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 Health Vote May 
 Have to Wait: 
 Hoyer 

Majority leader bemoans 'delay tactics'

Nov 6, 09 11:20 AM CST
(Newser) - The House may not vote on its health care reform bill tomorrow after all, thanks to Democrats' squabbling over abortion and spending, Steny Hoyer said today. “We’re very close,” the majority leader insisted, but “clearly things happen. Delay tactics can be employed.” Hoyer acknowledged that... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • abortion • House of Representatives • Steny Hoyer • health care reform • House Democrats • House Republicans • House Rules Committee • House majority leader

 AARP Will Endorse 
 House Dems' Health Bill 

Seniors group helped Bush get drug plan through Congress

Nov 4, 09 8:00 PM CST
(AP) - In a coup for House Democrats, AARP will endorse sweeping health-care overhaul legislation, officials said today. An endorsement from the seniors' lobby was crucial when then-President Bush pushed the Medicare prescription drug benefit through a closely divided Congress in 2003. House Democrats are hoping it will work the same political... More »

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Medicare • AARP • health care reform • House Democrats • George W. Bush • President Obama • Medicare prescription drug plan

water works



 Grayson 
 Weeps on 
 House Floor 

Bemoans casualties of lack of health insurance

Oct 29, 09 6:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alan Grayson continued with his penchant for the dramatic yesterday, shedding copious tears on the House floor as he read letters from families of people who died because they didn't have health insurance. “For god's sake, I look forward to a time when we have finally done our jobs,... More »

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Congress • health insurance • health care reform • House Democrats • Alan Grayson • politics as usual

Dems: Let's Just Call
'Public Option' Medicare

House Reps suggest rebranding government-run plan

Oct 21, 09 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some House Democrats think the public option would sound better if they renamed it “Medicare,” or maybe “Medicare Part E,” as in “Medicare for Everyone.” They think that rebranding could bridge the gap between liberals and centrists who oppose the plan. “People don’... More »

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Medicare • House of Representatives • health care reform • Mike Ross • House Democrats • public option

Democratic Rep. Wexler Will Resign Fla. Seat

48-year-old seeks private-sector paycheck with kids in college

Oct 13, 09 7:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Robert Wexler, a seven-term Democrat from Florida, is set to resign his house seat for a public-policy position. Though some Washington insiders speculate that Wexler, 48, will head the US Agency for International Development, others tell Politico that, with kids in college, Wexler needs an income bigger than a government... More »

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Florida • college tuition • House Democrats • US Agency for International Development • private sector • Robert Wexler • public policy • safe seat

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

political hijinks

 Dem Won't Apologize 
 for 'Die Quickly' Gag 

Comments about 'Republican health care plan' light up YouTube

Sep 30, 09 11:20 AM CDT
(AP) - Florida Rep. Alan Grayson is refusing to apologize for his snarky statement on the House floor that Republicans want Americans to “die quickly.” Last night, Grayson took the floor and declared that he had, after much probing, determined that Republicans had a two part plan: Don’t get... More »

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Florida • House of Representatives • partisanship • apology • health care reform • House Democrats • Alan Grayson

NY Dems Asked White House to Intervene on Paterson

House members held multiple closed-door meetings with Emanuel

Sep 24, 09 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama urged New York Gov. David Paterson not to run in next year's election only after members of Congress, nervous about the party's prospects with Paterson at the top of the ticket, lobbied Rahm Emanuel for help. The 2010 election features not only a race for governor but also... More »

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Barack Obama • New York • Rahm Emanuel • governor • House Democrats • David Paterson • Kirsten Gillibrand • George Pataki

House Will Vote Tomorrow on Reprimand of Joe Wilson

Most Dems, some fellow Republicans expected to vote yes on 'You lie' yeller

Sep 14, 09 8:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The House of Representatives will vote tomorrow on a “resolution of disapproval” against Joe Wilson, the South Carolina Republican who shouted “You lie!” at President Obama during his speech last week on health reform. House Majority Whip James Clyburn, also a South Carolinian, will introduce the measure,... More »

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South Carolina • sanctions • health care reform • House Democrats • hecklers • House Republicans • James Clyburn • President Obama • Joe Wilson • You lie • resolution of disapproval

Apologize for 'You Lie,' or Else: Dems
to Wilson

Lawmakers want apology on House floor

Sep 11, 09 2:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apologizing to Rahm Emanuel apparently wasn't enough. Now House Democrats plan to vote next week on whether to discipline Joe Wilson for his "You lie!" outburst, the Washington Post reports. Aides say Democratic leaders want Wilson to apologize on the House floor for violating rules of decorum,... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrats • House of Representatives • Rahm Emanuel • House Democrats • Jim Clyburn • President Obama • Joe Wilson

 House Dems' Health 
 Plan Half the Cost 
 of Bush Tax Cuts 


Cuts to cost $2.1 trillion over a decade; Dems' plan to cost $1 trillion

Sep 9, 09 11:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The House Democrats’ health care plan would cost just half of what President Bush’s tax cuts cost the country, a report by left-leaning researchers says. While the analysts project Bush’s cuts will cost $2.1 trillion in lost revenue over the 10 years since they were enacted, the... More »

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tax cuts • health care reform • House Democrats • economy • George W. Bush • health plan

House Dems Back to Work
in Same Quagmire

Public health insurance option still splitting party after hectic summer break

Sep 8, 09 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - House Democrats returned to work yesterday in the same position they were in before they spent their summer break getting an earful from the public, the Washington Post reports. House lawmakers are still expected to move first on the health care bill. But while broad support remains for some kind... More »

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health care • Congress • House of Representatives • Steny Hoyer • health care reform • town hall meeting • House Democrats • Blue Dog Democrats • Blue Dog Coalition

Pelosi Willing to Deal to Win Back House Dems

They plan more flexible approach, postponed public option

Sep 1, 09 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - House Democrats got whipped on health care over the August recess, and party leaders now have to win back some of their own shaky members, reports Politico. The push starts at a caucus meeting in the Capitol basement next week as Nancy Pelosi and other top leaders will try to... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • health insurance • politics • Democratic caucus • health care reform • House Democrats • public option

Public Option a 'Must' for Health Care Reform: Key Dems

White House waffling worries progressives

Aug 18, 09 1:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Leading advocates for health care reform are concerned about the Obama administration’s apparent willingness to drop a government-run insurance program from the package in order to ensure the support of the Senate, the Washington Post reports. Prominent Democratic senators have voiced support for the public option, with John Rockefeller... More »

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health care • health insurance • Senate • Senate Democrats • AFL CIO • health care reform • House Democrats • Obama administration • public option

(Newser) - Democrats are taking some unconventional steps to keep town halls civil, the Hill reports. Rep. Betsy Markey plans to hand out copies of George Washington’s Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior to attendees, in a nod to their patriotic zeal. The first rule? “Every Action done... More »

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Congress • House of Representatives • health care reform • House Democrats • President Obama • tea parties • Tea Party Patriots • Betsy Markey

OPINION

 Pelosi, Hoyer: Health 
 Reform Haters Ignore Facts 

After a century, it's time to get this done

Aug 10, 09 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - The debate over universal health care has lasted almost a century, and once again, an overhaul faces tough odds. This time, not only are opponents trying to “misrepresent” legislation—many others have been crashing meetings and making “civil dialogue” on the issue impossible, write Nancy Pelosi and Steny... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • health care • Steny Hoyer • health care reform • House Democrats • speaker of the House • right wingers • protesters • Obama administration

Town Halls Turn to Mayhem for Lawmakers

'Unruly mob' mentality becoming more common at events

Jul 31, 09 10:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Members of Congress are increasingly seeing town-hall meetings turn to bedlam, with people yelling and protesters being pulled out by police, Politico reports. A New York representative who’d hosted more than 100 such meetings has called it quits after a chaotic scene last month that necessitated his departure with... More »

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Congress • mob • town hall meeting • House Democrats • protesters • constituent relations

(Newser) - The Blue Dogs—the 52 fiscally conservative Democrats who have been fighting to kill health care reform proposals the industry doesn’t like—receive far more money from that industry than their non-coalition-member counterparts, the Washington Post reports. The reform push has been a boon for the lawmakers' ledgers;... More »

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health care • Arkansas • House of Representatives • health care industry • lobbyists • health care reform • Mike Ross • House Democrats • special interests • moderate • insurance industry • Blue Dog Democrats • Blue Dog Coalition

Blue Dogs Stand Firm as Dems Get Panicky

Marathon sessions fail to reach a deal as tempers fray

Jul 29, 09 4:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democratic leadership is scrambling to make progress on health care reform before Congress breaks for its August recess, but last night's marathon negotiations failed to break the stalemate—and may even have increased the number of issues up for debate.  "We're making progress," Nancy Pelosi said... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • health care • Congress • Henry Waxman • Harry Reid • Senate Democrats • Rahm Emanuel • health care reform • House Democrats • Blue Dog Democrats • public option

Waxman
Offers Secret Health Deal
to Blue Dogs

Dem: 'Don't think failure is a reasonable option'

Jul 28, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rep. Henry Waxman is optimistic he can get a health care bill out of his committee after pitching Blue Dog Democrats a compromise late last night, the Hill reports. After three hours of negotiations, the Dogs asked Waxman to get a cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office before they... More »

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health care • Henry Waxman • Steny Hoyer • health care reform • House Energy and Commerce Committee • House Democrats • Blue Dog Democrats

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