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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

(Newser) - House Democrats looked on the verge of inter-party warfare yesterday, as they openly battled over health care, the Washington Post reports. Tempers ran especially hot in the Energy and Commerce Committee, where Chairman Henry Waxman accused Blue Dog Democrats of “empowering Republicans,” and suggested the bill bypass... More »

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Henry Waxman • House Democrats • Blue Dog Democrats

(Newser) - Anti-abortion groups are launching a full-scale assault on health reform plans, contending that current proposals include an “abortion mandate” and would spend taxpayer money on the procedure, Politico reports. The first claim is based on a plan to federally mandate a basic set of procedures insurers must offer. Abortion... More »

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health care • abortion • health insurance • Focus on the Family • health care reform • insurance providers • House Democrats • anti-abortion activists

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

OPINION

Congress Leads Dems on 'Liberal Suicide March'

They're as out of touch as Republicans were
in Bush years: Brooks

Jul 21, 09 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Republican Party turned away from America during its years in power, writes New York Times columnist David Brooks, by paying more attention to echo-chamber media outlets and yes-men pollsters than voters. Now the Democrats are doing the same—instead of Southern conservatives, now it's left-wingers from the coasts who... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Senate Democrats • health care reform • Democratic Party • House Democrats • David Brooks • Blue Dog Democrats • liberal elite

(Newser) - Over the last few elections Democrats have captured House seats from the GOP in some of the wealthiest constituencies in the nation, from northern Virginia to suburban Denver. But as the White House and leaders in Congress look to tax hikes to fund the health care overhaul, recently elected congressmen... More »

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Congress • taxes • House of Representatives • health care reform • rich • Democratic Party • House Democrats • tax hikes

(AP) - Key House Democrats decided today to raise taxes on the wealthy to help pay for health care legislation, capping an up-and-down week for President Barack Obama's top domestic priority. Democrats on the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee agreed to a new surtax that would start with households making $350,000... More »

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(Newser) - Democrats in Congress are heading for an intra-party showdown over how to fund health care reform, reports the New York Times. The powerful House Ways and Means Committee is reportedly near agreement on an income tax surcharge of 2% or more on Americans earning above $250,000, which moderate Democrats... More »

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income tax • Senate Democrats • Charles Grassley • surcharge • health care reform • Max Baucus • House Democrats • federal income tax • Blue Dog Democrats

(Newser) - Could abortion be the hidden trap that kills health care reform? Federal regs already prohibit the use of Medicaid money for the procedure, but 19 anti-abortion Democrats got in front of the issue last month, Time reports. They sent a letter to Nancy Pelosi warning that they won’t support... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • abortion • health care reform • House Democrats • anti-abortion activists

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

 Blame Founding Fathers for Paralysis on Climate Change

Minority's outsize power prevents real change: Tomasky

Jun 29, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's narrow victory last week, when the House passed the climate change bill by just 7 votes, raises the question of why it's so tough to get change enacted even when the president is popular and his party has majorities in both houses of Congress. The problem Democrats face... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • Congress • Senate • US Constitution • Michael Tomasky • House Democrats • separation of powers • Waxman-Markey

 House Passes 
 Major Climate 
 Change Bill 

Dems OK legislation
by 7 votes after days
of intense talks

Jun 26, 09 6:30 PM CDT
(AP) - In a triumph for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed sweeping legislation today calling for the nation's first-ever limits on pollution linked to global warming. The bill also aims to usher in a new era of cleaner, yet more costly energy. The vote was 219-212, capping months of... More »

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climate change • Congress • global warming • House Democrats • climate change legislation • bill

Dems Get in Shouting and (Alleged) Shoving Match

'He touched me first,' says Waters

Jun 26, 09 10:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pair of House Democrats had a less-than-decorous exchange on the floor yesterday, the Hill reports. With the chamber clearing out after a series of votes, Appropriations chair David Obey and Maxine Waters began screaming at each other over an earmark for a school bearing Waters' name. “You’re... More »

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House Appropriations Committee • earmarks • Los Angeles • House of Representatives • House Democrats • Congressional Black Caucus • Maxine Waters • David Obey

Pelosi Gambles on Climate Bill Vote Despite Dem Grumbling

Speaker may need GOP backing

Jun 24, 09 4:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi has scheduled a vote this Friday on a controversial climate change bill despite the strong reservations of some Democrats, the Hill reports. Farmbelt lawmakers fear that the sprawling bill's measures to curb emissions will put a disproportionate burden on their states with no reward. The House speaker and... More »

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climate change • Nancy Pelosi • House of Representatives • House Democrats • Congressional Black Caucus • Blue Dog Democrats

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