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Rep. Grayson: Obama Needs to Push Health Care In Earnest -- With a Public Option | News & Politics | AlterNet
(www.alternet.org)
Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., has a message for Senate Democrats: Pass health care with a public option -- and pass it quickly. On Wednesday, Grayson joined Adam Green of the Progressive Change Campaign... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by AlisonHamm | 0 Comments |
Obama To Senate: Your Turn
(www.talkingpointsmemo.com)
President Obama in a short Rose Garden statement just thanked lawmakers for taking a "courageous vote" on health care last night. He said he is "absolutely confident" the Senate will do the same.
Submitted 4 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |
Video: 8.2 Million Reasons Not To Give Up
(bravenewfilms.org)
The House and Senate will be voting on health care bills in a matter of weeks. But the forces behind the status quo have not quit in their efforts to derail the bill or at least get as many goodies... More
Submitted 4 months ago by AlisonHamm | 0 Comments |
Weekly Pulse: Oh, That Filibuster-Proof Majority
(www.themediaconsortium.org)
Health care reform is the Democrats’ biggest political battle in two generations and the crown jewel of the president’s domestic agenda. It’s hardly unreasonable to demand that Senate Democrats... More
Submitted 5 months ago by lizchapman | 0 Comments |
Can the Public Option Be Saved?
(www.thenation.com)
Outside Washington, there is still a sense that a serious debate about healthcare reform is going on.
Submitted 5 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |
Public Option Update: 51 Votes Secured on the Floor
(www.alternet.org)
There's a chance legislation containing a public option could still pass.
Submitted 5 months ago by HealthcareNewsLadder | 0 Comments |
Senate Finance Committee Approves Amendment Providing Millions for Abstinence Education
(washingtonindependent.com)
The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday night approved an amendment providing tens of millions of dollars to fund abstinence education programs for teens. The proposal, offered by Sen. Orrin Hatch... More
Submitted 5 months ago by HealthcareNewsLadder | 0 Comments |
Health Reform Update: Public Option Vote Expected Tuesday in Senate Finance Committee
(www.alternet.org)
NYT reports Sen. Reid won't include public option in bill presented to full Senate: "Democratic aides said that while the combined legislation would not have the public option, they expected that... More
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As Senate Panel Debates Public Option, Groups Take Direct Action to Promote Single-Payer
(www.democracynow.org)
As debate continues over healthcare reform on Capitol Hill, we hear from two groups taking action to call for a single-payer system: Mad as Hell Doctors, who have been driving across the country in... More
Submitted 5 months ago by HealthcareNewsLadder | 0 Comments |
The public option holds on for dear life
(www.salon.com)
Sept. 28, 2009 | Tomorrow (Tuesday) is a critical day in the saga of the public option. Democrats Charles Schumer (New York) and Jay Rockefeller (West Virginia) are introducing an amendment to include... More
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