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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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.