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Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell declared health care reform dead for this session of Congress, joining Republicans who rang the death knell last week -- and blaming them, too. The Maine Democrat on Friday made a last-ditch effort to round up a filibuster-proof 60 votes for a moderate health...
"When they don't get what they want, our Republican opponents move to filibuster," Kennedy said. "They criticize the President and his program because they have nothing of their own to offer the American people."
A stubborn group of senators labored to produce a health-care reform bill before Election Day, but it looks as if the rest of the Senate thinks it will be stillborn. The "mainstream coalition" led by Sen. John Chafee today huddled with Senate leaders on how to draft a bill...
Despite Clinton's pleas for bipartisanship, there has never been much hope of bringing many Republicans on board. But while they have enough votes to stop any bill through a filibuster, that's a tactic that minority leader Dole is reluctant to use. He fears it will anger voters who...
The debate on Senate Democrats' health care proposal began in earnest with harsh partisan sniping on both sides. Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Texas) invoked the threat of a filibuster, calling the bill floated by Sen. George Mitchell (D-Maine) "anathema to everything I believe is right for America." This prompted...