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Progressive Breakfast: Who's Buying Medicare Buy-in?
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day Medicare Buy-In Proposal Roils Congress Sens. Ben Nelson and Joe Lieberman start to hedge on deal. Politico: "Lieberman indicated that he was growing...
Progressive Breakfast: Reid Not Done
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day Reid Not Finished Making Changes To Health Care Bill Pushback against latest idea from Sen. Carper to bury public option. DailyKos' mcjoan: "A triggered co-op!...
Progressive Breakfast: The Net Domestic Product
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Bill Scher is traveling; he will return Monday. Thursday's news that the nation's gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 3.5 percent in the third...
Progressive Breakfast: The Net Domestic Product
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Bill Scher is traveling; he will return Monday. Thursday's news that the nation's gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 3.5 percent in the third...
Progressive Breakfast: Health Care Jockeying Continues
The jockeying continues among members of the Senate Finance Committee to get enough votes to pass a health care reform bill. The Hill reports that committee chairman Sen. Max Baucus is optimistic that an assessment of the cost of the bill by the Congressional Budget...
Progressive Breakfast: Detailed "Draft" Health Care Bill From House
House Dems To Release Detailed Health Care Bill Today The Hill: Pelosi said a more detailed House bill will now be made public on Tuesday, but added it will still need to be changed to win over skeptical voters in her own caucus. Committee action on the bill could...
Progressive Breakfast: Detailed "Draft" Health Care Bill From House
House Dems To Release Detailed Health Care Bill Today The Hill: Pelosi said a more detailed House bill will now be made public on Tuesday, but added it will still need to be changed to win over skeptical voters in her own caucus. Committee action on the bill could...
Progressive Breakfast: Detailed "Draft" Health Care Bill From House
House Dems To Release Detailed Health Care Bill Today The Hill: Pelosi said a more detailed House bill will now be made public on Tuesday, but added it will still need to be changed to win over skeptical voters in her own caucus. Committee action on the bill could...
Progressive Breakfast: Paying For Health Care Reform
Paying For Health Care Reform NYT's David Leonhardt promotes a soda tax to help pay for health care reform: "…the debate over soda tax is a useful one, because it does a nice job of capturing some of the most serious problems with our current tax system. Not...
Progressive Breakfast: Insurers Play Ball With White House
Insurers Play Ball With White House NYT on major health care announcement today: "Doctors, hospitals, drug makers and insurance companies will join President Obama on Monday in announcing their commitment to a sharp reduction in the growth of national health spending,...
