The U.S. Senate, as expected, flexed its Democratic majority to vote down a bill repealing the federal health reform law that U.S. House Republicans approved last month.

Foreshadowing the death of a public option in a comprehensive health reform bill that would garner the signature of President Barack Obama, Consumer Watchdog is urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to strengthen oversight of the health insurance industry.

According to National Review Online blogger James Capretta, left-of-center Democrats are apoplectic about Joe Lieberman’s hold out for no Medicare buy in for 55-year-olds and no public option; health reform …  Read →

It’s difficult to maintain a civil discourse when not all the parties play fair.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NM) made the unfortunate mistake of labeling those who oppose the efforts …  Read →

Sen. Joe Lieberman appears to be one — if not the only — Democrat-leaning legislator in the Senate (or the House, for that matter) who is seriously considering the consequences of …  Read →