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2 hrs ago | TheHill.com

The Big Question: Will 'Louisiana Purchase' amendment backfire?

Some of the nation's top political commentators, legislators and intellectuals offer some insight into the biggest question burning up the blogosphere today.

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Related Topix: US News, Medicare, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat

10 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Video: Five things that could go wrong for Democrats in tonight's health care reform vote

It would be a slight exaggeration to call today "D-Day" for health care reform but it is certainly big day nonetheless.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Blanche Lincoln, Max Baucus, Robert Byrd

23 hrs ago | Politico

Lincoln's long walk to 60th Senate vote

Several strategists scratched their heads as they saw Sen. Blanche Lincoln wait until Saturday afternoon to announce her stance on the procedural vote.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Blanche Lincoln, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Michael Bennet, Senator Mark Warner, Barack Obama

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Scared Monkeys

The New $300 Million Louisiana Purchase on the Backs of Tax Payers...

The New $300 Million Louisiana Purchase on the Backs of Tax Payers How Senator Mary Landrieu Vote was Bought for Obamacare The $300 million new Louisiana Purchase at the cost to tax payers.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Ben Nelson

McClatchy DC

Senate health care bill about to enter a political minefield

WASHINGTON _ The Senate is ready to begin a volatile, high-stakes health care debate that's sure to be punctuated by tense and unpredictable battles over some of the most incendiary issues in American politics today.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, US News, Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Ron Wyden, Senator Ben Nelson

Houma Courier

Health reform: Businesses seek relief but wary

In seeing that his employees' health is taken care of, Michael Daigle faces a moving target.

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Related Topix: Health Insurance, Health, Paincourtville, LA, Small Business, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat

NewsBusters.org

Bonnie Erbe Shockingly Bashes Mary Landrieu's $100 Million Bribe

U.S. News and World Report's Bonnie Erbe came down strongly Friday on the $100 million "bribe" given to Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Examiner.com

59: Democrats need one vote for filibuster-proof majority on health care test

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Democrats are one vote away from securing a filibuster-proof majority of 60 on a key healthcare vote scheduled for Saturday night.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, US Politics, Democrat, Senator Ben Nelson

Netscape

Landrieu says she'll vote 'yes' on crucial health care vote

Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu says she will vote "yes" on a crucial test vote on the health care bill.

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Related Topix: US Senate, US Politics, Democrat, US News

Free Republic

Krauthammer on Landrieu $100 Million Louisiana Purchase Buyoff:...

Remember earlier this year when the new era of hope and change was ushered into Washington, D.C. and President Barack Obama made the statement on day one his policies would 'represent a clean break from business as usual"? Not so fast says Charles Krauthammer, columnist for The Washington Post and Fox News regular.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Washington Post, Publishing, US Senate, Democrat

Free Republic

Moderate Dems Pivotal in Saturday Health Care Vote

Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Ben Nelson, Healthcare Law, Law, Nebraska, John Murtha, US House of Representatives

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Business Wire

Public relations, press release distribution, investor relations, SEC filing

Ben Nelson to vote against cloture on the motion to proceed to Senate Majority Leader H... OLDWICK, N.J.-- --A.M. Best Co.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Ben Nelson, US Senate, Democrat, Washington, Senator Mark Begich

Politico

Reid, Dems stay cautiously optimistic

Harry Reid and Democrats seem confident they can clear the first health care hurdle with Saturday's vote to open debate.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Senator Ben Nelson, US Senate, Democrat, Blanche Lincoln, Tom Coburn, Republican

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Facing South

Which way will Landrieu go?

Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana -- one of three Democratic swing votes in the Senate over health reform -- says today is the day: She will announce whether she supports the bill unveiled by Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Ben Nelson

Ventura County Star

Katrina ruling could bring new deluge of lawsuits

A landmark court ruling blaming the Army Corps of Engineers' "monumental negligence" for some of the worst flooding from Hurricane Katrina could lead to a new deluge: billions of dollars in legal action from thousands of storm victims.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, LA, US Politics, David Vitter, US News, US Senate, Republican, Democrat, Chalmette, LA, St. Bernard, LA

Democracy for New Mexico

Here Comes the Senate's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tonight unveiled the Senate version of health care reform legislation as an amendment to H.R. 3590, and named it the " Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act " . According to the CBO score , the bill would spend $849 billion over 10 years to insure 31 million Americans who currently lack coverage, and would ...

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US News, US Senate, Edward Kennedy, Democrat, US Politics, Senator Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln

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One operative tried to enlist trade groups in Maine to oppose government-run health coverage.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Barack Obama, Health Insurance, Health

Wed Nov 18, 2009

BayouBuzz.com

Louisiana Sen. Landrieu FDA Ends Raw Deal On Oyster Ban

Buzz Right Back ---- E - M ail a F riend ---- P rint P age Here is a "just released" press release from US Senator Mary Landrieu concerning the very controversial FDA "oyster" issue: United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has agreed to halt a proposed plan to ban Gulf Coast oysters ...

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Food and Drug Administration, Law, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Louisiana, Louisiana Government

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Houma Courier

Health-care debate heats up in Senate

Now that the U.S. House has passed a controversial health-care-reform bill, Louisiana's two senators find themselves on the hot seat.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Charlie Melancon, David Vitter, US Senate, Republican, Louisiana, Thibodaux, LA

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Mississippi Business Journal

Lawmakers look to extend GO Zone

MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST a ' A key tax incentive designed to spur rebuilding efforts in the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina would be extended for two years by legislation introduced by Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Senator Roger Wicker, Roger Wicker, US News, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Natural Disasters, Flood

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