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House, Senate Dems Split on 'Cadillac Tax'

As finance committee votes, caucus divided on how to fund reform

Oct 13, 09 8:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate Finance Committee is poised to send its bill to the full legislature today, but its provision taxing "Cadillac" insurance plans is raising hackles in the House. Max Baucus and other senators say taxing high-cost plans will raise $200 billion, a quarter of the legislation's price tag, and... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • health care • Barack Obama • Congress • health insurance • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • congressional Democrats • Max Baucus • taxation

2010 playbook

 GOP Trains Fire on Pelosi 

Republicans go after House speaker despite failures in '06, '08

Oct 12, 09 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Republicans angling to take back the House and Senate in 2010—or at least trim their losses from the last two elections—are making attacks on Nancy Pelosi a central feature of their campaign, and it's already getting ugly. The GOP has been releasing statements mocking "Gen. Pelosi" for... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Republican Party • Democratic Party • speaker of the House • House Republicans • House race • Election 2010

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

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

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

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

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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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Senate • House of Representatives • legislation • health care reform • Blue Dog Democrats • public option • progressives

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

opinion


 Hey, Dems: 
 Stop Whining 
 About Civility 
 and Fight Back! 

Dems could easily win this debate and should fight back instead of complaining

Sep 23, 09 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democrats should be trying to land a few blows in the health care debate instead of meekly complaining about a lack of civility from the opposition, Thomas Frank writes in the Wall Street Journal. The right wing has made the issue into a crusade for its vision of liberty,... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • health care • Democrat • health care reform • President Obama • civility

Tearful Pelosi Fears Rhetoric Could Lead to Violence

Speaker tears up while recalling late '70s political violence

Sep 17, 09 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fighting back tears, Nancy Pelosi said today she fears the inflammatory rhetoric surrounding current political debate could lead to violence, the Hill reports. “I have concerns about some of the language that is being used because I saw…I saw this myself in the late '70s in San Francisco,... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • San Francisco • violence • assassination • Speaker • speaker of the House • rhetoric • Harvey Milk


 Afghanistan Push 
 Meets Resistance 
 —From Democrats 

Levin, Pelosi object to troop buildup; Obama weighs options

Sep 11, 09 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Support for the war in Afghanistan is dwindling among Democrats as President Obama mulls increasing US involvement in the region, the New York Times reports. Ahead of an expected request for more troops from the US commander in the country, the chair of the Senate armed services committee says he’... More »

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Afghanistan • Nancy Pelosi • Congress • troop surge • Carl Levin • Afghan Army • Senate Armed Services Committee • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • President Obama

ANALYSIS

 Pumped-Up Dems 
 Fall Into Line 
 on Health Reform  

Obama's speech changed tone on Hill, but GOP votes still elusive

Sep 11, 09 7:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - After a dispiriting summer for the Democrats, Barack Obama's address has energized the majority party, with progressives to Blue Dogs lining up behind the president. As Politico notes, the greatest change in tone came from Nancy Pelosi and other legislators who had insisted on a public option, many of whom... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Charles Rangel • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • George Voinovich

ANALYSIS

McConnell Keeps Low Profile
in Health Debate

Conservative critics think Minority Leader should be fighting administration harder

Sep 8, 09 10:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Why haven’t we heard more from Mitch McConnell on health care? The Senate Minority Leader has kept relatively quiet on the administration’s reform efforts, a stance that has irked many conservative activists who feel McConnell is ducking his duties as de facto Republican Party leader, writes Stephanie Mencimer... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Republican • Senate • Harry Reid • GOP • Mitch McConnell • health care reform • Grover Norquist • Obama administration • President Obama • Sonia Sotomayor • Randall Terry • Erick Erickson • Red State

Health Care Reform '90%' Done: Reid

But Senate, House leaders not united
on public option

Sep 8, 09 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Harry Reid declared "90% agreement" in the Senate on health care reform today after a meeting with President Obama. Reid and Nancy Pelosi expressed optimism that the president's address to Congress tomorrow will bolster support for reform, the Hill reports. The Senate Majority Leader is confident that the speech... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • health care • Congress • Senate • Harry Reid • health care reform • public option

 Pelosi Lets 
 Rangel Slide...for Now 

Nancy Pelosi is better off doing nothing than punishing Charlie Rangel, aides say

Sep 6, 09 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stripping ethics-challenged Charlie Rangel of his Ways and Means Committee chairmanship would create more problems for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi than it would solve, reports Politico, citing current and former House aides. Punishing Rangel would mean having to fill his seat—with one of several less-than-stellar replacements—and infuriating the... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • House of Representatives • Charles Rangel • Congressional Black Caucus

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

OPINION

 Why Stimulus Gets a Bad Rap 


Aug 20, 09 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democrats’ $787 billion stimulus package is less popular than ever—even though it’s already working, writes David Wessel for the Wall Street Journal. The case against it is weak: Fed rate cuts hadn’t slowed the recession, already a year-old at that point, making the stimulus an... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • recession • infrastructure • economic stimulus package • financial crisis • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

glossies

 World's Most Powerful Women 


Aug 19, 09 9:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - German leader Angela Merkel keeps her spot as the world's most powerful woman for the fourth straight year on the annual Forbes list. Other notables in the top 100: Michelle Obama debuts at 40, just ahead of Oprah (41) and Queen Elizabeth (42). Hillary Clinton is 36, down from 28... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Hillary Clinton • Angela Merkel • Queen Elizabeth • Michelle Obama • women • Oprah Winfrey • Sheila Bair • Sonia Sotomayor

(Newser) - House leaders are slashing their $550 million order for eight new executive jets for use by senior government officials, caving to pressure from fellow lawmakers and the Pentagon, Politico reports. John Murtha’s Defense Appropriations Subcommittee had more than doubled the Pentagon’s original request for $220 million to buy... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Pentagon • House Appropriations Committee • John Murtha • planes • defense spending

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

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