus on bridging differences among the majority Democrats. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada managed to hold together his 60-seat Democratic caucus to overcome a Republican filibuster and launch debate on the $849 billion [...]

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Piece of Crap

... believes that this bill has the best chance possible to get the 60 votes necessary to overcome a Republican filibuster,” Manley said. The delay in implementing some key reforms contrasts with the urgency of Obama’s call for action. Although some changes might take years to implement, Obama said in July, “We shouldn’t have to wait a long time to make sure that people don’t lose their...

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“Would ObamaCare Reduce Innovation'”: Health Care Bill Would Cause Preventable Deaths

... 60-to-39 , along party lines, to press towards passage of a massive health care bill, blocking a Republican filibuster. Afterward, however, the bill drew criticism even from moderate Democrats who usually support the Obama administration, which backs the bill. Veteran Washington Post editorialist David Broder called the bill a “budget buster in the making,” saying it will violate...

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Health care debate to focus on Dems

With Republican opposition unanimous so far, the Senate debate starting Monday on a comprehensive health care bill will focus on bridging differences among the majority Democrats.

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Senate health care debate to focus on Dems' divide

With Republican opposition unanimous so far, the Senate debate starting Monday on a comprehensive health care bill will focus on bridging differences among the majority Democrats.

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Moderates Criticize Health Care Bill As It Advances in Senate; Experts Gave Bill A “Failing Grade”

By Hans Bader On Saturday, (11-21-09) the Senate voted 60-to-39, along party lines, to press towards passage of a massive health care bill, by blocking a Republican filibuster. Senators ignored the fact that the bill received a failing grade from health care experts like the Dean of Harvard Medical School, since it will raise taxes, deficits, and medical costs, while [...]

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Howard Dean to Lieberman: If You’re Going to Block Health-Care Bill, Resign Your Chairmanship

I wonder: Now that Howard Dean’s been a first person to say it out loud, will a media lemmings follow? We’ll see: Former DNC Chair Howard Dean called on Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn) to resign as chair of Senate Homel& Security Committee if he can’t bring himself to oppose a Republican filibuster of health care reform [...]

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Howard Dean to Lieberman: If You're Going to Block Health-Care Bill, Resign Your Chairmanship

I wonder: Now that Howard Dean's been the first person to say it out loud , will the media lemmings follow? We'll see: Former DNC Chair Howard Dean called on Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn) to resign as chair of Senate Homeland Security Committee if he can't bring himself to oppose a Republican filibuster of health care reform legislation. Appearing on "The Joe Scarborough Show"...

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Sanders Stands On Principle: Must Have Public Option

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) John Nichols writes on The Beat blog at The Nation that: If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants to get the 60 votes he will need to break a Republican filibuster and pass a health care reform bill, he’s going to have to include a robust public insurance option. Without that basic protection for consumers and taxpayers, Reid will lose the vote of Vermont...

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Dean: Lieberman Should Relinquish Chairmanship If He Opposes Health Care

With Additional Reporting By Julian Hattem Former DNC Chair Howard Dean called on Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn) to resign as chair of Senate Homeland Security Committee if he can't bring himself to oppose a Republican filibuster of health care reform legislation. Appearing on "The Joe Scarborough Show" on WABC, Dean stressed that he had no problem with Lieberman opposing the...

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Understanding Our Hollow Centrists

The puzzling thing about politicians of either party who claim to be "centrist" or "moderate" is how much they sometimes sound like party-line right-wing Republicans. Distinguishing among these species of politicians can be almost impossible during the current struggle over health care reform, especially when a senator like Blanche Lambert Lincoln of Arkansas tries...

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Why reconciliation might not save the public option

Liberals are frustrated these days, and they have reason to be. They helped Democrats win a theoretically filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, and now the part of the reform bill they prize most highly faces death at the hands of members of the Democratic caucus. A healthcare reform bill that includes a version of the so-called public option -- a new insurance provider run by the government...

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Why is HCAN Defending Blanche Lincoln from a Primary Challenge?

... no public option by offering up a “ransom note” on the health care bill with her pledge to join a Republican filibuster. How that qualifies as “standing up” to them is anyone’s guess. But they’re spending $175,000 in Arkansas. That will pretty much wallpaper the state with accolades for Lincoln for “standing up” to health insurance companies, when actually she pledged to filibuster...