The Senate’s first day of debate on sweeping legislation to overhaul the health-care system produced a squeaker of a vote — exactly the 60 that majority leader Harry Reid needed to overcome a threatened Republican filibuster that could have blocked him from even bringing the bill to the floor. But it also gave a clear picture of the Republican messaging strategy as the legislation moves forward into what promises to be weeks of tendentious debate after the Thanksgiving recess.
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Health Reform: Can Schumer Push a Public Option Through?
It may not officially be part of his job anymore, but Senator Chuck Schumer, 58, is still very much focused on elections.
New York’s Gov. Paterson declares H1N1 state of emergency
Broadening the number of health care professionals who can administer vaccine, New York Gov.
House Republicans Look to Reverse ‘Party of No’ Label
For all the encouragement that Republicans took from the angry health-care town halls of August, the fall has not been kind to the GOP. A Washington Post-ABC poll found that only 1 in 5 voters now identifies as Republican.
Key senators wary of public option
Independent Sen. Joseph Lieberman said Tuesday he will oppose final approval of any health care bill that has a government-run public health insurance option
A Healthier Way to Pay Doctors
Correction Appended: Oct. 19, 2009 It’s hard to feel sorry for America’s family doctors
Democrats chastise Snowe over health care ‘influence’
There is candid frustration Thursday coming from rank and file congressional Democrats about the influence of Maine’s Republican senator in the health care reform debate. The way Republican Sen.
Health-Care Reform: Democrats Brace for Next Challenge
With the passage of health-care-reform legislation out of the Senate Finance Committee expected on Tuesday, the debate moves into a new and delicate stage. It is one that will test the legislative and political skills of Senate majority leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a scale that no congressional leadership team has had to face in at least four decades.
Senate committee completes health care debate
The Senate Finance Committee completed debate on proposed health care legislation early Friday. The Finance Committee was the last congressional panel to consider a health care reform bill
Public option: ‘Nothing is ever dead on Capitol Hill’
As lawmakers huddled this summer to put together the framework for health care legislation, it quickly became evident that the battle over President Obama’s top priority would be neither quick nor easy. After months of debate and missed deadlines, the public option has emerged as the main sticking point