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The Road Ahead in the Health Care Battle

While Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has secured the needed 60 votes to bring his health care bill to the Senate floor after Thanksgiving recess, there's still a long road to go until President Obama can sign legislation into law. The ...

From PHILIP KLEIN, American Spectator,  21 Nov 2009

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

Blanche Lincoln Gives Reid Needed Votes to Advance Bill

Sen. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas said she would vote to allow the Senate health care bill to advance, thus giving Majority Leader Harry Reid the needed votes to bring the legislation to the floor for debate after Thanksgiving recess. Lincoln also ...

From PHILIP KLEIN, American Spectator,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Blanche Lincoln,  Harry Reid,  U.S. Democratic Party

Landrieu Says She’ll Vote to Advance Health Care Bill

And then there was one. Sen. Mary Landrieu just announced she would vote to allow Harry Reid’s health care bill to make it to the Senate floor for a vote. Landrieu, who was one of just two remaining Democratic holdouts, secured $100 million in ...

From PHILIP KLEIN, American Spectator,  21 Nov 2009

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

Reid Disses David Broder

Reid responded with the familiar criticism that McConnell has no business talking about fiscal responsibility when McConnell supported President Bush's reckless spending on Iraq. Then Reid scoffed at Broder, who he dismissed as "a man who has been ...

From PHILIP KLEIN, American Spectator,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: George W. Bush

What to Expect in the Senate Today

The Senate has just open for business this Saturday morning to consider the motion to proceed that would require 60 votes to pass, and thus allow the 2,074-page health care bill to get to the floor. There will be 10 hours of debate, followed by a ...

From PHILIP KLEIN, American Spectator,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Harry Reid,  Blanche Lincoln,  Mary Landrieu,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Twitter Inc

McCain is Not Scozzafava, and Palin Won't Be Branded a "Sell-Out"

Daniel Larison, in response to Bill Kristol's suggestion that Palin campaign for McCain in the Arizona Senate primary, writes: Were she to side openly with McCain in a primary against Hayworth, whose views match up a lot more closely with her ...

From PHILIP KLEIN, American Spectator,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: John McCain,  Bill Kristol,  Barack Obama,  The Weekly Standard,  U.S. Democratic Party

The Threat to Medical Innovation

Earlier today, I attended a panel discussion at the Cato Institute about one of the most important aspects of health care that has gotten very little coverage during the current debate -- medical innovation. Raymond Raad, a resident in psychiatry ...

From PHILIP KLEIN, American Spectator,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Johns Hopkins University,  American Enterprise Institute,  Congressional Budget Office

Obama Gallup Rating Drops to Below 50%

For the first time of his administration, President Obama's job approval rating has dropped to 49 percent in the Gallup poll. While it has been hovering in the low 50s for months now, the drop below 50 percent in the most well-known poll is an ...

From PHILIP KLEIN, American Spectator,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Gallup,  U.S. Congress

Nelson to Vote to Advance Health Care Bill

His decision leaves Sens. Blanche Lincoln and Mary Landrieu as the remaining holdouts. “Throughout my Senate career I have consistently rejected efforts to obstruct," Nelson said in a statement. "That's what the vote on the motion to proceed is ...

From PHILIP KLEIN, American Spectator,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Blanche Lincoln,  Mary Landrieu,  Mike Johanns

AHIP Opposes Senate Health Bill

America's Health Insurance Plans, the industry trade group that has tried to remain in the good graces of the Obama administration and Democtrats in Congress on health care legislation, today issued a statement opposing the Senate bill.  "The ...

From PHILIP KLEIN, American Spectator,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress

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