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Harry Reid stories: 173 news summaries

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 Reid Rolls Out 
 Senate Health 
 Bill for Sat. 
 Showdown 

Public option weaker than House's, abortion restriction less severe

Nov 19, 09 7:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Harry Reid rolled out the Senate’s combined health care reform bill last night, earning oohs and ahhs from fellow Democrats, particularly over the price tag, and setting the stage for a cloture vote Saturday. The bill would cost a svelte $849 billion over 10 years while reducing the deficit... More »

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abortion • health insurance • Senate • Harry Reid • health care reform • public option • health insurance exchange • health care abortion

CBO Estimate: Senate
Health Bill Costs $849B

Figure clears the way for Reid to get measure rolling

Nov 18, 09 4:09 PM CST
(AP) - Legislation headed to the Senate floor would extend health care coverage to 31 million uninsured Americans at a cost of $849 billion over a decade, says a senior Democratic aide. The long-awaited figures come from the Congressional Budget Office, clearing the way for Harry Reid to move forward. The bill... More »

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health care • Senate • Harry Reid • Congressional Budget Office • health care reform

 Reid 'Optimistic' 
 About 60 Votes 

Majority leader thinks he's got the support to send bill to the floor

Nov 18, 09 10:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Harry Reid is “cautiously optimistic” about the success of his frantic attempts to unite the 60 votes of his caucus behind the Senate health care reform bill. “I think we’re together,” he says. But the majority leader was positively voluble about the bill itself, notes the... More »

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Congress • Joe Biden • Harry Reid • Democratic caucus • legislation • vice president • Mary Landrieu • health care reform • Ben Nelson • concession • Senate majority leader • Blanche Lincoln

 Dems Switch Focus to Jobs 

House aims to have job creation package ready by Xmas

Nov 17, 09 7:35 AM CST
(Newser) - House Democrats hit by accusations they've been focusing on health care at the expense of employment plan to tackle job creation in the coming weeks. There's no consensus on whether the move will come as one big package or a series of smaller measures but Democratic leaders plan to have... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Harry Reid • unemployment • House Democrats • economic stimulus package • job creation • unemployment rate

 Health Care Reform Foes 
 Outspend Friends 2:1 


Biz groups lavish $24M in last month on derailing Dem bill

Nov 17, 09 6:53 AM CST
(AP) - Business foes of health care overhaul legislation are outspending supporters at a rate of 2-to-1 for TV ads as they grow increasingly nervous over a final bill. Led by the US Chamber of Commerce, opponents of the Democratic health care drive have dropped $24 million on TV commercials over the... More »

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Harry Reid • business • health care reform • advertising campaign • US Chamber of Commerce

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Clinton: Karzai on the Hot Seat 

White House 'will expect more,' focused on defeating 'those who attacked us'

Nov 15, 09 10:51 AM CST
(Newser) - It's time for Afghan President Hamid Karzai to put up or shut up, Hillary Clinton said today, underscoring the White House's heightened expectations of Kabul. "We are expecting there to be a major crimes tribunal, an anti-corruption commission," she told This Week, adding that the original Afghan... More »

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Afghanistan • Hillary Clinton • Rudy Giuliani • Harry Reid • Hamid Karzai • Mitch McConnell • David Plouffe • George Stephanopoulos • David Axelrod • Sarah Palin • terror trial • Eric Holder • 9/11 attacks • President Obama • Sunday morning talk shows • Going Rogue

ANALYSIS

Why the Senate Health Bill Will Move at a Crawl

Dems will be lucky to get it through before xmas

Nov 12, 09 4:55 AM CST
(Newser) - The House version of the health bill galloped from introduction to passage in just 10 days, but the Senate's version won't be through until Christmas at the earliest. Suzy Khimm at the New Republic explains the reasons for the snail's pace.
  • The Senate has to vote on a “
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health care • Senate • Harry Reid • filibuster • health care reform

 Senate Health Bill 
 Runs Into Abortion Divide 

Both sides have vocal opponents, could halt bill without compromise

Nov 10, 09 12:05 PM CST
(Newser) - With a last-second concession barring federal dollars from funding abortions, Nancy Pelosi largely skirted the full brunt of the issue, but Harry Reid may not be so lucky. The Senate majority leader likely won't get the 60 votes he needs without similar language— which a Planned Parenthood VP calls a... More »

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health care • abortion • health insurance • Senate • Harry Reid • Planned Parenthood • House of Representatives • health care reform • NARAL • public option • women's issues • abortion debate

 Bill Clinton 
 to Corral 
 Senate Dems 
 on Health Care 

Meets with caucus as fight over abortion funding heats up

Nov 10, 09 6:35 AM CST
(AP) - Bill Clinton is expected to speak to Senate Democrats about health care legislation during their weekly caucus today. Clinton's appearance comes as fragile Democratic unity is threatened by abortion opponents in the Senate seeking similar restrictions in the bill to those in the House version passed Saturday. Nebraska Sen. Ben... More »

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Democrats • Senate • Harry Reid • Senate Democrats • Bill Clinton • health care reform

 Health Reform 
 Faces Tougher 
 Battle in Senate 

A very different health bill enters a sharply divided Senate

Nov 9, 09 6:48 AM CST
(Newser) - "That was easy," Nancy Pelosi quipped after health care reform squeaked through the House; viewed from the other side of the Capitol, this is no joke. As the action shifts to the Senate, Harry Reid has a tough hand to play. The GOP minority wields more power in... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Harry Reid • Mary Landrieu • health care reform • Ben Nelson • public option

Analysis

Democrats
Who Should
Be Worried

Election '09 puts
the fear into these
2010 incumbents

Nov 5, 09 11:30 AM CST
(Newser) - If, as Max Baucus says, Tuesday’s elections should be a “wake-up call” for Democrats, Politico knows which lawmakers should be drinking caffeine:
  • Harry Reid: The majority leader is a little like Jon Corzine; an unpopular incumbent in a state where the economy is especially
... More »

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Harry Reid • Chris Dodd • 2010 election • midterm elections • Election 09 • John Adler

DC GOSSIP

 Lieberman Won't Sink 
 Health Reform: Reid 

Indy senator promises he'll vote with Dems to end filibuster

Nov 3, 09 8:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Forget all the grandstanding about joining a GOP filibuster of health care reform if it contains any kind of public option: Sen. Joe Lieberman won't do it, Harry Reid tells liberal interest groups, who tell the Hill . He has a deal with the Connecticut Independent, the majority leader claims. Lieberman... More »

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Congress • Senate • Harry Reid • Democratic caucus • Joe Lieberman • filibuster • cloture • health care reform • health insurance industry • concessions

DANIEL HENNINGER

Dems, Health Care Need to Enter the iPhone Age

Lumbering dinosaur of a bill will fall flat with 21st century voters

Oct 29, 09 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - We live in the age of the iPhone, a world in which you can take your pick of 100,000 apps—and "Democrats are pushing the biggest, fattest, one-size-fits all legislation since 1965," writes Daniel Henninger for the Wall Street Journal. It's not what you'd hope for from... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • health care • Democrats • Harry Reid • health care reform • Obama administration • President Obama

Pelosi to Unveil Bill With Weaker Public Option

Liberals suck it up as plan tied to Medicare rates lacks votes

Oct 29, 09 7:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi will unveil her long-awaited version of the health care reform bill today, but it won’t include the top item on liberals’ wish list: a public option with rates tied to Medicare. Instead, the bill contains a weaker version of the government-run plan that would let doctors negotiate... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Senate • Harry Reid • Medicare • House of Representatives • health care reform • public option

PUBLIC OPTION SHOWDOWN

 Reid's 6 Biggest Headaches 

Ben Nelson, Joe Lieberman are two of them

Oct 28, 09 8:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - To get the 60 votes he needs just to bring his health care bill to the floor of the Senate, Harry Reid is going to have to rein in some of his caucus' members. Politico surveys the majority leader's biggest challenges.
  • Joe Lieberman, Conn. The independent said yesterday
... More »

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Senate • Harry Reid • Joe Lieberman • Mary Landrieu • health care reform • Evan Bayh • Democratic Party • Mark Pryor • Ben Nelson • Democratic Senators • public option • Blanche Lincoln

Libs to Obama: Fight for the Public Option

Reid wants the president to lean on
3 hold-out Dems

Oct 27, 09 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Harry Reid labors to push through a health reform bill with a public option, albeit an opt-out one, liberals are getting more and more antsy for President Obama to step up and lead this effort. They complain that he’s being too passive in the debate, annoyed that as... More »

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Barack Obama • Harry Reid • Rahm Emanuel • health care reform • public option

How Reid Rescued
the Public Option

Opt-out plan bridged divides in Dem caucus

Oct 27, 09 5:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The public health insurance plan was brought back from the brink of oblivion thanks to Harry Reid's swift adoption of an "opt-out" plan brought to his attention just three weeks ago. In backroom negotiations with members of the Democratic caucus, the majority leader found that the federal approach bridged... More »

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Charles Schumer • Harry Reid • Senate Democrats • Senate Health Committee • health care reform • US Senate • Tom Carper • public option

health care reform

 Public Option a Go: Reid 

Senate bill will include government health plan, with opt-out

Oct 26, 09 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Harry Reid will include a public insurance plan in the pending health care reform bill, with a provision allowing individual states to refuse to participate. The Senate majority leader’s bill is likely to include an “opt-out” version of the public plan, taken from the Senate health committee, as... More »

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Harry Reid • Senate Health Committee • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • US Senate • Obama administration • Robert Gibbs • President Obama • Health, Education, Labor & Pensions • public option • health care cooperative

 Reid Narrows In 
 on 60 Votes 
 for Public Option 

Landrieu and Lieberman agree not to block opt-out plan

Oct 24, 09 9:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Harry Reid closed in on the 60 votes he needs to pass a health reform bill with a public option yesterday, aided by 2 Democratic moderates who pledged not to filibuster the vote. Both Mary Landrieu and Joe Lieberman said they wouldn't block the bill, which offers a public insurance... More »

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Congress • Senate • Harry Reid • Joe Lieberman • Olympia Snowe • Mary Landrieu • health care reform • public option

'Robust' Public Option May Be Dead in House

But not everyone buys report that Pelosi
lacks the votes

Oct 23, 09 9:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The public option continues its yo-yo course. On the same day we get news that Harry Reid is leaning toward putting a version into the Senate bill, Mike Allen reports at Politico that Nancy Pelosi doesn't haven't the votes for a "robust" version in the House. Talking Points Memo... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Senate • Harry Reid • health care reform • public option

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