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Democrats Consider Dropping Medicare Expansion
16 hours ago ago from The New York Times
Filed at 8:42 p.m. ET WASHINGTON (AP) -- The end game at hand, Senate Democrats appeared ready to jettison a proposed Medicare expansion from historic health care legislation Monday in hopes of assuring Christmas-week passage of the bill to extend coverage to tens of millions. ''Democrats aren't going to let the American people down,'' Majority Leader Harry Reid said after a closed-door meeting called to discuss last-minute trade-offs in ...
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23 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
By Susan Davis The pervading liberal anger towards Sen. Joe Lieberman is no longer limited to the Connecticut senator. Liberal blogger Jane Hamsher at Firedoglake on Friday called on Susan G. Komen for the Cure to drop Liebermans wife, Hadassah, as a global ambassador because of her ties to the health care industry. The breast cancer advocacy organization declined. We value her work as global ambassador and have every intention of keeping ...
Related contentSenate Democrats Likely to Drop Medicare Expansion
14 hours ago ago from The New York Times
WASHINGTON Senate Democratic leaders said Monday that they were prepared to drop a proposed expansion of Medicare and scrap a new government-run health insurance plan as they tried to rally their caucus in hopes of passing the bill before Christmas. A blog from The New York Times that tracks the health care debate as it unfolds. More Health Care Overhaul News Health Care Conversations Share your thoughts ...
Related contentObama Summons Senate Democrats To White House
21 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama will meet with Senate Democrats at the White House Tuesday to press for action at a make-or-break moment for his health care overhaul. All 60 members of the Democratic caucus have been invited, according to three Democratic officials. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement was not yet public. The meeting comes as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid works to round up votes to ...
Related contentHouse Democrats lose fourth member to retirement
13 hours ago ago from Washington Post - Politics
House Democrats got a jolt Monday when a fourth lawmaker in a matter of weeks announced his retirement, leaving party officials and strategists fearful that they represent the leading edge of a wave of departures that could leave the Democrats vulnerable to significant losses in the 2010 midterm elections . This Story The most recent retirement came when Rep. Bart Gordon (Tenn.) decided not to seek a 14th term. While ...
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