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...Kennedy’s Senate tenure, the third-longest in U.S. history, has been definitively liberal, but Kennedy also developed a reputation for making compromises to pass landmark, bipartisan legislation. For years, Kennedy was ahead of the curve on pressing political issues, and many of his great legislative causes—such as immigration reform or health care reform—continue to be relevant today...
Where things go after Labor Day, both sides say, is impossible to predict. Four of the five congressional committees with jurisdiction over health-care reform have passed legislation, and reform advocates have not entirely given up hope that a bipartisan group of six members of the Senate Finance Committee will come up with a bill as well. But support for the entire exercise is dropping in the polls, especially among independents and older Americans. Increasingly, Democrats are talking privately of the need for a big September relaunch...
...Cash for Clunkers didn't involve intricate algorithms or a 1,400-page appropriations bill. The only debate was over how much sugar was needed to sweeten the pot. That first billion was supposed to last a few months; when it ran out in a week, a bipartisan coalition voted to squirt $2 billion more into the pipeline. Here, finally, was stimulus policy Americans understood...
...middle ground on global warming," Graham recalls. With California Senator Barbara Boxer, Kerry has been gathering Senators from both sides of the aisle for weekly meetings on climate-change legislation. The bill was thought to be a nonstarter in the Senate; Kerry is now confident he can produce a bipartisan agreement by late September. "I think he's got a very practical approach," Graham says...
Insurance exchanges are not a new concept. Under President Bill Clinton's ill-fated health-care plan, they were called "alliances"; in a current alternative bipartisan reform bill offered by Senators Ron Wyden and Bob Bennett, exchanges are called "health help agencies." And when members of Congress talk about offering Americans health insurance that is as good as what they themselves have, they are referring to the largest exchange in operation, the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHBP). On the program's website, federal workers can enter in their location and see what private insurance plans are available...