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Line In The Sand Drawn: House Liberals Give Obama The Business

Sargent In a letter delivered to the White House moments ago, the two leaders of the bloc of House progressives bluntly told President Obama that they will not support any health care plan without a public option in it — and demanded a meeting to inform him face to face. You see that, demanding a meeting with him. Continuing..... “Any bill that does not provide, at a minimum, a public option built on the Medicare provide system and with reimbursement based on Mediare rates — not negotiated rate — is unacceptable,” reads the letter, which was sent over by a source. It was signed by Reps. Lynn Woolsey and Raul Grijalva, the two leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. “A health reform bill without a robust public option will not achieve the health reform this country so desperately needs,” the letter continues. “We cannot vote for anything less.” “We look forward to meeting with you regarding a robust public option in any final health reform bill and request that that meeting tak...

9/3/09: TWD's Agenda For The Day- President Snowe Continuing Her Tenure

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Health care is currently in her and her insurance lobbyists hands . Lovely. President Obama and top aides have quietly stepped up talks with moderate Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine on a scaled-back health care bill, according to two sources familiar with the negotiations. The compromise plan would lack a government-run public health insurance option favored by Obama, but would leave the door open to adding that provision down the road under an idea proposed by Snowe, the sources said. One of the sources said White House officials are "deep in conversations" with Snowe on a much smaller health care bill than Obama originally envisioned. And get this from CNN hacks Henry and Bash Snowe is pivotal to the debate because she may be Obama's last possibility for getting a Republican senator to support his push for a health care overhaul. HAHAHA, Snowne is pivotal because she is potentially the last Republican Senator he'll have to back him. Once again, the most irrel...

Olympia Snowe, Are You Watching?

I highly doubt she is watching this on this website, but since she is such a big power player now, I guess maybe she should watch this. Since she is the President and all now in the health care public option debate.