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Health Care: Explaining the Public Option 'Trigger'
Early word out of the White House is that while President Obama will reiterate personal support for the public option in his speech tonight, he’ll signal to Congress that he’s willing to sign a bill without a government-sponsored health-care plan. How will he keep Democrats on board and still woo Republicans? One compromise that’s become the talk of Washington and could come up in Obama’s speech tonight: the so-called “trigger” option. It’s an idea that was first floated by GOP Sen. Olympia Snowe, one of the few Republicans who has continued to actively negotiate with the White House on a health-care-reform compromise. The idea is to give insurance companies a set period to make changes that would bring down long-term costs and help cover more people. If the industry didn’t meet the goal, it would trigger a so-called public insurance option to put pressure on companies to make those changes. Still up for debate: what that defined period would be. Would it be two years? Would it be five years? Those details haven’t been nailed down, much less written up. It’s not included in the proposed legislation circulated by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, who told reporters today the trigger has not been a part of their negotiations. And the proposal hasn't been debated by House lawmakers at all.
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Sotomayor Hearings: Winners and Losers? Our Experts Weigh In.
Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings this week will be remembered as a civilized affair. The fiery exchanges and dramatic grandstanding that have characterized past confirmations were all but absent. Yet, tame as these were, Supreme Court confirmation hearings are always a critical
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Top 5 Moments from Sotomayor's Third Day
Sonia Sotomayor knows exactly what she must do to be confirmed, and that's very little. If she doesn't say too much, she can't muddy the wide respect across party lines that all but guarantee her a spot on the high court. But even if legal experts aren't learning much about what kind of justice
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07/07/2009BlogsFranken Hugs It Out On First Day
…camaraderie usually plays out most visibly, and with maximum showiness, on the senate floor. Minnesota's other senator Amy Klobuchar introduced Franken. "I always told Al his third year of campaigning would be his best," she quipped to huge …
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04/17/2009BlogsUnturnings: Friday, April 17
Our favorites this morning from around the web: Laughing off the work load Minnesota's only senator Amy Klobuchar turns to savvy political humor for legislative successes. It's also helped her deal with a unique predicament for both her and …
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08/26/2008BlogsMcCarter: Broken News
…to hear the whacking doesn't mean no whacking occurred. Multiple members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Sen. Amy Klobuchar blasted McCain before prime time. Later, America caught a glimpse of Nancy Pelosi getting off a good line, saying that …
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08/26/2008PoliticsBroken News
…to hear the whacking doesn't mean no whacking occurred. Multiple members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Sen. Amy Klobuchar blasted McCain before prime time. Later, America caught a glimpse of Nancy Pelosi getting off a good line, saying that …
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08/19/2008BlogsTalkLeft: More Convention Speakers Added
names are coming. Joining the program on Monday, August 25th will be Former President Jimmy Carter; Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar ; Miami Mayor Manny Diaz; Illinois state leaders Alexi Giannoulis, Dan Hynes, Lisa Madigan, and Tom Balanoff
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