Tag Archive: Health Care Reform

White House Refuses to Disclose Visits From Health Care Lobbyists, Execs

by Paul Blumenthal Jul 22, 2009 10:52 am

During the 2008 presidential primary campaign between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, then-Sen. Obama promised to hold open, televised negotiations... View Article

Lies Make Baby Jesus Cry (See Update Regarding Returned Check)

by Paul Blumenthal Jul 21, 2009 2:33 pm

Update: I guess this is the clarifying press release: Baucus staffers say that the check was returned after it was... View Article

Guess What? It’s Working.

by Paul Blumenthal Jul 20, 2009 3:43 pm

After one week of markups on the health care reform bill, we are already seeing that pressure on Congress does... View Article

Senate Finance to Take Up Health Care; See Their Lobbyist Connections

by Paul Blumenthal Jul 20, 2009 10:22 am

According to First Read, Senate Finance Chair Max Baucus will announce his plans for health care reform sometime this week.... View Article

House Health Care Markups

by Paul Blumenthal Jul 17, 2009 3:43 pm

This is a quick update on what the committees in the House have done with the health care bill since... View Article

Senators Call for Health Care Delay, Receive Big Campaign Contributions

by Paul Blumenthal Jul 17, 2009 2:15 pm

Six senators called for a seventy day hold on voting on health care reform legislation today, according to the Huffington... View Article

Health Care Word Soup: Luntz Memo

by Paul Blumenthal Jul 16, 2009 10:41 am

Back in May, in anticipation of the coming health care debate, Republican pollster, strategist and word smith Frank Luntz penned... View Article

LittleSis Teams Up With The Huffington Post To Monitor Health Care Debate

by Ellen Miller Jul 16, 2009 9:20 am

Kevin Connor & Matthew Skomarovsky, co-founders of Sunlight-supported LittleSis.org, announced yesterday they are joining forces with The Huffington Post Investigative... View Article