Word: filibusterer
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Rockefeller's frustration was apparent not just because his constituents badly need health-care reform - 16% of West Virginians are uninsured - but also because his amendment to the Senate Finance Committee's current health-reform bill was doomed to fail. It was voted down, 15 to 8, with five Democrats...
But despite evidence that Baucus is right - currently the Senate does not have 60 public-option supporters - the public option may not be dead yet. A subsequent public-option amendment offered by New York Senator Charles Schumer called for negotiated reimbursement rates - in contrast to Rockefeller's amendment, which would...
The answer is all of the above. As the only Republican on the Finance Committee still in talks with Democrats on a final bill, Snowe now finds herself with extraordinary leverage as crunch time hits for health reform. Snowe could provide the 60th vote that may be needed for Democrats...
Senator Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat and longtime champion of the public plan, said he intends to introduce an amendment to insert the federal alternative into the bill, though there was no word if Baucus would accept such an amendment. "The proposed co-op model is untested and unsubstantiated...
Still, the bill could have a hard time in the Senate, where the Administration will need to cobble together 60 votes to prevent the threat of a filibuster. And those in the loan industry certainly aren't giving up. "Ultimately, what they are trying to create here is the Post...