U.S. Senate - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/us_senate/?source=rss&aim=us_senate en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT The waiting is the hardest part By Mike Madden Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/21/healthcare/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/21/healthcare/index.html?source=rss Don't worry, Senate Democrats and the White House say, healthcare negotiations will be done soon enough Are we bipartisan now? By Mike Madden Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/14/olympia_snowe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/14/olympia_snowe/index.html?source=rss All that effort yields just one Republican vote for healthcare reform -- but the White House isn't counting Relax. You'll love healthcare cooperatives! Honest By Steven Hill Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/12/cooperatives/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/12/cooperatives/index.html?source=rss Liberals want a public option, and see co-ops as a sellout. But if Congress passes co-ops, don't fret. They work Washington's revolving doors are bad for your health By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/10/lobbyists/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/10/lobbyists/index.html?source=rss Healthcare reform might be easier if so many industry lobbyists didn't once work for legislators like Max Baucus Is the tide turning for the public option? By Mike Madden Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/06/public_option/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/06/public_option/index.html?source=rss As healthcare reform moves to backroom talks, supporters say its chances may be improving Specter now trailing Republican rival By Gabriel Winant Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/10/01/specter_toomey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/10/01/specter_toomey/index.html?source=rss The party-switching Pennsylvanian falls behind his foil, Pat Toomey Deal with it, liberals By Mike Madden Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/25/healthcare/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/25/healthcare/index.html?source=rss Will Democrats make progressives accept a healthcare bill that doesn't include the public option? Max Baucus wants to come home By Mike Madden Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/23/baucus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/23/baucus/index.html?source=rss The Finance chair moves his committee along on healthcare reform -- and tries to make up with his fellow Democrats The loneliness of Max Baucus By Mike Madden Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/16/baucus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/16/baucus/index.html?source=rss Months of negotiations got no Republican support for healthcare reform. But for some reason, Baucus still believes Inventor of the public option explains why it's crucial By Alex Koppelman Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/09/public_option/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/09/public_option/index.html?source=rss Obama's speech to Congress is likely to be pivotal for the plan. In an interview, Jacob Hacker makes his case Is something better than nothing on healthcare? By Mike Madden Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/09/healthcare/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/09/healthcare/index.html?source=rss The White House is arguing there's a choice between change and the status quo. But that may not make the left happy Sen. Blanche Lincoln bails on the public option By Gabriel Winant Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/09/02/lincoln_public/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/09/02/lincoln_public/index.html?source=rss The Arkansas Democrat won't be voting for the public option. Will more desertions follow? Filling Ted Kennedy's empty seat Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/08/28/mass_candidates/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/08/28/mass_candidates/index.html?source=rss Who's a possibility to become an interim senator, and who might run for the job? Ted Kennedy wanted the public option By Joe Conason Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/08/28/kennedy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/08/28/kennedy/index.html?source=rss His list of achievements is epic, but he worked to fix healthcare for 40 years. Let's finish the job in his name Teddy Kennedy and the art of the deal By Mike Madden Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/27/kennedy_healthcare/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/27/kennedy_healthcare/index.html?source=rss Would the public option pass if he were around? Maybe not: The Senate's liberal conscience was also a horse-trader Healthcare tyranny By David Sirota Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/01/sirota/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/01/sirota/index.html?source=rss Politicians with ties to the insurance industry are keeping the U.S. from real healthcare reform What if they gave a culture war and no one came? By Mike Madden Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/17/ricci/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/17/ricci/index.html?source=rss Frank Ricci, this week's poster boy for oppressed white males everywhere, declines to attack Sonia Sotomayor Despite Reid's warning, Baucus continues bipartisan healthcare push By Vincent Rossmeier Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/09/baucus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/09/baucus/index.html?source=rss The Senate Finance Chairman is still trying to appease Republicans on healthcare Why are Democrats talking about filibusters? By Vincent Rossmeier Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/08/filibuster/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/08/filibuster/index.html?source=rss Despite the Democrats' Senate super-majority, some in the party are already hinting they'd support filibusters Big Pharma and Big Insurance go on the attack By Robert Reich Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/08/reich/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/08/reich/index.html?source=rss Lobbyists are working behind the scenes to kill the public option in the healthcare bill. And they're succeeding. Democratic leaders to Sestak: lay off Specter By Gabriel Winant Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/21/specter_sestak/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/21/specter_sestak/index.html?source=rss With a poll pitting the incumbent against a potential challenger, the DSCC makes its primary preference clear Real medical reform: Gravely ill By Robert Reich Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/18/public_insurance/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/18/public_insurance/index.html?source=rss "Single-payer" isn't mentioned anymore, and now even Obama's Medicare-like public insurance initiative looks unlikely. Is the FBI breathing down Norm Coleman's neck? By Gabriel Winant Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/14/coleman_fbi/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/14/coleman_fbi/index.html?source=rss As the former senator presses his case for his Senate seat in court, the feds are taking a look at some potentially shady dealings. The reluctant enablers of torture By Sheri Fink Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/05/torture/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/05/torture/index.html?source=rss A Senate report shows that during the Bush administration's War on Terror, mental health professionals raised questions about harsh interrogations -- but helped design interrogation programs anyway. Some Democratic senators upset over Specter switch By Gabriel Winant Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/04/30/specter_seniority/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/04/30/specter_seniority/index.html?source=rss Democratic senators howl at Harry Reid's promise to honor Arlen Specter's seniority.