Nelson News Archives

Republican attorneys general have been singling out Sen. Ben Nelson, Nebraska Democrat, for the "Cornhusker Compromise" he secured in the Senate health care bill, but his state wasn't alone in getting extra help from the government.

Seven Republican state attorneys general are working together to levy a constitutional challenge against the Senate health care bill.

"What's the Turk paying you to set up my father, Captain?"As Michael Corleone said these words to Captain McClusky in The Godfather , which I watched during Saturday's snowfall, my mind went to the Senate healthcare debate.

BARBARA L. SALISBURY/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Sen. Ben Nelson, Nebraska Democrat, provided the critical 60th vote on the health care reform bill earlier this week after getting concessions on restrictions on federal funding for abortion.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is vowing to fight what he called an "outrageous" decision to give Nebraska multimillion-dollar tax breaks as part of a deal to get enough votes for the health care overhaul working its way through Congress.

Merry Christmas, Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska. Harry Reid and President Obama proved to be Santa Claus with their wonderful gifts to you.

There were two snow jobs in Washington over the weekend. One came from the sky as a record December snowfall blanketed the city.

Shortly after Democrats filed the last changes their health care overhaul bill on Saturday morning, Republicans required Senate clerks to read all 383 pages aloud, hoping to stall the bill's enactment.

Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is headed to Nebraska. Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, will headline an Omaha rally Sunday afternoon to try to persuade U.S. Sen.

MoveOn.org on Friday joined a growing chorus of liberal muscle opposed to the Senate's health care overhaul, as Republicans blasted Democratic leaders for holding secret talks and hiding pending amendments - not giving them or the American public time to review the measure before a possible vote early Monday.

Two weekly newspapers in south-central Nebraska will soon be merged under new ownership.

Two senators whose support for the health care overhaul has been in question are speaking out against a proposal to let people as young as 55 buy into Medicare.

Delegates to the Nebraska Farm Bureau Convention re-elected Steve Nelson of Axtell as the organization's first vice president today in Kearney.

ASSOCIATED PRESS Sens. Jim Webb , Virginia Democrat, and Ben Nelson, Nebraska Democrat, declined to join with their caucus in voting down a health care overhaul amendment introduced by Mr.