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OPINION

Kiss Dem Agenda Goodbye, Say Hello to Job Worries

Pelosi will try to ram health care through before Blue Dogs bolt

Nov 6, 09 9:22 AM CST
(Newser) - The Obama administration is running out of time in its race to enact its liberal agenda before Democratic candidates start caring more about their own re-election than the party line, writes Kim Strassel . Tuesday's results show that Obama's power is weakening, and will be the tipping point for many "... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • health care reform • congressional Democrats • Democratic candidates • Obama administration • 2010 election • President Obama • election day November 2009

ELECTION FALLOUT

 Dems Torn: Too Much 
 Change, or Not Enough? 

Do voters want them to ditch presidential agenda, or complete it?

Nov 5, 09 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Democrats in Congress reading the tea leaves of Tuesday’s elections find themselves split: were the Republican wins in Virginia and New Jersey a vote of no confidence in the administration’s agenda, or frustration that it isn’t moving fast enough? Most agree on the first step going forward:... More »

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Senate • House of Representatives • health care reform • congressional Democrats • Democratic Party • Obama administration • gubernatorial races • Election 2010 • midterm elections • Election 09 • agenda

KARL ROVE

Health Bill Will Speed
Swing Back to GOP

Suburban, independent voter trend is bad news for Dems

Nov 5, 09 4:00 AM CST
(Newser) - This week's election results spell out a trend that should scare Democrats in both red and blue states, warns Karl Rove . Suburban and independent voters turned away from the party at a rate that would have easily put John McCain into the White House last year, and the health bill... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Karl Rove • Republican Party • health care reform • congressional Democrats • independent voters • Obama administration • Election 2010 • Election 09

HOW DO YOU EAT AN ELEPHANT?

Dems Chip Away at Agenda, One Bill at a Time

GOP keeps its eye on the prize, lets smaller bills sail through

Nov 2, 09 7:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Health care reform may not be sailing through Congress, but a wave of smaller bills that Democrats have been eying for years have done so under President Obama—in most cases without much fanfare or objection. Republicans, focused on bigger fish, are giving a pass to legislation they once forcefully... More »

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Barack Obama • legislation • bills • congressional Democrats • President Obama • hate crimes

Even Dems Say Grayson's Nuts

'One fry short of a Happy Meal' after he calls Fed adviser 'a
K Street whore'

Oct 26, 09 9:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rep. Alan Grayson has irked Republicans over the past month or so with his sharp tongue—saying the GOP health plan was for Americans to “die quickly,” then, last week, comparing Dick Cheney to a vampire—but even fellow Dems are up in arms after an interview surfaced... More »

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Iraq • Dick Cheney • Federal Reserve • health care reform • congressional Democrats • vampire • K Street • Alan Grayson • Congressional Republicans

House, Senate Dems Split on 'Cadillac Tax'

As finance committee votes, caucus divided on how to fund reform

Oct 13, 09 8:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate Finance Committee is poised to send its bill to the full legislature today, but its provision taxing "Cadillac" insurance plans is raising hackles in the House. Max Baucus and other senators say taxing high-cost plans will raise $200 billion, a quarter of the legislation's price tag, and... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • health care • Barack Obama • Congress • health insurance • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • congressional Democrats • Max Baucus • taxation

ANALYSIS

 Why the Dems Will 
 Hold Congress in 2010 

Incumbency, early preparation make 1994 redux unlikely

Oct 8, 09 7:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The last time a young Democrat became president, an angry debate over health care preceded a disastrous midterm election, costing the party control of both the House and the Senate. Yet it's too soon to make the easy comparison between 1994 and 2010, writes Wall Street Journal analyst Jerry Seib.... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • congressional Democrats • House Democrats • House Republicans • incumbents • 2010 election • midterm elections

OPINION

Rove: Health Care Bill Is
Gift to GOP

Backlash against spending will be 'boon'
to party in 2010

Oct 8, 09 4:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - The GOP is winning the debate on health care and it'll win control of Congress as well if the Democrats manage to pass a health care bill, writes Karl Rove. Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus wants to "front-load" the bill with hefty tax hikes that will kick in... More »

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health care • Congress • Karl Rove • government spending • health care reform • congressional Democrats • Max Baucus • 2010 election

No Afghanistan Withdrawal, Obama Tells Lawmakers

But still undecided
on proposed buildup

Oct 6, 09 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama won’t commit to sending more troops to Afghanistan, but neither will he withdraw any, he told congressional leaders in a White House meeting today that included a sharp exchange between the president and Republican Sen. John McCain. Obama wanted to “dispense with the straw man argument... More »

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John McCain • troop surge • White House • troop withdrawal • congressional Democrats • Afghanistan war • President Obama • meeting • Congressional Republicans

Congressman Defiant Over
'Die Quickly' Jab

Apologizes to the dead, not GOP, cites US health care 'holocaust'

Sep 30, 09 6:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Democratic congressman who belittled Republicans for promoting a health care plan that wants the ill to "die quickly" ratcheted up his rhetoric even more today. Noting that some Republicans had demanded he apologize, Florida's Alan Grayson took to the House floor with an apology of a different sort:... More »

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Congress • Democrat • health care reform • Harvard • congressional Democrats • rhetoric • Alan Grayson • Congressional Republicans

OPINION

Obama Doesn't Lie—But He Does Mislead

President slides by on half-truths on health care: Krauthammer

Sep 18, 09 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Wilson wasn’t quite right. President Obama doesn’t lie, exactly, writes Charles Krauthammer of the Washington Post, but he still has an odd “relationship to the truth.” For example, Obama promised to veto any bill that grew the deficit, then with his very next sentence... More »

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Barack Obama • illegal immigrant • Bill Clinton • health care reform • congressional Democrats • Obama administration • President Obama • Charles Krauthammer • Congressional Republicans • Joe Wilson • You lie

House Progressives Call Out Obama on Public Option

Democrats may be headed for intra-party battle

Sep 4, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - House progressives have told President Obama that they “cannot vote for anything less” than health-care legislation with a “robust public option”—all but threatening a showdown if, as seems likely, the White House doesn’t push for a public plan, Talking Points Memo reports. The California lawmakers... More »

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Congress • politics • health care reform • congressional Democrats • Democratic Party • President Obama • letter • public option • progressives

OPINION

Health Care Debate Cements US as Can't-Do Nation


Jul 22, 09 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - As centrist Democrats concoct yet more reasons the US can’t do what every other advanced economy has done—provide universal health care—Harold Meyerson had a disturbing thought: “Suppose our collective lack of response to Hurricane Katrina wasn’t exceptional, but rather the new normal in America,”... More »

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health care • Hurricane Katrina • health care reform • congressional Democrats • Blue Dog Democrats

OPINION

Jindal Slams 'Dishonest' Health Plan

Dems' current version
as bad as Hillarycare, Louisiana gov writes

Jul 22, 09 9:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is presenting health care reform as a bipartisan effort, but, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal writes in the Wall Street Journal, he and fellow Democrats have taken “a fundamentally dishonest approach to reform.” Obama is “repeating the mistakes” of Hillarycare, forcing Americans to join a public... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • Bobby Jindal • health care reform • congressional Democrats • Hillary Care • bipartisanship • Obama administration • President Obama

Obama Picks Up Steam in Congress Over F-22 Funds

Lawmakers had opposed Prez's bid to cut money

Jul 21, 09 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a shift, the White House looks likely to win over Congress in its bid to cut $1.7 billion in funding for the F-22 fighter jet, Politico reports. Congress had looked set to support the measure last week, but the administration is pressing hard with Defense Secretary Robert Gates... More »

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Congress • John McCain • Pentagon • John Kerry • Robert Gates • congressional Democrats • defense secretary • Obama administration • Judd Gregg • President Obama • F-22 fighter jet • Mike Enzi

Health Care Surtax on the Chopping Block

Dems waffle on high-income tax; timetable cloudy

Jul 21, 09 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats are growing queasy about their plan to tax the wealthy to help pay for health care reform, the New York Times reports. Nancy Pelosi yesterday suggested revising the contentious provision so that fewer households would have to pay the surtax. Under the current House draft, individuals earning more... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • health care • Congress • taxes • Harry Reid • House of Representatives • health care reform • congressional Democrats • House Democrats

(Newser) - As Congress waffles on health care reform and a chorus of naysayers turns up the volume, President Barack Obama is about to step aggressively into the fray, pushing the issue both publicly and privately, the Washington Post reports. With online videos, a visit to Cleveland, and a primetime press conference,... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • health care reform • congressional Democrats

'Moderate' Tag Poses Dilemma for Democrats

It generally means
'conservative,' making everyone else a 'liberal'

Jul 11, 09 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - The label “moderate Democrat” has been thrown around a lot lately, but it’s usually affixed to the party’s most conservative members, Politico reports. That’s a linguistic dilemma for the rest of the party, since anyone left-of-center is suddenly a “liberal” by comparison—a term still... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrat • congressional Democrats • Evan Bayh • moderate • Blue Dog Democrats

Jacko Proves Stumbling Block for House Dems

Resolution saluting 'global humanitarian' sets off controversy

Jul 8, 09 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The King of Pop is causing a headache for some House Democrats after one lawmaker very publicly called for a resolution honoring Michael Jackson as a “global humanitarian," Politico reports. Sheila Jackson-Lee displayed the resolution at yesterday's memorial; Dems now have to weigh supporting it in light... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Michael Jackson • congressional Democrats • House Democrats • Peter King • memorial service • Congressional Black Caucus • Sheila Jackson-Lee

OPINION

If Health Care Push Fails, Blame Dems

Public wants a public option; why do 'centrists' oppose it?

Jun 22, 09 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Now ought to be a good time to reform health care. With costs up and coverage down, polls show the public overwhelmingly favors change. Unfortunately, “a handful of Democratic senators are still determined to party like it’s 1993,” writes Paul Krugman of the New York Times.... More »

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health care • health insurance • universal health care • Democrat • health care reform • congressional Democrats • Paul Krugman • Ben Nelson • health insurers • insurance industry • public option

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