Democrats Brace for the Hardest Part of Health-Care Reform

Time by Karen Tumulty | Oct. 5, 2009 (News Analysis)

With the passage of health-care-reform legislation out of the Senate Finance Committee expected this week, the debate moves into a new and delicate stage. It is one that will test the legislative and political skills of Senate majority leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a scale that no congressional leadership team has had to face in at least four decades. Whether they are up to the challenge will determine not only the fate of the ... Full Story »

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Posted by: via Fair Spin - Oct 5, 2009 - 6:10 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), Kristin Gorski (review), Kaizar Campwala (review), Gordon Townsend (review)
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Oct 5, 2009 - 6:40 AM PDT
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 by Derek Hawkins - Oct. 5, 2009

A brief overview of the challenge facing Democratic leaders on stitching a health care bill together. Factual, but there's not much new information here.

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 by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 5, 2009

Excellent job of charting out the the procedural challenges Democrats face in Congress in their efforts to pass health care legislation.

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 by Kristin Gorski - Oct. 5, 2009

A clearly written summary of where things stand currently in the health care debate, though at times it's a bit too general. Not very well sourced: the two direct quotations included are from unnamed congressional aides.

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 by Gordon Townsend - Oct. 5, 2009

I don;t understand how they can brace for the hardest part of healthcare reform whenthey are not reforming any to do with healthcare. Thye are ... More »

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