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What to watch for in today's debate

This is a vote to see if there will be a debate . This is not the debate . Look for Lincoln, Landrieu, Nelson and fellow centrists to go to great lengths to explain how their vote is not a vote for reform, but simply an OK to talk about reform. 1. We ...

From CHRIS FRATES, The Politico,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Saddam Hussein,  U.S. Congress,  Joe Lieberman,  U.S. Senate,  Barack Obama

How to pass a health bill fast

“Ping-pong” might be too difficult. Reconciliation, too partisan. But as Democrats look for a way to speed up the health reform debate, a mini-conference modeled after the stimulus bill negotiations might be what works. With the president’s year-end ...

From CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN,CHRIS FRATES, The Politico,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  White House,  U.S. Republican Party,  Harry Reid,  Mitch McConnell

Health reform's hidden land mines

Members of the organization MoveOn.org hold a rally in Nebraska in support of a public option for health insurance. The reform debate has emphasized the public option, but only about 10 percent of the population would be eligible. Photo: AP ...

From CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN,CHRIS FRATES, The Politico,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Congress,  White House,  Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Dems brace for another recess

The last time Congress returned home for an extended break in August, health care reform proponents lost ground that took weeks to regain — but not again, Democrats insist as they head into the Veterans Day recess. The landscape is a bit different ...

From CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN,CHRIS FRATES, The Politico,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Senate,  MoveOn.org,  U.S. Congress

Saturday Pulse: A Democratic drama

House Dems strike abortion deal Immigration still an issue The politics of no: Pelosi has a 17-vote buffer and 20 Dems lean "no," meaning she needs virtually every undecided CHRIS FRATES & PATRICK O'CONNOR on November 7, 2009 @ 7:14 AM ...

From CHRIS FRATES,PATRICK O'CONNOR, The Politico,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: White House,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Nancy Pelosi

Health bill could slip into next year

Democrats have blown so many deadlines for getting health reform done this year that insiders are increasingly skeptical they can finish by year’s end — and some even suggest the effort might slip to a new deadline, before the State of the Union ...

From CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN,CHRIS FRATES, The Politico,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Harry Reid,  Congressional Budget Office,  Kent Conrad

As votes near, insurers make last stand

When the insurance industry launched the first full-scale attack on key provisions of health reform, the Democrats’ response was swift, brutal and aimed squarely at Karen Ignagni, a former Democratic Capitol Hill aide who is now the industry’s top ...

From CHRIS FRATES, The Politico,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  White House,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  AFL-CIO

Pelosi starts clock on House health bill

There it is, people. Be sure to read it so you can't complain that nobody has seen the bill or knows what's in it. Nancy Pelosi commits Hari Cari and the first step to a single payer rationed plan . Whether or not Pelosi calls it HarryCARE or ...

From CHRIS FRATES,PATRICK O'CONNOR, The Politico,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Nancy Pelosi,  Barack Obama

Closed-door health care reform decried

When Barack Obama was running for president, he vowed to lead the most open and transparent government in history. Candidate Obama even promised to negotiate health care reform live on television. Then it came time to govern, and President Obama has ...

From CHRIS FRATES, The Politico,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  Harry Reid,  White House,  U.S. Democratic Party

Dems look to debt for 'doc fix'

When President Barack Obama promised that health care reform would be fully paid for, many wondered how Democrats would fund a key provision whose cost is almost a third of the reform’s $900 billion price tag: protecting doctors from annual cuts to ...

From CHRIS FRATES, The Politico,  20 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Mitch McConnell,  Barack Obama,  White House

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