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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
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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
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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

 Reid Goes for 
 Broke With Public 
 Option Bill 

Senate majority leader banks on 60 votes, infuriates Baucus

Oct 23, 09 7:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Harry Reid is preparing to bring a health reform bill that includes a public option to the floor of the Senate, gambling that his 60-member caucus will support the plan if it contains opt-out measures for individual states. The majority leader and other senators met with Barack Obama yesterday to... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Charles Schumer • Senate • Harry Reid • Olympia Snowe • Susan Collins • Mary Landrieu • health care reform • Max Baucus • Ben Nelson • public option

Dems, GOP
Fight Over Medicare Rates

Republicans say
foes are trying
to hide true cost

Oct 21, 09 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new health care-related bill is in the spotlight on Capitol Hill, as senators battle over a Democratic proposal to freeze Medicare rates for doctors at the current rate for 10 years—overriding a 21% cut scheduled for January. Democrats say the bill, which is backed by lobbyists from the... More »

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Senate • Harry Reid • Medicare • AARP • American Medical Association • health care reform

ELECTION 2010

 Reid to 'Vaporize' 
 GOP Challengers: Aide 

Senate majority leader studying Corzine for cues to effective negative campaign

Oct 20, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Harry Reid, his re-election campaign wilting in the polls, is getting ready to rumble: The Senate majority leader is promising an intensely negative campaign against the 2010 GOP challenger for his Senate seat. With his $8.7 million war chest—the largest ever for a Nevada statewide race—Reid will... More »

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Congress • Jon Corzine • Senate • Harry Reid • Nevada • negative campaigning • attack ad • Election 2010 • midterm elections • Christopher Christie • Sue Lowden • Danny Tarkanian • Election 09 • election day November 2009

Progressives Call Out Harry Reid in New Ad 

Ask if he's 'strong enough' to pass
public option

Oct 19, 09 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - A progressive group is taking off the gloves with a new ad titled, straightforwardly, “Is Harry Reid Strong Enough?” The ad, which begins airing in Nevada on Wednesday, features a self-proclaimed “typical swing-voter” with health problems vowing ominously to vote for Reid in 2010 based exclusively on whether... More »

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Harry Reid • Nevada • health care reform • political advertising • attack ad • public option • progressives

Reid Ducks the Media as 2010 Fight Looms

Majority leader hopes
to cut down on gaffes with fewer press talks

Oct 15, 09 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Reporters are used to getting a press conference from Harry Reid every Thursday, but since the August recess he’s been canceling them, opting instead to get the message out in more controlled environments like Senate floor speeches. A spokesman says Reid’s not intentionally hiding out, but analysts tell... More »

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media • Harry Reid • press conference • gaffe • 2010 election

Health Debate Now Hinges on Public Option

Obama, Reid warm to Snowe 'trigger' plan  phased in state by state

Oct 15, 09 7:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House and Congress are now wrangling to reconcile the five health care bills on the floors of the House and Senate, and no issue is causing greater headaches than the so-called public option. The Senate Finance Committee's bill, which has the support of Republican Olympia Snowe, doesn't have... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • Congress • Harry Reid • Olympia Snowe • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Raul Grijalva • public option

 Dems Lash Out at 
 Insurance Industry 

They move to eliminate anti-trust exemption

Oct 14, 09 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - All-out war broke out between the Democrats and the insurers today, with Chuck Schumer calling for an amendment to the health care bill that would remove the industry’s long-standing anti-trust immunity. Schumer called the exemption “one of the worst accidents of American history,” blaming it in part... More »

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health insurance • Charles Schumer • Harry Reid • antitrust • regulation • health care reform • insurance industry • health insurance industry

Pelosi Eye Roll Hints at Dem Rift on Afghanistan

She doesn't seem to be on the same page as Reid

Oct 8, 09 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - It was a little thing. After Tuesday’s powwow with the president on Afghan strategy, Harry Reid emerged from the White House with Nancy Pelosi and announced: “Everyone said that ‘whatever decision you make, we will support it,’” as the House speaker rolled her eyes. Though... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • troop surge • Harry Reid • House of Representatives • Democratic Party • speaker of the House • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • Senate majority leader • President Obama

HEALTH NEGOTIATIONS

Senate Bill Likely to Come Down to Reid, Dodd, Baucus

Baucus, Dodd the only senators with secure seats at negotiating table

Oct 7, 09 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Every senator worth their salt is salivating for a seat at the table when Harry Reid merges the Senate’s two competing health care bills—but the vast majority will instead have their noses pressed to the glass. Reid hopes to speed things up by keeping the group small, Politico... More »

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Senate • Harry Reid • Olympia Snowe • Chris Dodd • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Jay Rockefeller • Max Baucus • Tom Harkin • Kent Conrad • Health, Education, Labor & Pensions

 Forget Baucus: Reid 
 Takes Reins on Health Care 

Tough issues will be on the table as the majority leader tries to hammer out a bill

Oct 3, 09 9:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the Senate Finance Committee, it's all over but the voting, and Democratic hopes for health care reform now rest with Harry Reid, who has to pull something cogent (and passable) out of a welter of conflicting proposals from several committees. That puts him the "in the eye of... More »

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Charles Schumer • Senate • Harry Reid • Olympia Snowe • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Max Baucus

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