Nov 3rd, 2009 - Washington Post
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Moderate lawmakers are exerting their outsize influence in the divided Senate to secure changes to health-care reform legislation, potentially adding more delays to a bill that has already missed several announced deadlines.
Although they have yet to achieve the "gang" status accorded to previous centrist coalitions, a dozen or so moderate Democrats are emerging as pivotal to the fate of the health-care measure -- beginning with the procedural vote that Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) must win to launch the historic debate.
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Top Dems: Obama Won't Get Health Care Bill in 2009
Nov 3rd, 2009 - ABC News
Senior Congressional Democrats told ABC News today it is highly unlikely that a health care reform bill will be completed this year, just a week after President Barack Obama declared he was "absolutely confident" he'll be able to sign one by then.ABQ Chamber unhappy with health care bill
Nov 3rd, 2009 - bizjournals
The Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce says that the various health care reform bills in Congress will lead to less coverage, lower quality care and increased health care costs.
Burris affirms support for public option
Nov 2nd, 2009 - ChicagoTribune
CHICAGO - As Democratic leaders in Washington try to roundup votes to pass health care reform legislation, U.S. Sen. RolandBurris on Monday stuck by his demand for a public option...
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Nov 2nd, 2009 - POLITICO
After months of committee work, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California are driving the debate on health care reform, but they are each relying on a cast of supporting actors.Dems change focus in health debate
Oct 30th, 2009 - POLITICO
For days, Republicans believed they were making headway by ripping Majority Leader Harry Reid for negotiating the health care bill in private.
But when Reid announced Monday that he planned to include a public insurance option in the bill...
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