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And They'll Call This Health-Care Reform: How Three Senators Are Extorting You For Their Big-Time Buddies

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. December 18, 2009.

Harry Reid will do anything to get sixty votes -- which means Lieberman, Nelson, and Snowe can use extortion on behalf of Big Insurance, Big Pharma, the AMA, and abortion foes.

Nelson's Stupak-like Amendment Expected to Fail

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. December 7, 2009.

Nelson threatens to filibuster the bill if it's not included -- Harry Reid is going to owe some favors.

Just When You Thought It Was Safe: 3 Potential Obstacles to Health-Care Reform

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. November 23, 2009.

Harry Reid may have gotten the Senate to move his health-care bill forward, but a handful of conservative Democrats could still keep the bill from getting a final vote.

Harry Reid Announces Senate Health Bill With Public Option

Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. October 26, 2009.

In a striking announcement, the Senate majority leader says he has the votes to stop a filibuster against a public option; gives up on Snowe.

Video: Public Option - Progressive Change Ad Targets Obama

Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. October 26, 2009.

With the president still listless on the public option, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee features Obama campaign organizer demanding action.

Public Option Looking Good In the Senate ... Baucus Ballistic, According to ABC News

Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. October 22, 2009.

Naysayers declared it impossible, but ABC News reports that Harry Reid thinks he has the votes to get a public option to the Senate floor.

GOP Senator Olympia Snowe on Board With Health Reform...But There's a Catch

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. October 13, 2009.

Snowe, a moderate Republican from Maine, announced she will vote for the current bill. Here's why that news is both good and bad.

5 Reasons the Baucus Health Bill Fails the Basics

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. September 18, 2009.

The Baucus health care proposal is a terrible bill. And the Senate's foremost health care expert is having none of it.

Americans Are More Confused About Health Care Reform Than Ever: Thanks Corporate Media!

Allison Kilkenny, True/Slant AlterNet: PEEK. September 14, 2009.

A media consumed with tracking Obama's popularity has failed to educate the American citizenry about the key elements of the debate.

President Olympia Snowe's Utterly Illogical Trigger Argument

Chris Bowers, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. September 9, 2009.

Either Snowe supports a trigger that will never result in a public option, or she supports the public option.

The Problem With The Public Option Is That It Lowers The Cost Of Health Insurance

Chris Bowers, AlterNet: Health and Wellness. June 30, 2009.

The main goal of health care reform is to lower the cost of health insurance, but the Senators such as Olympia Snowe say that is the problem.

Limbaugh to Specter: Take McCain and His Daughter With You

Sam Stein, Huffington Post AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. April 29, 2009.

"For years, many in the conservative world have wished for an ideologically purer GOP. Their wish has been granted. Happy?"

GOP Senator: Specter's Switch Is 'Devastating'

Ryan Grim, Huffington Post AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. April 28, 2009.

Specter's switch to the Democratic Party "underscores the blunt reality" that the GOP is not a welcome place for moderates.