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Friends, in Need: Obama Faces Backlash on Jobs, Economy

Maybe health care is the easy part. Not quite easy, fine. But getting 60 votes on Saturday is, at the moment, among the least of the worries for an administration that's left on the lookout for its friends.

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November 20, 2009 in Afghanistan, Congress, Democratic party, Health Care, Obama Agenda, President Obama, Republican Party, Senate, Stimulus, The Note | Permalink | User Comments (124)

Senate Abuzz Ahead Of Busy Night On Health Reform

Democrats don't meet in their special caucus huddle until 5 p.m., when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will officially unveil his version of health reform to them. But the Senate is abuzz with activity right now.

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November 18, 2009 in Congress, Democratic party, Health Care, Obama Agenda, Senate, Vice President Biden | Permalink | User Comments (8)

Is the Obama Army Stirring?

We've been critical in this space of the stop-and-start efforts by Organizing for America -- the offshoot of the old Obama campaign operation -- to, well, get itself organized effectively.

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November 11, 2009 in Obama Agenda, President Obama | Permalink | User Comments (24)

GOP climate change bill boycott - Day 2

Senate Democrats tried for the second day to begin the editing process of sweeping climate change legislation, but Republicans continued their boycott of the sessions

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November 4, 2009 in Congress, Democratic party, Environment, GOP, Obama Agenda, Republican Party, Senate | Permalink | User Comments (8)

Reforming Health Care, Wall Street and Afghanistan Takes Time, But Are Americans Losing Patience?

ABC News' Kristina Wong reports: As more blood is shed in Afghanistan, as incomes hit an 18-year-low, and as Congress wrestles over whether to include the public option in health care reform, Americans are looking to President Obama for decisions that have been slow-in-coming, prompting critics from both sides to wonder, “Is Obama tough enough to make the hard decisions?”

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October 19, 2009 in Afghanistan, Financial Reform, Obama Agenda, President Obama | Permalink | User Comments (4)

Can a Loss on Public Option Actually Be a Win?

Proponents of a “public option” as part of a health care reform package are girding for a setback today in the Senate Finance Committee, where two such proposals seem certain to go be rejected. Yet they’re not all that disappointed.

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September 29, 2009 in Congress, Democratic party, Health Care, Obama Agenda, Senate | Permalink | User Comments (17)

'La Promesa de Obama': The President says he won't back off on Immigration Reform

For the first time, a U.S. President was on a Spanish language Sunday news show. Obama told the Univision audience an overhaul to the immigration system will be tough, but that it's going to get done.

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September 21, 2009 in Congress, Immigration, Obama Agenda, President Obama, The Note | Permalink | User Comments (9)

Grassley, Frustrated with WH, Says Baucus Bill Not Bipartisan

Sen. Charles Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, said today that while Chairman Max Baucus' has bipartisan elements in it, it is not a bipartisan bill.

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September 17, 2009 in Congress, Health Care, Obama Agenda, President Obama, Republican Party | Permalink | User Comments (15)

Health Care: Confidential

A video postcard from the health reform debate on Capitol Hill: The six senators hashing out a bipartisan health care reform bill in the Senate are so dogged by reporters it sent Maine Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe down the fire escape after negotiations this morning.

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September 14, 2009 in Democratic party, Health Care, Obama Agenda, President Obama, Republican Party | Permalink | User Comments (14)

"Top Line" -- Health Care Reform Without Adding to Deficit: Obama’s Impossible Dream?

ABC News’ Rick Klein reports: President Obama today reiterated his pledge that health care reform will “not add a dime to the deficit, now or in the future” -- a critical component of his sales pitch to a public that’s growing increasingly concerned about government spending.

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September 14, 2009 in Health Care, Obama Agenda, President Obama, Top Line | Permalink | User Comments (34)