How the Senate Finance Committee Got Ron Wyden's Vote

Washington Post by Ezra Klein | Oct. 14, 2009 (News Analysis)

If you?d asked me six months ago which Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee would prove the toughest vote on health-care reform, I?d have had a couple answers for you. Blanche Lincoln, maybe. Or Tom Carper. Or Kent Conrad. I would not have said Ron Wyden. But it was Wyden?s support that eluded the Senate Finance Committee and the White House in the final days. The reasons were twofold: First, it?s always easier to bargain with a dealmaker than a policy ... Full Story »

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by Derek Hawkins - Oct. 14, 2009

This post is a bit speculative and I would have appreciated a voice or two included here other than Klein's. I also left wanting more explanation of the maneuvering that prevented the Wyden amendment from being included in the bill.

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Healthcare one step closer

The Guardian by Michael Tomasky | Oct. 14, 2009 (News Analysis)

t will be fascinating to see the Republicans' next move. They can count noses as well as Democrats can. Do they start to send signals that they're folding up their tent, or do ...

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The health insurers stumble into an argument for a public option.

Slate by Timothy Noah | Oct. 14, 2009 (News Analysis)

Health reform cleared the Senate finance committee, 14-9, without a public option. Now the trick is figuring out how to put it back in. One powerful argument for doing so ...

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