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Michigan And Nebraska: The Senate Leadership Has Got A Deal For You!
The Foundry —
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It has been widely reported that various “sweeteners” are tucked away in the Manager’s Amendment to the Senate health care bill (H.R. 3950). Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) worked out provisions designed to secure the votes of Senators Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Carl Levin (D-MI) by exempting the biggest ...1 week ago -
How we killed health care, and how we can bring it back to life
Corrente —
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America has at least 36 million uninsured citizens. Unpaid medical bills are the leading cause of personal bankruptcy . Approximately, 45,000 Americans die every year because they dont have health insurance. Many Americans think that they have health coverage only to have it taken away from them through a process ...1 week ago -
Nelson and Landrieu aren’t the only Senators who were bought off
The Lonely Conservative —
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John McCain said they should have set up a tent with Persian rugs the way the Democrats have doled out sweetheart deals, including the Louisianna Purchase and the Cornhusker Kickback. The New York Times reported on some of the beneficiaries of some of these deals, buried deep within the health bill. Buried in ...1 week ago -
Snort! It’s Payola! Melt the Phones!
RBO —
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Checking the chatter in the Twitterverse is a good way to see how Pelosi-Reid-ObamaCare opponents will be feeling this morning when they find out that, at 1:17am Eastern, the cloture vote (a.k.a. Step 1 in the Democratic TakeOver of Life, Liberty and the American Way) passed by a purely partisan 60-40, which WaPo ...1 week ago -
Expose Him To Reality, Now!
Corrente —
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Bill Moyers hosted an interesting conversation the other day among Robert Kuttner, Matt Taibbi, and himself about health care reform, the performance of the Administration to this point, and the relations of progressives with the President. The conversation focused in part on how Taibbi and Kuttner would vote on the ...1 week ago -
Revision gives nonprofit insurers tax breaks
American Conservative Daily —
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Among the changes Senate Democratic leaders made to the massive health care package unveiled Saturday was giving nonprofit health insurance companies a limited exemption from the excise tax levied on insurers, a revision pushed by Sen. Carl Levin, who is a major recipient of campaign contributions from mega-nonprofit ...1 week ago -
For Chrissake, If You Really Care About America, Tell Harry Reid “No”
Corrente —
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Finally, someone says no to Joe
Daily Kos —
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Heres the synopsis: Joe Lieberman is giving a floor speech which spills past the ten minute mark. Al Franken, sitting in the chair, tells Lieberman his ten minutes has expired. Lieberman requests unanimous consent for another minute to finish his remarks. Franken objects, stunning Lieberman. John McCain then howls at ...1 week ago -
An Update on That Goldfarbgate Hearing
The Washington Independent Blog —
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I got a chance to ask Rebecca Fisher, communications director for Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.), which witnesses might be called if he and 19 other Republicans got their desired hearing on the thinly sourced (and widely denied) rumor that the Obama administration was threatening to close Offutt Air Force Base if Sen. ...1 week ago -
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Citizen Wells —
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Breaking news: (Just announced) Ben Nelson rejects abortion component of Senate Health Care Bill. *** More breaking news 1:00 PM ET, see below *** From Michael Goldfarb of The Weekly Standard, 11:01 PM, December 16, 2009. “20 GOP Senators Call for Investigation of Offutt Threat” “Twenty Republican ...1 week ago -
Carl Levin Takes Ownership of Corrupt Deal with PhRMA
Emptywheel —
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Here’s what my Senator, Carl Levin, said last night when he voted against the Dorgan reimportation amendment. (h/t powwow ) Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, it has become apparent that passage of this Dorgan amendment relative to importation of prescription drugs, an amendment which I have long supported, could ...1 week ago -
Michigan legislators get more funds for Asian carp fight
Michigan Messenger —
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The bipartisan Michigan congressional delegation in Washington D.C. has successfully pushed the Army Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies to divert an additional $13 million to help fight the Asian carp. Sen. Carl Levin has been circulating a letter in the Senate while Rep. Bart Stupak and other Michigan ...1 week ago -
‘Huge boost’ for Woodward Ave. light rail project in Detroit
Michigan Messenger —
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In case you weren’t glued to C-SPAN on Sunday, the U.S. Senate voted to include a provision in a key spending bill that paves the way to a first-ever light rail system for the Motor City . The vote signaled a decisive turning-point for the long-stalled light rail project along a stretch of Detroit’s Woodward ...2 weeks ago -
98-year-old woman accused of murdering 100-year-old roommate
Thaindian News —
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London, Dec 13 (ANI): A 98-year-old American woman has been accused of killing her roommate, aged 100, in a nursing home.Dementia sufferer Laura Lundquist is believed to have killed Elizabeth Barrow in their room at the Brandon Woods Nursing Home, Massachusetts.Barrow was found dead in bed with a plastic bag tied ...2 weeks ago -
Voices of Power: Sen. Carl Levin talks about the war in Afghanistan
The Washington Post —
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Comedian Jon Stewart once joked that Sen. Carl M. Levin looks like a "kindly old shoemaker." But dont be thrown off by his easy demeanor. Levin (Mich.), the top Senate Democrat on military policy in Afghanistan, is not too keen on the presidents plan to send 30,000 additional combat troops to f...2 weeks ago -
McChrystal Sees Taliban Defeat in 18 Months
The Washington Independent —
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Gen. Stanley McChrystal testifies before the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday as Amb. Karl Eikenberry looks on. (Louie Palu/ZUMA Press) In confirmation hearings six months ago, Gen. Stanley McChrystal painted a bleak picture of an Afghanistan plagued by a growing insurgency . But in two marathon ...2 weeks ago -
What rift? Eikenberry, McChrystal take vows of unity
Front Row Washington —
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They smiled at each other and publicly said “I do.” General Stanley McChrystal and Ambassador Karl Eikenberry, widely reported to have had a falling-out over sending 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, on Tuesday pledged their support for President Barack Obama’s strategy and for each other. The ...3 weeks ago -
Why So Few Afghan National Security Forces?
The Washington Independent Blog —
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“I’m comfortable with the entire plan,” Gen. McChrystal says in reference to a question from Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.). Amb. Eikenberry agrees. About the July 2011 date. “The commitment to a strategic partnership with Afghanistan and the Afghan people … is very, very important,” McChrystal elaborates. ...3 weeks ago -
Levin and McCain Meet McChrystal and Eikenberry
The Washington Independent Blog —
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And here we are at the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. The two leaders of the committee have their own issues with the Afghanistan strategy, judging by last week’s hearings with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint ...3 weeks ago -
New Offensive in Helmand Province. But Why?
The New Republic - The Plank Feed —
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Today, the U.S. Marines kicked off a new push against bad guys in Afghanistans fertile and poppy-rich southern province. Per the AP: Gen. David Petraeus says the Marine Corps offensive launched Friday in southern Afghanistan is part of preparations for the arrival of 30,000 new U.S. reinforcements. Petraeus told ...3 weeks ago
