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Moderates could sink health bill

WASHINGTON — Moderate Senate Democrats threatened Sunday to scuttle health care legislation if their demands aren't met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders not to bend. Republicans have already made clear they aren't supporting the ...

From ANNE FLAHERTY, Kansas.com,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Republican Party,  Mary Landrieu,  Blanche Lincoln

Haggling on the left to define the debate

WASHINGTON — Moderate Senate Democrats threatened Sunday to scuttle health care legislation if their demands aren't met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders not to bend. The dispute among Democrats foretells of a rowdy floor debate ...

From ANNE FLAHERTY, Inside Bay Area,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Republican Party,  Mary Landrieu,  Blanche Lincoln

Democrats in US Senate at odds over health care

Moderate Democrats in the U.S. Senate were threatening to scuttle health-care legislation if their demands aren't met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders not to bend. The dispute among Democrats foretells of a rowdy floor ...

From ANNE FLAHERTY, Taiwan News,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Republican Party,  Mary Landrieu,  Blanche Lincoln

U.S. Senate Democrats at odds over health care

M oderate Senate Democrats threatened Sunday to scuttle health-care legislation if their demands aren't met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders not to bend. The dispute among Democrats foretells of a rowdy floor debate next month on ...

From ANNE FLAHERTY, Globe and Mail,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Republican Party,  Mary Landrieu,  Barack Obama

Senate Dems at odds over health care bill

Senate Democrats on Sunday sparred with each other over how to fix the nation's troubled health care system, the moderates threatening to scuttle legislation if their demands weren't met and the more liberal members warning their party leaders not to ...

From ANNE FLAHERTY, Salon,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Republican Party,  Mary Landrieu,  Blanche Lincoln

Senate Democrats at odds over health care bill

WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats on Sunday sparred with each other over how to fix the nation's troubled health care system, the moderates threatening to scuttle legislation if their demands weren't met and the more liberal members warning their party ...

From ANNE FLAHERTY, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Harry Reid,  Joe Lieberman,  Christopher Dodd

Senate moderates frustrate other Democrats on bill

WASHINGTON - Senate moderates on Sunday threatened to scuttle the health care bill if their demands weren't met, frustrating rank-and-file Democrats who say their colleagues' views were out of step with American voters. ...

From ANNE FLAHERTY, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Harry Reid,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Christopher Dodd,  Tom Harkin

Senate moderates frustrate other Dems on health bill

Democratic Sens. Chris Dodd (left) and Harry Reid talk to the news media following the Senate's cloture vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill on Saturday in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON — Senate moderates on Sunday threatened to ...

From ANNE FLAHERTY, San Diego Union-Tribune,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Christopher Dodd,  Harry Reid,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama

Historic health care bill clears Senate hurdle

WASHINGTON - A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the historic legislation has cleared a key hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. ...

From ANNE FLAHERTY, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Harry Reid,  Christopher Dodd,  U.S. Republican Party,  Tom Harkin

Senate Dems frustrated with sway held by moderates

WASHINGTON—A Democratic senator says moderates in his party shouldn't be allowed to dictate the terms of the health care debate and that the final bill should include a government-run option for Americans lacking insurance. That view, by Sen. Sherrod ...

From ANNE FLAHERTY, Boston Globe,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Sherrod Brown,  U.S. Senate,  Joe Lieberman,  U.S. Republican Party

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