Posts Tagged ‘ Ben Nelson ’

UPDATED: The Benefits Are Restored, But At What Cost?

July 21, 2010
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UPDATED: The Benefits Are Restored, But At What Cost?

[picapp align="none" wrap="false" link="term=unemployment+benefits&iid=9380600" src="http://view4.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/9380600/president-obama-speaks/president-obama-speaks.jpg?size=500&imageId=9380600" width="380" height="273" /] Update is below Ladies and gentlemen, the wait is finally over.  Today, unemployment benefits are on the verge of finally being reauthorized after nearly two months of the nation’s unemployed having nothing to rely on other than whatever savings they might have had left.  Technically, the benefits…

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Playing With Fire

July 9, 2010
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Playing With Fire

Ah, another Congressional recess without addressing the unemployment benefits crisis.  According to the Huffington Post’s count, it’s now been 37 days since the impending specter of that final benefit check was hung over the collective heads of the millions of unemployed Americans.  I hate to say it, but it doesn’t look like it will be…

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Fallout From Nebraska’s Compromise

January 11, 2010
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Fallout From Nebraska’s Compromise

[picapp align="center" wrap="false" link="term=ben+nelson&iid=7421877" src="1/1/4/b/Senate_moves_forward_fde5.JPG?adImageId=8929963&imageId=7421877" width="380" height="495" /] [tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] Back in December, you may recall that as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was searching for the 60 votes necessary to break the impasse over healthcare reform, he turned to Senator Ben Nelson, a moderate Democrat from Nebraska.  He got Senator Nelson’s vote, but…

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Can the Senate Pass Healthcare On Time?

December 18, 2009
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Can the Senate Pass Healthcare On Time?

A few weeks ago, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid promised to the American people that healthcare reform would be finished as far as the full Senate is concerned by Christmas. Well, something needs to be rethought, and it's not just Senator Lieberman's party allegiance...

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