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Democrats Press Ahead on Debate Before Health Vote

WASHINGTON Senate Democrats made a forceful case on Saturday for legislation to revamp the nation’s health care system, condemning the practices of insurers and decrying the plight of the uninsured in a parade of floor speeches aimed at cementing party ...

From DAVID M. HERSZENHORN AND ROBERT PEAR, The New York Times,  21 Nov 2009

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

Wavering senator to vote for debate

to clear the first hurdle to action on the bill, which embodies President Barack Obama's top domestic priority. WASHINGTON — Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, one of three wavering Democrats, said Friday that he would vote to start debate on a giant health ...

From ROBERT PEAR AND DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, TwinCities.com,  21 Nov 2009

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

Nebraska Senator Will Vote to Start Health Debate

WASHINGTON Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, one of three wavering Democrats, said Friday that he would vote to start debate on a giant health care bill as Democrats and Republicans squared off over the legislation in advance of its first big test in the ...

From ROBERT PEAR AND DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, The New York Times,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  John McCain,  Barack Obama

Robert David Jaffee: The Insanity of the Insanity Defense

At the end of the Charles Bronson film, 10 to Midnight, a serial killer, who has just been apprehended, reverts to a variation of the same plea uttered by Andy Robinson's psychopath in Dirty Harry and Leo Gorcey's punk in Dead End: "society made me do ...

From ROBERT DAVID JAFFEE, Huffington Post,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Elizabeth Smart,  Charles Bronson,  Andy Robinson,  Clint Eastwood,  Phillip Garrido

Reid Says Saturday Vote on Health Care Bill Likely

WASHINGTON Democratic leaders in the Senate on Wednesday unveiled their proposal for overhauling the health care system, outlining legislation that they said would cover most of the uninsured while reducing the federal budget deficit. Senator Harry ...

From ROBERT PEAR AND DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, The New York Times,  19 Nov 2009

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

Senate leaders submit measure on health care

WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in the Senate unveiled their proposal Wednesday for overhauling the health care system, outlining legislation that they said would cover most of the uninsured while reducing the federal budget deficit. Sen. Harry Reid ...

From ROBERT PEAR AND DAVID M. HERSZENHORN NEW YORK TIMES, The San Jose Mercury News,  18 Nov 2009

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

Robert David Jaffee: Mental Illness Coverage Is Mixed

How many times have we read about mental illness in connection with the Virginia Tech massacre, when Seung-hui Cho murdered 32 people on campus, before taking his own life? A recent example occurred in the L.A. Times, in its story headlined "UCLA ...

From ROBERT DAVID JAFFEE, Huffington Post,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: University of California, Los Angeles,  Virginia Tech,  New York Times Company,  Akmal Shaikh

Abortion compromise sought for health bill

decide whether the public insurance option covers abortions. From left, Rep. John Fleming, R-La., Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., and Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Ga., on Wednesday announce an amendment to the House version of health reform ...

From ROBERT PEAR AND DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, TwinCities.com,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Congress,  John Fleming,  Jeff Flake,  Joe Wilson (politician)

Haggling Over Abortion Compromise in Health Bill

WASHINGTON House Democratic leaders struggled Wednesday to strike a deal that would restrict the use of federal money to pay for abortions under sweeping health care legislation headed for debate on the House floor this week. But the proposed ...

From ROBERT PEAR AND DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, The New York Times,  4 Nov 2009

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

G.O.P. Counters With a Health Plan of Its Own

WASHINGTON House Republicans have come up with an answer to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, drafting an alternative health care bill that would reward states for reducing the number of uninsured, limit damages in medical malpractice lawsuits and allow small ...

From ROBERT PEAR AND DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, The New York Times,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  White House,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Congress

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