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Meet the Lone GOP Rep to Vote for House Bill

La. freshman Cao cites district's health woes, abortion concession

Nov 8, 09 9:47 AM CST
(Newser) - House Democrats are wryly proclaiming their health care bill a bipartisan victory—and thanks goes to Ahn "Joseph" Cao, the New Orleans freshman who was the lone Republican to support the bill, reports the New York Times in a look at the man behind the vote. The new abortion... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • health care • Medicare • Louisiana • health care reform • bipartisanship • Joseph Cao

 Obama to 
 Congress: 
 'Let's Finish Job' 
 on Health Reform 

Prez readies final push, noting bipartisan support

Oct 10, 09 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Citing a growing number of Republicans in his corner, President Obama is readying a final push on health care, declaring reform to be "in its final days." The president in his radio address today pushed lawmakers to act on an emerging plan that "includes the best ideas... More »

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Barack Obama • Tommy Thompson • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Bill Frist • Michael Bloomberg • Bob Dole • health care reform • bipartisanship

'Kiss My Gay Ass': Calif. Dem After Heckling Arnold

... after interrupting governor's speech by yelling 'You lie!'

Oct 8, 09 7:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Slightly different forum, very different personalities, same heckle. And California Democratic Assemblyman Tom Ammiano apparently followed up his “You lie!” interruption of a speech last night in San Francisco by Arnold Schwarzenegger by walking out and telling the Republican governor to “kiss my gay ass.” Ammiano’... More »

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San Francisco • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Willie Brown • Democratic Party • bipartisanship • President Obama • heckling • Tom Ammiano • California State Assembly • Joe Wilson • You lie

OPINION

 Nation at Odds? 
 Miley's 'Party' 
 to the Rescue 

Pop starlet's latest song is her best—and it could help heal a fractured nation

Sep 29, 09 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - At heart, Miley Cyrus is a “peace broker: She loves trying to get seemingly irreconcilable forces to hug, or at least sit together at the same lunch table.” Her most recent career milestone—“Party in the USA” became her highest-charting single ever—takes this role to a... More »

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entertainment • music • celebrity • Miley Cyrus • bipartisanship • Jay-ZTV

OPINION

 Rove: You're Boring Us, Obama 

Prez needs to get off TV, start working on better health plan

Sep 24, 09 1:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - If President Obama wants opponents to buy his health care plan he'll have to come with a better plan instead of trying to bore them into submission by repeating details of the one he's got, writes Karl Rove. With his recent round of TV appearances, "Obama made a classic... More »

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health care • Karl Rove • talk show • health care reform • bipartisanship • President Obama

Snowe Could Be Lone GOP Health Care Vote

Democrats hope centrist senator can get them past 60

Aug 29, 09 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - As health care talks grow more polarized, Democrats are looking to Olympia Snowe as their most likely—and quite possibly only—Republican vote, the New York Times reports. “I certainly hope not!” exclaims Snowe when asked about the possibility. But the centrist Maine senator has long been... More »

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Senate • Maine • Olympia Snowe • health care reform • bipartisanship

(Newser) - If you ask leading Democrats who can replace Ted Kennedy as the Senate’s liberal standard-bearer, the most frequent answer is “nobody,” writes Doyle McManus of the Los Angeles Times. No one has a record to match Kennedy’s, and in today’s Senate, building one would... More »

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Senate • Senate Democrats • Ted Kennedy • Senate Republicans • liberal • bipartisanship • US Senate

(Newser) - John McCain and Orrin Hatch's recent kind words about Ted Kennedy's ability to negotiate across the aisle "would be touching as hell if they weren't total bull," Rick Ungar writes on True/Slant. Ungar shames the GOP senators for praising Kennedy's skills of reaching consensus while themselves refusing to... More »

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John McCain • Ted Kennedy • Orrin Hatch • health care reform • bipartisanship

(Newser) - Chuck Grassley, the leading Republican senator negotiating health care reform, said yesterday that Congress should pass a substantially narrower bill in the face of town hall anger. The Iowa legislator said baying crowds at public meetings had convinced him that the public has rejected "a government takeover of health... More »

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health care • Senate Finance Committee • Charles Grassley • health care reform • town hall meeting • bipartisanship

(Newser) - Here's the latest health care strategy gaining traction among Democrats: Pass two bills instead of one. The idea, as laid out by the Wall Street Journal, goes like this: Democrats would tuck most of the legislation's more controversial spending measures—maybe even a public insurance option—into a first bill... More »

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Congress • Senate • Harry Reid • health care reform • bipartisanship • President Obama • budget reconcilation

(Newser) - Barack Obama doesn’t look like a unifying centrist anymore. At his suspiciously adoring health care town hall meeting, Obama “seemed like a man long celebrated as being very good at politics, who is finding out day by day that he isn’t,” writes Peggy Noonan of the... More »

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Barack Obama • health care reform • bipartisanship • Peggy Noonan • President Obama

Baucus & Co to Meet Obama for Health Care Talk

Today's chat signals prez is still looking for bipartisan compromise

Aug 6, 09 9:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama will meet with all six key negotiators on the Senate Finance Committee today at the White House to discuss the effort to draft a compromise bill that could win some GOP support, the New York Times reports. It’s the first time he’s met with the... More »

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Barack Obama • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Max Baucus • bipartisanship

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

(Newser) - The health care reform bill is now in the hands of the Senate Finance Committee and chairman Max Baucus won't be rushed, Politico reports. The Montana Democrat, under pressure from the White House to get a deal done, has been locked in talks to build bipartisan consensus for financing the... More »

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health care • Senate Health Committee • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Max Baucus • bipartisanship • President Obama

Reid's Refusal Leaves $320B
Health Care Hole

Dems may look to income tax hike to cover cost of public option

Jul 9, 09 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Harry Reid met with Republicans yesterday to diffuse some of his tough talk on health care reform, but as Politico reports, the Senate majority leader has forced a scramble for $320 billion over 10 years to pay for the plan. Reid said he would not support a bill that taxed... More »

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health care • income tax • Harry Reid • Senate Democrats • health care reform • Max Baucus • bipartisanship

(Newser) - Harry Reid yesterday pulled the plug on painstaking efforts to win bipartisan support for health care reform, telling Max Baucus to drop a proposal, aimed at wooing Republicans, that would tax health benefits and leave out a public insurance option. The Senate majority leader told Baucus, the Finance Committee chairman... More »

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health care • Senate • Harry Reid • Senate Democrats • Senate Republicans • Senate Health Committee • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Max Baucus • bipartisanship

(Newser) - The climate change bill barely squeaked through the House yesterday, and while that doesn't bode well for its passing the Senate, it's not necessarily doomed there, Nate Silver writes on FiveThirtyEight. One factor is the White House: Having been relatively mum on the House battle, President Obama “has conserved... More »

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House of Representatives • vote • climate change legislation • bipartisanship • US Senate • Obama administration • President Obama • political capital

OPINION

Obama Needs to Toughen Up on Health Care: Krugman

President is dooming reform effort with 'giveaways': Krugman

Jun 26, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama loves to talk about his post-partisan approach to politics, finding common ground on domestic policy and bringing Republicans into his fold. But on many issues Obama "searches for common ground where none exists," New York Times columnist Paul Krugman writes, and the resulting bills are far... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • Democrats • health insurance • health care reform • economic stimulus package • bipartisanship • post-partisan • public insurance

Daschle, Dole Team Up for Outside Health Care Push

Could-have-been '90s partners finally team up

Jun 18, 09 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - When the Clintons were trying to pass their health care reform bill in the early '90s, Tom Daschle tried desperately to enlist Bob Dole. Now, 15 years later, he finally has. Daschle and Dole, along with former Republican leader Howard Banker, are leading an outside push for a bipartisan health... More »

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health insurance • Senate • Bob Dole • health care reform • Tom Daschle • bipartisanship • bipartisan

 Senators Rank 
 Bipartisan Colleagues 

Kennedy, Collins named most bipartisan

Apr 21, 09 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you want to reach across the aisle in the Senate, chances are you're stretching toward Ted Kennedy or Susan Collins, according to a Hill survey of the upper chamber. “I’d love to co-sponsor every piece of legislation with Ted Kennedy,” says Sen. Richard Burr. The most... More »

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Congress • Charles Schumer • Senate • Senate Democrats • Ted Kennedy • Senate Republicans • Patrick Leahy • partisanship • Susan Collins • bipartisanship • Jim Bunning

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