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Hey Dems, That Senate Bill You Just Blocked Isn't Something to Celebrate

John Nichols, TheNation.com. December 7, 2009.

The Democratic "strategy" of paying for health-care reform by nickle-and-diming Medicare is a fool's errand.

The Tragicomic Health Reform Hearings -- At Least Michael Moore Has Lots of Fodder

Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. September 30, 2009.

I'm counting on Moore to find some humor in all this. Otherwise what we have here is a tragedy that's worth a good cry.

Blue Dog Ben Nelson Says Health Reform Should Have Super-Majority of 65 Votes

Joshua Holland, AlterNet September 29, 2009.

A new wrinkle on the phantom filibuster.

Video: New Ad Calls out Baucus on Public Option; Cites $4 Million Received from Health and Insurance Industries

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. September 29, 2009.

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee and Democracy for America are running an ad targeting the Senate Finance Committee Chairman who's blocking the public option.

Health Care Vote: Will They Or Won't They?

deleted, AlterNet. July 29, 2009.

A GOP leader says the Speaker told him there'd be no vote this week. Pelosi says, not exactly.

A Big, Bad Bailout Loophole: BushCo's Last-Minute Change Allows Golden Parachutes

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. December 15, 2008.

"The flimsy executive-compensation restrictions in the original bill are now all but gone."