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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

ANALYSIS

Dems' Silent Fear: 
What if Reid Loses in 2010?

Party unity expected to take a hit if majority leader is voted out in 2010

Sep 30, 09 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Harry Reid hasn't kept a very high profile as Senate majority leader but the vital role he's been playing will become obvious if he is unseated in next year's elections, say Democratic insiders. Even the Nevada senator's critics admit that he's stopped liberal and moderate Democrats from feuding, and many... More »

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Charles Schumer • Harry Reid • Senate Democrats • Nevada • Dick Durbin • Senate majority leader • Election 2010

Will Real Senate Leaders Please Stand Up?

Kennedy's death left a void—and no one is stepping up to fill it

Sep 21, 09 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Democrats fight among themselves over health care, it’s becoming painfully clear that they lack a clear public leader on the issue, writes Manu Raju for Politico. In part it’s because, with a number of House and Senate committees involved, there are too many cooks stirring the pot,... More »

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Barack Obama • Senate • Harry Reid • Ted Kennedy • Senate Health Committee • Chris Dodd • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Max Baucus

ANALYSIS

McConnell Keeps Low Profile
in Health Debate

Conservative critics think Minority Leader should be fighting administration harder

Sep 8, 09 10:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Why haven’t we heard more from Mitch McConnell on health care? The Senate Minority Leader has kept relatively quiet on the administration’s reform efforts, a stance that has irked many conservative activists who feel McConnell is ducking his duties as de facto Republican Party leader, writes Stephanie Mencimer... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Republican • Senate • Harry Reid • GOP • Mitch McConnell • health care reform • Grover Norquist • Obama administration • President Obama • Sonia Sotomayor • Randall Terry • Erick Erickson • Red State

Health Care Reform '90%' Done: Reid

But Senate, House leaders not united
on public option

Sep 8, 09 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Harry Reid declared "90% agreement" in the Senate on health care reform today after a meeting with President Obama. Reid and Nancy Pelosi expressed optimism that the president's address to Congress tomorrow will bolster support for reform, the Hill reports. The Senate Majority Leader is confident that the speech... More »

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

tribute roundup

 Byrd: Rename 
 Health Bill 
 for Kennedy 


Aug 26, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Senator Robert Byrd wants his colleagues to honor Ted Kennedy by renaming health care legislation in his honor, Politico reports. “As a tribute to his commitment to his ideals, let us stop the shouting and name calling,” said Byrd, 92, himself in poor health. "My heart and... More »

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Congress • Senate • Harry Reid • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Ted Kennedy • Benjamin Netanyahu • legislation • Nancy Reagan • health care reform • Robert Byrd • bill

analysis

Republicans Gain Ground in Senate Races

Latest trends show even Reid, Spector, Dodd in trouble: Silver

Aug 24, 09 11:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Things are looking brighter for Republicans in the Senate, writes Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. In his monthly ranking of which seats are most likely to switch parties in 2010, Republicans have made a big move. Of the 10 seats that look more likely to switch hands, seven favor Republicans.... More »

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Senate • New Hampshire • Harry Reid • Senate Democrats • Senate Republicans • Connecticut • Chris Dodd • Nevada • Roy Blunt • US Senate • 2010 election • Nate Silver • Republicans • Kelly Ayotte

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