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Sen. Ben Nelson to announce support for health-care bill - washingtonpost.com »
Posted by: Fi5herman 1 week, 5 days ago in Business & Finance
Sen. Ben Nelson (Neb.),the final Democratic holdout on health care,was prepared to announce to his caucus Saturday morning that he would support the ...
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New York Assembly Passes Gay Marriage Bill »
Posted by: altnrg 7 months, 3 weeks ago in News
The State Assembly approved legislation on Tuesday night that would make New York the sixth state to allow same-sex marriage - a pivotal vote that shifts ...
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Poll: Loss Of Public Option Causes Big Increase In Opposition To Health Care Bill | TPMDC »
Posted by: mesodude 2 weeks, 1 day ago in News
The NBC/Wall Street Journal poll coming out later today will show opposition to the health care bill growing -- mainly from disappointed liberals, who are ...
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Joe Lieberman must go. »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 2 weeks, 2 days ago in Political News
Sen. Lieberman has indicated he plans to join with Republicans to filibuster any health care bill that contains a public option. Alone, the Republicans don ...
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Bring Back That Wall! »
Posted by: Progressive 2 weeks, 1 day ago in Business & Finance
Would a new bill bringing back Glass-Steagall prevent another banking meltdown? Nomi Prins on why change is urgently needed.
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Health concession fuels blowback »
Posted by: Tumultuous 4 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
House Democratic officials say a public option will remain in their version of a health reform bill, even now that the White House has acknowledged ...
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House approves $2B more for 'cash for clunkers' »
Posted by: rbiii 5 months ago in Political News
Alternate Title: How government programs have a nasty habit of costing more than originally budgeted.
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Five Things You Don't Know About the Senate Health Care Bill -- Politics Daily »
Posted by: Tumultuous 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Political Opinion
If you've been following the health care debate closely, you probably know the basics of the Senate Finance Committee's version of health care ...
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Bill Maher On The Year In Ridiculous Republicans (VIDEO) »
Posted by: Progressive 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Political Opinion
On ""Real Time" Friday night, Bill Maher decided to end his show by mocking all the Republicans who have become prime targets for jokes now ...
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Bush might bomb Iran if he thinks Obama will win? »
Posted by: MyWayOnNow 1 year, 2 months ago in News
On Fox News Sunday, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol implied that President Bush is more likely to attack Iran before leaving office if he believes ...
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Whoops: Anti-ACORN Bill Ropes In Defense Contractors, Others Charged With Fraud »
Posted by: mesodude 2 months, 4 weeks ago in Political News
Going after ACORN may be like shooting fish in a barrel lately -- but jumpy lawmakers used a bazooka to do it last week and may ...
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The Flawed Logic of William Kristol »
Posted by: mesodude 1 week, 5 days ago in Political Opinion
In a recent Washington Post article titled “A Good Time to be a Conservative”; Mr. Kristol made a bold assumption, claiming the “center of gravity ...
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10 Reasons Why Democrats Who Opposed the Health Care Bill Made a Political Mistake »
Posted by: Tumultuous 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Political Opinion
Even if you completely ignore how critical it is to reform the broken American health care system, most of the 39 Democrats who voted against ...
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HOPE, CHANGE, and TRANSPARENCY BABY - The list of payoffs that got Reid his cloture vote »
Posted by: pc25 1 week, 1 day ago in Political News
Recall the moments in 2008 when Democrats like Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Barack Obama campaigned on the platform of — must … control … gag … reflex — “Honest ...
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Conrad: Senate Health Care Bill Is Basically The Final Version »
Posted by: Progressive 1 week, 4 days ago in Health & Fitness
Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) asserted on Sunday that the Senate's version of health care legislation will, by and large, be the final product ...
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