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Keith Olbermann’s Special Commentary On Health Care Reform

Last night Keith Olbmann issued one of his classic special comments/rants on the health care reform morass in the Senate. WATCH THIS!

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Benefits Bill For Partners Of Federal Employees Headed To Full Senate Vote

Yesterday the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee approved a bill authorizing benefits for the partners of federal employees. The bill will now go to the full Senate. The benefits would include: health care, retirement and disability plans, family, medical and emergency leave, group life insurance, long-term care insurance and access to worker’s comp. Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) …

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The Senate Alimentary Canal

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Quote Of The Day – Howard Dean

“This is essentially the collapse of health care reform in the United States Senate. And, honestly, the best thing to do right now is kill the Senate bill and go back to the House and start the reconciliation process, where you only need 51 votes and it would be a much simpler bill. The American people don’t care how we …

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Glenn Beck & Orrin Hatch: Health Care Reform Is Unconstitutional

No American will be ever be “born free” again if those dirty communists in Congress try to expand the availability of health care.

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Lieberman Betrays Dems, Won’t Vote For Health Care Reform Bill

Another roundhouse from Sen. Joe Lieberman. In a surprise setback for Democratic leaders, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, independent of Connecticut, said on Sunday that he would vote against the health care legislation in its current form. The bill’s supporters had said earlier that they thought they had secured Mr. Lieberman’s agreement to go along with a compromise they worked out …

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Insurance Companies Paying Facebookers To Oppose Health Care Reform

Insurance companies have been busted paying Facebook members in virtual currency in return for sending their Congress members an email opposing health care reform. Facebook users play a social game, like “FarmVille” or “Friends For Sale.” They get addicted to it. Eager to accelerate their progress inside the game, the gamers buy “virtual goods” such as a machine gun for …

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Rep. Alan Grayson To Cheney: STFU

The above title is taken directly from Grayson’s office YouTube channel. Hah.

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Health Care Reform Bill Passes First Procedural Vote In U.S. Senate

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“I Deserve Health Care”

The Democratic National Committee has just posted this health care reform clip on President Obama’s official YouTube channel. I like that it spins the GOP’s own “think of the children!” meme right back at them.

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Judge Orders Federal Settlement For CA Couple Denied Health Benefits

A federal judge has ordered the government to compensate a couple who were denied employee partner health benefits because they are gay. U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Stephen Reinhardt deemed the denial of healthcare and other benefits to the spouse of federal public defender Brad Levenson to be a violation of the Constitution’s guarantee of due process and …

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Sen. Lindsey Graham: Senate Health Bill Dead Thanks To Lieberman

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DNC Vs. RNC On Health Care

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Maddow Vs. Joe Lieberman

Follow the bouncing ball as insurance stocks rollercoastered yesterday on the news that Sen. Joe Lieberman would filibuster against a public option.

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Sen. Lindsey Graham Promises That Public Option Will Die In Senate

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Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) To Name Names (Of The Dead….)

Weeks after he announced that the GOP plan for health care reform was for people to “die quickly,” Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) is unveiling a website titled Names Of The Dead, where families and loved ones can share stories about those lost due to lack of proper health care access. “Every year, more than 44,000 Americans die simply because [they] …

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Olbermann: 57% Want Public Option

As usual, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) says it well. He’s also been a great ally of the LGBT community and has shown up at every anti-bashing rally I’ve attended.

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Who’s Afraid Of Alan Grayson? (Everyone)

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Glenn Beck: 45% Of Doctors Will Quit If Health Care Reform Passes

Just in from the Fox News Department Of Invented Statistics…

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Maddow: “ConservaDem” Senators Key To Health Care Reform Bill

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