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Dodd Unveils Sweeping Financial Overhaul Bill

It would create new oversight agencies

Nov 10, 09 2:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Chris Dodd introduced a sweeping financial regulation bill that creates no fewer than three new agencies to oversee the banking industry. Dodd’s bill creates an Agency for Financial Stability to identify systemic risks to the economy as a whole. It entrusts all bank supervision to the Financial Institutions Regulatory... More »

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Senate • Federal Reserve • Chris Dodd • Senate Finance Committee • FDIC • bank regulation

health care reform

 Public Option a Go: Reid 

Senate bill will include government health plan, with opt-out

Oct 26, 09 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Harry Reid will include a public insurance plan in the pending health care reform bill, with a provision allowing individual states to refuse to participate. The Senate majority leader’s bill is likely to include an “opt-out” version of the public plan, taken from the Senate health committee, as... More »

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Harry Reid • Senate Health Committee • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • US Senate • Obama administration • Robert Gibbs • President Obama • Health, Education, Labor & Pensions • public option • health care cooperative

so much for baucus bill

 Public Option Now 
 Has Legs in Senate 

Hostile insurance industry pushes Dems to consider grab-bag of proposals

Oct 20, 09 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The public option, left for dead by the Max Baucus bill that passed the Finance Committee just weeks ago, has a new lease on life in the Senate. Credit goes to a CBO report underwhelmed by that bill's efforts to encourage competition, and a big power play by the insurance... More »

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Congress • Senate • legislation • Olympia Snowe • Congressional Budget Office • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Evan Bayh • public option • health insurance industry

OPINION


 Palin Wades 
 Back Into 
 Health Care 
 Debate 

On Facebook, former Alaska gov picks apart Baucus bill

Oct 18, 09 3:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - With less than a month to go before the release of her memoir, Sarah Palin has weighed in on the health care debate, opining that the authors of the Baucus bill "no doubt have good intentions, but good intentions aren’t enough." Furthermore, the effort in general "... More »

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Alaska • Republican • Facebook • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Max Baucus • Sarah Palin

Health Debate Now Hinges on Public Option

Obama, Reid warm to Snowe 'trigger' plan  phased in state by state

Oct 15, 09 7:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House and Congress are now wrangling to reconcile the five health care bills on the floors of the House and Senate, and no issue is causing greater headaches than the so-called public option. The Senate Finance Committee's bill, which has the support of Republican Olympia Snowe, doesn't have... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • Congress • Harry Reid • Olympia Snowe • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Raul Grijalva • public option

HEALTH REFORM



 Six Senate 
 Swing Votes 

From Dems who swing right to left-leaning GOPers, debate promises suspense

Oct 14, 09 12:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - As health care reform bills merge and change on the Senate floor, the pool of legislators to watch has grown. The Wall Street Journal takes a look:
  • Olympia Snowe, R-Maine: Her vote for the Finance Committee bill was clutch, but "doesn't forecast what my vote will be
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Congress • Senate • legislation • Olympia Snowe • Senate Finance Committee • Susan Collins • Mary Landrieu • health care reform • Ben Nelson • Roland Burris • public option • Blanche Lincoln

ANALYSIS

 Snowe, Not Palin, Is 
 GOP's Real Maverick 

Maine senator's yes on health reform isn't first time breaking with the party

Oct 13, 09 7:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Today’s committee vote for a key health-reform measure isn’t the first time Sen. Olympia Snowe has broken with fellow Republicans—and leads Laurie Kellman to call her, and not former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the GOP’s real maverick. Snowe also voted for President Obama’s stimulus package,... More »

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Senate Republicans • Maine • Olympia Snowe • Republican Party • Senate Finance Committee • maverick • health care reform • George W. Bush • Sarah Palin • President Obama • Angus King

Obama
Praises 'Critical Milestone' of Baucus Bill

Instead of celebrating, 'now is time to dig in'

Oct 13, 09 4:48 PM CDT
(AP) - President Obama called today's passage of legislation by a key Senate committee "a critical milestone" toward getting a health care overhaul this year, but said "now is not the time to pat ourselves on the back." Obama spoke in the Rose Garden about two hours after the... More »

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Senate • Olympia Snowe • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Max Baucus • President Obama

 Baucus Panel 
 Approves Health Bill 

Snowe is only Republican 'yes' vote

Oct 13, 09 2:13 PM CDT
(AP) - A pivotal Senate committee has approved a sweeping remake of the country's health care system, delivering a long-sought boost to President Obama's goal of expanding coverage. The 14-9 vote in the Senate Finance Committee sets up a historic debate on the Senate floor and moves health care overhaul closer to... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • Olympia Snowe • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Max Baucus

 Snowe to Vote for Health Bill 

She provides crucial Republican support for Obama's overhaul

Oct 13, 09 12:26 PM CDT
(AP) - Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe says she will vote for a Democratic health care bill, breaking with her party on President Obama's top legislative priority. The Maine senator kept virtually all of Washington guessing how she would vote until she announced it late in the Senate Finance Committee debate today. "... More »

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Congress • legislation • Maine • Olympia Snowe • Republican Party • Senate Finance Committee • vote • health care reform • Max Baucus • Obama administration • bipartisan

HEALTH CARE REFORM

 Dour Industry Report Backfires 

Dems, GOP alike have hard time believing Hail Mary predicting higher costs

Oct 13, 09 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The health insurance industry report presented yesterday that predicts the reform bill will do little to stop rising costs appears to have backfired. Dems are up in arms at the timing and content of the “misleading and harmful” attack from their erstwhile ally in the effort. Sen. Jay Rockefeller... More »

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Congress • health care costs • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Jay Rockefeller • Karen Ignagni • health insurance industry • America's Health Insurance Plans

ANALYSIS

Yea or Nay, How Health Bill Hinges on Snowe's Vote

Either way, Maine Republican will likely preserve leverage going to the floor

Oct 13, 09 10:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The day is finally here: Olympia Snowe will have to vote one way or another on the Senate Finance Committee’s health reform bill. The Maine Republican has been coy—“It’s all about what I’m comfortable doing at the end of the day”—but that doesn’... More »

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Congress • legislation • Olympia Snowe • Senate Finance Committee • vote • health care reform • reconciliation • Max Baucus • Obama administration

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

analysis

Industry Report Distorts Health Reform Cost

Insurance firms' numbers blindside Baucus bill's backers

Oct 12, 09 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new report that says the Senate Finance Committee’s reform bill would raise private insurance premiums is riddled with troubling exceptions, writes Jonathan Cohn. The report, commissioned by America's Health Insurance Plans, estimates the costs of premiums over time if the bill is implemented, but it doesn’t take... More »

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health insurance • insurance companies • Senate Finance Committee • health insurance premiums • health care reform • Max Baucus • US Senate • America's Health Insurance Plans

Insurance Group Bashes Baucus Bill With Report

White House betrayed by 'hatchet job' predicting cost hikes

Oct 12, 09 7:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House is steamed this morning over a report, sponsored by the insurance industry, saying the Senate Finance Committee’s health care bill would cause premiums and costs to rise. The report was commissioned by America’s Health Insurance Plans, an industry group that has until now supported reform... More »

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health care costs • health insurance • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Obama administration • America's Health Insurance Plans

CBO: Baucus Bill Would
Cut Deficit by $81B

Projection is good news for Democrats

Oct 7, 09 4:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Good news for Democrats and Max Baucus: The Congressional Budget Office says the Senate finance panel's health care bill won't add to the deficit. In fact, the CBO says the bill would reduce it by $81 billion over 10 years. That should make it easier for Baucus to push his... More »

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Congress • Congressional Budget Office • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Max Baucus

HEALTH NEGOTIATIONS

Senate Bill Likely to Come Down to Reid, Dodd, Baucus

Baucus, Dodd the only senators with secure seats at negotiating table

Oct 7, 09 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Every senator worth their salt is salivating for a seat at the table when Harry Reid merges the Senate’s two competing health care bills—but the vast majority will instead have their noses pressed to the glass. Reid hopes to speed things up by keeping the group small, Politico... More »

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Senate • Harry Reid • Olympia Snowe • Chris Dodd • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Jay Rockefeller • Max Baucus • Tom Harkin • Kent Conrad • Health, Education, Labor & Pensions

 Forget Baucus: Reid 
 Takes Reins on Health Care 

Tough issues will be on the table as the majority leader tries to hammer out a bill

Oct 3, 09 9:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the Senate Finance Committee, it's all over but the voting, and Democratic hopes for health care reform now rest with Harry Reid, who has to pull something cogent (and passable) out of a welter of conflicting proposals from several committees. That puts him the "in the eye of... More »

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Charles Schumer • Senate • Harry Reid • Olympia Snowe • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Max Baucus

Health Bill Author Baucus Reaps $1.5M From Industry

Finance chairman raked in donations while crafting measure

Oct 2, 09 3:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's no secret that Capitol Hill is awash in money from the health-care industry but the amounts involved are far larger than many realize, according to a new report from a watchdog group. The Sunlight Foundation found that many senators—especially Montana Democrat Max Baucus, chair of the Senate Finance... More »

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health care industry • lobbyist • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Max Baucus • political donations

(Newser) - Reasoned debate is all well and good, but the more than 300 amendments offered to the health care reform bill by finance committee Republicans are “dangerously close to a parody,” Dana Milbank writes. Or maybe they’re already there. Take Orrin Hatch’s request for “transition relief... More »

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Congress • Senate • GOP • Jon Kyl • legislation • Republican Party • Senate Finance Committee • Charles Grassley • health care reform • Jay Rockefeller • amendment

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