“Health reform” on The Daily Caller

Is Eric Massa left without a friend in the world? (more)

America is watching the House of Representatives as it is the last line of defense to protect them from a government-takeover of health care. Recently, the President reversed his earlier stance and endorsed a controversial legislative tactic known as reconciliation to pass a government-takeover of health care. It will change the rules to pass the health care bill by denying Senate Republicans the right to kill the bill by stalling with a filibuster. The House and the Senate would then use reconciliation to pass a set of fixes to the bill, to satisfy the demands of lawmakers in the House. (more)

RICHMOND – Here in the former capital of the Old Confederacy, where resistance to the supremacy of federal law has a long and tortuous history, a new battle is being waged over a question that could undercut a key part of President Obama’s health care proposal: whether Washington can require that most Americans have health insurance. (more)

Rep. Jim Marshall, a Blue Dog Democrat from Georgia, said Friday that his vote against President Obama’s health-care reform in the fall was “a good vote” which he’ll cast again this time around, citing the legislation’s inability to control skyrocketing costs. (more)

President Obama promised Wednesday to do everything in his power to persuade the country in the next few weeks that the Congress should pass a health-care bill, even if Democrats use reconciliation to get it done. (more)

Republicans on Capitol Hill said Tuesday evening they are confident that a key bloc of pro-life House Democrats who voted for President Obama’s health-care reform last fall will vote against it now, as the White House tries to push a bill across the finish line. (more)

Harry Reid wasn’t having any of it Tuesday when he called out Republicans for their past support of the filibuster-busting legislative tactic known as reconciliation: (more)

President Obama is set to host a bipartisan health care summit on Thursday at the White House, and top Republicans confirmed today that they are “ready to participate” after criticizing the meeting as political theater for several days. (more)

A top adviser to President Barack Obama’s administration is leaving to join the liberal Center for American Progress (CAP) as their chief operating officer.  The New Republic (TNR) gives some background on Neera Tanden: (more)

Democrats in Congress are holding White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel accountable for his part in the collapse of healthcare reform. (more)

WASHINGTON — With no clear path forward on major health care legislation, Democratic leaders in Congress effectively slammed the brakes on President Obama’s top domestic priority on Tuesday, saying they no longer felt pressure to move quickly on a health bill after eight months of setting deadlines and missing them. (more)

After weeks of denials from the White House that the health care reform effort failed to exhibit the transparency President Barack Obama promised on the campaign trail, Obama is conceding that locking the public out of key discussions was a “mistake.” (more)

Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-N.H.) said that both Republican and Democratic women members of Congress understand how to care for relatives and thus want the healthcare system to change. (more)

Top Republicans took to the Sunday morning news shows to say the best way to solve the health-care crisis is to ditch President Barack Obama’s bill and go back to the drawing board. (more)

The Senate will welcome its newest member, Scott Brown (R-Mass.), as soon as the legal paperwork is received, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday. (more)

After months of debate, lawmakers seeking to pass health-care reform are tantalizingly close to the goal line. But Democrats have found a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory—by blowing a Senate race in deep-blue Massachusetts and in so doing handing Republicans the necessary votes to filibuster the final bill. Are their heath-care efforts all for naught? (more)

Barney Frank releases statement read by Rachel Maddow on MSNBC:
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Sen. Ben Nelson’s (D-Neb.) approval ratings have slid since voting for health reform legislation, a new poll showed Sunday. (more)

Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson and his wife were leaving dinner at a new pizza joint near their home in Omaha one night last week when a patron began complaining about Nelson’s decisive vote in favor of the Senate’s health care bill. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) – Striving to reach a deal on health care, President Barack Obama planned a trip to Congress on Thursday to urge rank-and-file House Democrats to yield on key issues still standing in the way of a historic legislative achievement. (more)