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NEWS ABOUT: Jay Rockefeller

Jay Rockefeller stories: 18 news summaries

 In Congress, 535 New 
 GM Boardmembers 

Legislators strong-arm automaker to keep dealerships, factories open

Oct 29, 09 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - GM might not have realized when it took $58 billion in bailout money that it would now be beholden to members of Congress, who have been acting like 535 new board members as they angle for their constituents' (and their own) interests. Dems and Republicans alike have pressured companies to... More »

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Congress • General Motors • auto industry • Jay Rockefeller • bailout • auto bailout

HEALTH CARE REFORM

 Dour Industry Report Backfires 

Dems, GOP alike have hard time believing Hail Mary predicting higher costs

Oct 13, 09 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The health insurance industry report presented yesterday that predicts the reform bill will do little to stop rising costs appears to have backfired. Dems are up in arms at the timing and content of the “misleading and harmful” attack from their erstwhile ally in the effort. Sen. Jay Rockefeller... More »

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Congress • health care costs • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Jay Rockefeller • Karen Ignagni • health insurance industry • America's Health Insurance Plans

Lobbyists Deal Death Blows to Health Care Cost Cuts

Having KO'd most cuts, they're aiming at Cadillac tax and Medicare commission

Oct 11, 09 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Who's winning the health care battle? Lobbyists, says the New York Times, who've succeeded in blocking virtually every avenue for cutting health care costs that has been put on the table. They've killed proposals that would pinch doctors, hospitals, insurers and employees who are the beneficiaries of so-called Cadillac health... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • hospitals • White House • lobbyists • health care reform • Jay Rockefeller • Max Baucus • health insurers • doctors

analysis

 Jay Rockefeller 
 Is the New Teddy 

Senator inherits Kennedy's cause of health care reform

Oct 7, 09 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jay Rockefeller shares little of the temperament of the late Ted Kennedy, but what they do share is essential. “Massive wealth and a virtual lock on his Senate seat frees a man to do what he believes in,” writes Margaret Carlson. And for both men—the West Virginia... More »

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Congress • Senate • Ted Kennedy • West Virginia • health care reform • Jay Rockefeller • political dynasty • public option • Edward Kennedy

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

(Newser) - Reasoned debate is all well and good, but the more than 300 amendments offered to the health care reform bill by finance committee Republicans are “dangerously close to a parody,” Dana Milbank writes. Or maybe they’re already there. Take Orrin Hatch’s request for “transition relief... More »

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Congress • Senate • GOP • Jon Kyl • legislation • Republican Party • Senate Finance Committee • Charles Grassley • health care reform • Jay Rockefeller • amendment

UPDATED

 Public Option Fails 
 in Finance Committee 

Ball's in Reid's court

Sep 29, 09 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate Finance Committee voted down both proposed versions of the public option this afternoon, setting up a showdown between conservative Democrats—who sided with Republicans in opposing the creation of a government plan to compete with private insurers—and their liberal colleagues. Jay Rockefeller's amendment failed, 15-8, shortly before... More »

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Charles Schumer • Senate Finance Committee • Charles Grassley • health care reform • Jay Rockefeller • Max Baucus • public option

analysis

Public Option Lives—If the Left Pushes Hard Enough

Nancy Pelosi still wants it in House-Senate compromise

Sep 25, 09 9:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - As health care reform chugs through the Senate Finance Committee, Mike Madden checks in on the prospects for a public option and finds it's not quite dead yet. A big test comes today when the committee votes on amendments from supporters of the public option, such as Jay Rockefeller. "... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Charles Schumer • White House • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Jay Rockefeller • Obama administration • public option • progressives

ANALYSIS

 Baucus Leaning Left Again 

As interminable mark-up on health bill continues, chair moves on from bipartisan dream

Sep 23, 09 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - With his health care reform bill finally in committee, finance chair Max Baucus appears to have given up on a truly bipartisan bill. On day one yesterday, "he seemed to be moving back to the left again," writes Mike Madden in Salon. He agreed to a host of... More »

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Congress • Jon Kyl • legislation • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Jay Rockefeller • Max Baucus • Democratic Party • progressive • bipartisan • Gang of 6

(Newser) - Max Baucus took to the Wall Street Journal opinion page today to make the case for the health care reform bill he’s unveiling this morning. “Our plan would lower costs and would not add to the federal deficit,” he declares in the first of many statements... More »

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John Kerry • Olympia Snowe • Senate Finance Committee • Charles Grassley • health care reform • Jay Rockefeller • Max Baucus • Ron Wyden • Mike Enzi

Rockefeller: 'No Way' I'll Vote
for Baucus Health Bill

Finance Committee Dems remain at odds

Sep 15, 09 8:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Jay Rockefeller said today he doesn’t support the health-reform bill being crafted by Sen. Max Baucus, a fellow Democrat who chairs the body’s Finance Committee. “There is no way in its present form that I will vote for it,” Rockefeller tells the Hill. The West... More »

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Senate Democrats • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Jay Rockefeller • Max Baucus

 Economy Wallops 
 Lawmakers' Fortunes  

Combined, members of Congress sough off hundreds of millions

Sep 14, 09 6:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 50 richest members of Congress are still rich, but their personal finances show they’re not immune to the economic downturn, Roll Call reports. Together, the pols on the list have lost $275 million in personal wealth since 2007. In 2008, the legislators' combined assets of $1.3... More »

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Congress • John Kerry • Senate • House of Representatives • Jane Harman • Mark Warner • Jay Rockefeller • US Congress • financial disclosure • Darrell Issa • economic downturn • wealthy

 CIA Told Pelosi About 
 Waterboarding: Report 

Newly released documents show speaker was briefed in 2002

May 8, 09 6:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi and other Congressional leaders received multiple briefings on the CIA's use of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques, according to new information released by the Obama administration. Records suggest that Pelosi learned of the CIA's interrogation of Abu Zubaydah in a September 2002 briefing that covered the "... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • CIA • torture • congressional Democrats • waterboarding • Jay Rockefeller • House Democrats • Abu Zubaydah • harsh interrogation

(Newser) - Hospitals around the country are scrambling to comply with a federal mandate that they digitize their records systems, and one Texas hospital is an example of how to do that virtually for free, the Wall Street Journal reports. Developed with billions of taxpayer dollars, the Veterans Health Administration’s software... More »

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Jay Rockefeller • open source • health records • Veterans Administration

(Newser) - Joe Biden defended the pick of Leon Panetta to head the CIA but offered an apology of sorts for the way it was handled, Politico reports. “I think it was just a mistake,” Biden said of not informing top Democrats of the choice, which led to a chiding... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • Joe Biden • Senate • Dianne Feinstein • confirmation hearings • Jay Rockefeller • Leon Panetta • President Obama • CIA director

ANALYSIS

 At $231M, 
 Kerry Is 
 Congress' 
 Richest 

Though, Roll Call cautions, financial disclosure forms an unreliable source

Sep 23, 08 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - John Kerry leads Roll Call's annual list of the 50 richest members of Congress, with a fortune estimated at $231 million. But financial-disclosure rules make it impossible to get a complete picture of lawmakers' assets, so Kerry, John McCain (No. 13, with $20 million), and the rest of the top... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Congress • John McCain • John Kerry • Dianne Feinstein • Ted Kennedy • Gordon Smith • Jane Harman • Jay Rockefeller • rich • financial disclosure • Darrell Issa • Robin Hayes • Vern Buchanan • Frank Lautenberg

Dem Office Holders Gravitate Toward Obama

Cuts into Clinton's lead among governors, members of Congress

Mar 14, 08 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is cutting into Hillary Clinton's lead among the most prestigious superdelegates, the Democratic Party's members of Congress and governors. Among those 313 superdelegates, Clinton has the support of 103 and Obama of 96, reports Bloomberg. Clinton maintains an overall lead of 259-212 among superdelegates, but that too is... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Jay Rockefeller • Kathleen Sebelius • Democratic presidential primaries • Chet Culver • superdelegates

Bush Reiterates: US Doesn’t 'Torture People'

President denies breaking law in wake of document revelations

Oct 5, 07 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Faced with newly disclosed Justice Department memos, President Bush once again denied the US tortures detainees, saying today that interrogation techniques save American lives, comply with “international obligations” and are fully disclosed to “appropriate members” of Congress. He said of detainees, “you bet we are going to... More »

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torture • Department of Justice • Senate • detainee • head slapping • Jay Rockefeller • simulated drowning • George W. Bush

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