Posts Tagged ‘Health Care’

Health Care Vigil in Thousand Oaks: Provocation to violent response (Karoli/odd time signatures)

Karoli / odd time signatures:
Health Care Vigil in Thousand Oaks: Provocation to violent response  —  Yes, I was at the health care vigil tonight in Thousand Oaks.  Yes, I saw what happened, though it was from across a very large street.  I can't tell you who said what to who, but I will tell you what the mood was …

Democrats Try Tougher Tone on Health Plan (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Try Tougher Tone on Health Plan  —  White House Aide Criticizes GOP Negotiators as New Strategy Emerges in Response to Public Outcry and Senate Wrangling  —  WASHINGTON — A top White House adviser said Tuesday he doubts two Senate Republicans at the center of health-care talks …

Cap and Tax Delay (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
Cap and Tax Delay  —  Senate Democrats realize they don't have the votes—for now.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  Health care isn't the only destructive White House priority running into trouble in the Senate.  Yesterday, Barbara Boxer (Marin County) and John Kerry (Nantucket) …

Conservative Democrats Expect a Health Deal (Carl Hulse/New York Times)

Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Conservative Democrats Expect a Health Deal  —  WASHINGTON — Like her colleagues, Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, a South Dakota Democrat and leader of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition, has been weathering the summer of health care discontent.

Under fire, Obama shifts strategy (The Politico)

The Politico:
Under fire, Obama shifts strategy  —  Aides to President Barack Obama are putting the final touches on a new strategy to help Democrats recover from a brutal August recess by specifying what Obama wants to see in a compromise health care deal and directly confronting other trouble spots, West Wing officials tell POLITICO.