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Jane Hamsher (born July 25, 1959) is an American film producer, author, and liberal blogger. She produced the major motion picture Natural Born Killers and founded the popular progressive blog Firedoglake. She has also contributed to The Huffington Post.

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It’s Harry Reid’s Choice: Reconciliation = Majority Rule

As the majority leader of the Senate, the power to pass a public option is squarely in Harry Reid’s hands. Will he let three or four corrupt Senators owned by the insurance industry hold the public option hostage? Or will he use the reconciliation ...

From JANE HAMSHER, Firedoglake,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Harry Reid,  Goldman Sachs

Campaign Contributions From Insurance Companies to Senators Blocking the Public Option

Of course, Lincoln is the only one up for reelection in 2010.  Over their careers, Nelson and Lincoln have received in excess of a half million each, and Lieberman is well over a million. I’ve always been curious about the ethics of campaign finance. ...

From JANE HAMSHER, Firedoglake,  22 Nov 2009

The Future of the Public Option

Nate Silver runs down the possibilities on the future of the public option.  It would take me a long time to respond fully but I’ll address this part: What’s wrong with the progressive block strategy? For one thing, it’s not clear that the threat is ...

From JANE HAMSHER, Firedoglake,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Earl Pomeroy,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Congress,  Barack Obama,  Harry Reid

Mike Johanns Approves of Insurance Plans On the Exchange Covering Abortion

I had to go back over this clip a couple times on my Tivo, but Mike Johanns does in fact argue for Stupak because it allows women to buy insurance plans on the exchange that provide abortion coverage: JOHANNS:  Senantor Hatch, let me just interject ...

From JANE HAMSHER, Firedoglake,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: TiVo Inc.

If Harry Reid Won’t Use Reconciliation, He’s The One to Blame For No Public Option

A Senate Democratic aide tells me that folks aren’t too happy with the news that Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is negotiating a public option “trigger compromise with members of the caucus. “He went on his own to talk to Landrieu about the trigger option,” ...

From JANE HAMSHER, Firedoglake,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Chuck Schumer,  Harry Reid,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Mary Landrieu

No, Blanche Lincoln Didn’t “Dare” To Filibuster

I’m getting the feeling we pissed her off. I do believe we did. hee hee Ha! Moderates used to think they had everyone else by the cajones. I hope this puts and end to those days. But I must have missed something. When did Lieberman say “yes” to a ...

From JANE HAMSHER, Firedoglake,  21 Nov 2009

Mary Landrieu: “At Some Point, Harry Reid Will Have To Indulge Us Spoiled Children”

“I believe it’s going to be very clear at some point very soon that there are not 60 votes for the current provision in the bill, and that the leader and the leadership are going to have to make a decision and I trust that they will figure out how to ...

From JANE HAMSHER, Firedoglake,  21 Nov 2009

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

Eve Gittelson Interviews Arkansas Resident David McDonald at Olbermann Health Care Clinic

Blanche Lincoln is still deciding whether she will allow debate on the Senate bill to go forward now that she was successful in getting “abstinence only” funding inserted into the bill.  That’s not going to be much help to Arkansas resident David ...

From JANE HAMSHER, Firedoglake,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Blanche Lincoln

Rahm Drives Democrats Over Cliff on Immigration

Hispanic lawmakers say an old adversary, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, has his fingerprints all over a push to prohibit illegal immigrants from buying health insurance plans in a new market for people who don’t get insurance through their ...

From JANE HAMSHER, Firedoglake,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: White House,  Rahm Emanuel,  Barack Obama,  Luis Gutierrez,  U.S. Republican Party

Senate Debate of Health Care Bill Begins On CSPAN-2

The Republicans decided they’d rather hear themselves talk than have the bill read aloud. What will all those teabaggers think who were waving the flyers around saying “read the bill?” Well, since most of them thought that WAS the bill, probably not ...

From JANE HAMSHER, Firedoglake,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Mitch McConnell

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