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'KILL THE BILL'

 Bachmann Health Care 
 Rally Draws Thousands 

Protesters will roam Capitol hallways to confront lawmakers

Nov 5, 09 12:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Thousands of health care reform protesters gathered in Washington today as part of Michele Bachmann’s “Super Bowl of Freedom.” Participants wielding signs like “Waterboard Congress” and chanting "kill the bill" congregated outside the Capitol to hear Bachmann, other GOP lawmakers, and even Jon Voight assail... More »

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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

PROFILE

 In Health Battle, 
 Dick Armey Rides Again 

Ex-House leader strides back onto national stage over health care

Nov 5, 09 3:10 AM CST
(Newser) - This year's battle over health care reform feels like the early '90s all over again to Dick Armey. The former House majority leader and his FreedomWorks foundation have been at the heart of protests against the Obama administration, channeling conservative power in the same way the Christian right used to,... More »

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Republican • House of Representatives • political activism • health care reform • town hall meeting • Dick Armey • tea parties • FreedomWorks Foundation

Dems Threaten to Kill Health Care Bill
Over Abortion

Bart Stupak says he's got the votes to derail it

Nov 3, 09 9:23 AM CST
(Newser) - The House is barreling towards a health care vote, hoping to pass its bill by the end of the week, but there’s a potential stumbling block ahead: abortion. A group of socially conservative Democrats are threatening to vote against the bill because the subsidies it offers to help people... More »

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abortion • House of Representatives • health care reform • Bart Stupak • women's issues • abortion debate • health care abortion

political bombshell

GOP Foe of Conservative Hoffman Quits Race

Surprise decision leaves him alone against Democrat

Oct 31, 09 11:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Big political news from upstate New York: Republican Dede Scozzafava has suspended her campaign for Congress ahead of Tuesday's election. She endorsed no one, but the move "is a boost" to Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, writes Josh Kraushaar at Politico . Hoffman is a political novice who surged into... More »

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Congress • House of Representatives • Conservative Party • Republican Party • Doug Hoffman • Dede Scozzafava • Election 09 • election day November 2009

Interview

Pelosi to Liberals:
Cheer Up, Shut Up

Get on board, says speaker, and don't expect amendments

Oct 30, 09 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - The health care bill Nancy Pelosi unveiled yesterday may not be as liberal as some of her colleagues would like, but she says they’d better get over it. The speaker intends to keep debate to a minimum, and squash any attempt to add an amendment that would strengthen the... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Medicare • House of Representatives • health care reform • interview • public option • women's issues

first takes

 Pelosi Plan Finds 
 Foes on Left, Right 

Liberals say it's too conservative, and conservatives say it's too liberal

Oct 29, 09 3:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some early takes from the left and right on Nancy Pelosi's health care bill:
  • Tevi Troy, National Review: This will offend states, employers, budget hawks, insurers, even liberals who don't think it's "robust" enough. "The Pelosi approach is an impressive demonstration of coalition building—if you’re
... More »

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 Pelosi Presents $900B 
 Health Care Bill 

It could go to the floor as early as next week

Oct 29, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi showed off the House’s sweeping health care reform bill today, boasting that it was a historic step toward providing quality health care for nearly all Americans. The bill, which officials say will cost roughly $900 billion over 10 years, would cover 96% of the country, requiring nearly... More »

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Pelosi to Unveil Bill With Weaker Public Option

Liberals suck it up as plan tied to Medicare rates lacks votes

Oct 29, 09 7:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi will unveil her long-awaited version of the health care reform bill today, but it won’t include the top item on liberals’ wish list: a public option with rates tied to Medicare. Instead, the bill contains a weaker version of the government-run plan that would let doctors negotiate... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Senate • Harry Reid • Medicare • House of Representatives • health care reform • public option

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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Pelosi Fighting for Stronger Public Option

Plan with Medicare-linked option would
cost only $871B

Oct 21, 09 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi is on a mission to pass the strongest public option on the table in the House—a plan that would pay doctors the same rates as Medicare—and she's close to having enough votes, she told fellow Dems last night. The plan would cost just $871 billion, according... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Medicare • House of Representatives • Congressional Budget Office • health care reform • James Clyburn • Blue Dog Democrats • public option

Senate OKs US Trials for Gitmo Prisoners

Obama expected to
sign measure aimed at speeding jail's closure

Oct 20, 09 7:54 PM CDT
(AP) - President Obama won a modest victory today in his continuing effort to close the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba and allowing the government to continue to transfer detainees to the US for prosecution. The plan to permit terror suspects to be shipped to U.S. soil to face trial passed... More »

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Glenn Greenwald

GOPers Run 
'Witch Hunt' for Muslim Spies

Advocacy group tries to place Muslim interns in Congress. So?

Oct 16, 09 10:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four House Republicans are using a document reprinted in a fringe book on a supposed conspiracy to “Islamize America” to call for an investigation into Muslim “spies” in Congress—spies in the form of interns in congressional offices, that is. How “repugnant” and crazy, writes Glenn Greenwald... More »

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Congress • Islam • House of Representatives • spy • American Muslims • spies • Paul Broun • intern • John Shadegg • Sue Myrick • Council on American-Islamic Relations • David Gaubatz • Trent Franks

 GOP Takes Down 
 Tweet Linking 
 Pelosi, Hitler 

Link to doctored video from NRCC 'an error,' pulled after DCCC outrage

Oct 14, 09 11:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Turns out linking a genocidal dictator with the speaker of the House might be a little over the top, as the National Republican Congressional Committee found itself today taking down a tweet with a link to a video comparing Nancy Pelosi to Adolf Hitler. A broadside from the Democratic Congressional... More »

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House Bill Adds Hate-Crime Coverage for Gays

Dems secure victory by attaching measure to defense funding measure

Oct 8, 09 6:33 PM CDT
(AP) - The House voted today to make it a federal crime to assault people because of their sexual orientation, significantly expanding the hate-crimes law enacted in the days after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 1968. With expected passage by the Senate, and President Obama promising to sign the legislation,... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • House of Representatives • sexual orientation • defense policy bill • sexual violence • homosexual • Matthew Shepard • President Obama • hate crimes

 New Trouble for Rangel: 
 Ethics Panel Widens Probe 

Investigation will cover amended financial reports

Oct 8, 09 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The House ethics committee is expanding its yearlong investigation of Charles Rangel to look at amended financial disclosure forms he filed earlier this year. Rangel, who chairs the Ways and Means Committee, filed the reports in July to account for $600,000 in previously undisclosed assets, reports Politico. The development... More »

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ethics • taxes • House of Representatives • Democrat • Charles Rangel

Pelosi Eye Roll Hints at Dem Rift on Afghanistan

She doesn't seem to be on the same page as Reid

Oct 8, 09 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - It was a little thing. After Tuesday’s powwow with the president on Afghan strategy, Harry Reid emerged from the White House with Nancy Pelosi and announced: “Everyone said that ‘whatever decision you make, we will support it,’” as the House speaker rolled her eyes. Though... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • troop surge • Harry Reid • House of Representatives • Democratic Party • speaker of the House • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • Senate majority leader • President Obama

Dems Block Move to Oust Rangel From
Tax Post

GOP keeps his ethics trouble in spotlight

Oct 7, 09 3:30 PM CDT
(AP) - House Republicans failed today for a third time to oust Charles Rangel as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee—but they kept the spotlight on his ethical problems. Instead of removing him, the House voted 246-153 along mostly partisan lines to refer the GOP resolution to the House ethics... More »

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House of Representatives • Democrat • Charles Rangel • House Ways and Means Committee • House Ethics Committee

gallup poll

 2010 a Toss-Up as 
 Indies Flee the Dems 

But trend and dismal 21% approval of Congress could spell Dem's demise

Oct 7, 09 10:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The sizable lead among registered voters Democrats have maintained since the 2006 midterm elections has eroded to almost nothing. In the latest Gallup poll, Dems have just a 2-point advantage over Republicans going into the 2010 midterms, 46% to 44%, well within the sampling error. That’s down from a... More »

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Congress • Senate • GOP • House of Representatives • Republican Party • candidate • Democratic Party • Gallup poll • opinion polls • Election 2010 • midterm elections

House Dems Fear Senate,
WH Steamroll on Health Care

Moderates don't want to spend risky votes on legless progressive bill

Oct 6, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - House Democrats on both ends of the spectrum are feeling sorry for themselves as they struggle to shape a final health care reform bill. The bill is widely expected—based in no small part on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s proclamations—to include a public option, a tax on wealthy Americans,... More »

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