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The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Dem Leaders Meet Today To Merge Health Care Bills WH, House and Senate leaders to meet on health care today. Politico reviews House strategy to strengthen...

The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Leiberman and the Remains of Reform The political blogosphere and pundit class are still reeling either from Sen. Joe Lieberman's none-to-surprising betrayal...

Rahm Talks Up Plan To Delay Public Plan Option WH Chief of Staff expresses openness to "trigger" compromise. WSJ: "'The goal is to have a means and a mechanism to keep the private insurers honest,' he said in an interview. 'The goal is non-negotiable; the path is'...

Rahm Talks Up Plan To Delay Public Plan Option WH Chief of Staff expresses openness to "trigger" compromise. WSJ: "'The goal is to have a means and a mechanism to keep the private insurers honest,' he said in an interview. 'The goal is non-negotiable; the path is'...

Rahm Talks Up Plan To Delay Public Plan Option WH Chief of Staff expresses openness to "trigger" compromise. WSJ: "'The goal is to have a means and a mechanism to keep the private insurers honest,' he said in an interview. 'The goal is non-negotiable; the path is'...

Can There Be Effective Health Care Compromise? Baucus and Conrad telling Bloomberg that WH wants them to compromise with GOP: "White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel met last night at the U.S. Capitol with Senate Democrats and told them Obama is 'open to...

Due to a technical glitch, we have a shortened, continental-style, (but still filling!) Progressive Breakfast this late morning. Stress Test Results Trickle Out "The government has told Bank of America it needs $33.9 billion in capital to withstand any worsening of...

Due to a technical glitch, we have a shortened, continental-style, (but still filling!) Progressive Breakfast this late morning. Stress Test Results Trickle Out "The government has told Bank of America it needs $33.9 billion in capital to withstand any worsening of...

Compromise on Public Health Plan Option Within Reach? AP reports on optimistic comments from WH: President Barack Obama's top health care adviser said Wednesday a compromise is within reach on a government health plan for the middle class that wouldn't drive private...

Gates Seeks Military Budget Reform … But It Is Enough? NYT: "Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced a major reshaping of the Pentagon budget on Monday, with deep cuts in many traditional weapons systems but new billions of dollars for others, along with...