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23 Dec 2009, 2:12 pm by Michael Markarian
But much other work in Congress occurs by amending larger bills, including must-pass spending bills. [read post]
22 Dec 2009, 10:20 pm
Thus far the foci of attempts to address this question have been the Stupak amendment to the House bill, and this past weekend’s Nelson-wrought change to the Senate bill. [read post]
21 Dec 2009, 7:48 pm
Retaining the exemption, however, was one of the conditions that Senator Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) extracted from party leaders as a condition of his vote to end a Republican filibuster against the bill. [read post]
21 Dec 2009, 7:44 am
Media reports indicate that Senator Patrick Leahy’s (D-VT) amendment to repeal the antitrust exemption under the McCarran-Ferguson Act for health insurers and medical mal practice insurers, last discussed here, has been removed from the latest version of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590).According to industry sources, the decision to not include Senator Leahy’s amendment was made to secure the support of Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE), a former insurance… [read post]
21 Dec 2009, 6:22 am
Specifically, in order to garner Nelson’s vote, amendments were made to the bill’s abortion provisions and a provision was added requiring the federal government to cover Nebraska’s costs for expanded Medicaid coverage after 2016. [read post]
21 Dec 2009, 1:22 am
  Reconciling the differences between the two bills – notably those surrounding the public insurance option, tax increases, and the issue of federal funding for abortion – will likely prove to be the next complicated step in Democrats’ goal of delivering a final bill to President Obama’s desk early in the new year. [read post]
20 Dec 2009, 6:41 pm by Steve Bainbridge
The moderates like Nelson and Landrieu have no principles, at least none that cannot be sold. [read post]
20 Dec 2009, 3:48 pm by Lawrence B. Ebert
The bill would require all states to do so, but Nebraska alone would not be required to pay a portion of the additional cost after 2016. [read post]
20 Dec 2009, 1:51 pm
Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska yesterday agreed to vote for the Senate healthcare reform bill only if one of it's provisions did not apply to his own state. [read post]
19 Dec 2009, 3:38 pm
PAYOFF: Ben Nelson Gets a Basket of Goodies, Senate Democrats Get 60 Votes For Health Care Reform. [read post]
19 Dec 2009, 1:55 pm by Frank Pasquale
Ben Nelson has been promised a "limited conference" in exchange for supporting it). [read post]
19 Dec 2009, 11:15 am
After a day of negotiations, however, Nelson now supports the bill. [read post]
19 Dec 2009, 9:10 am
Having this bill in place will make it easier, not harder, to do these things than having passed nothing. [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 2:21 pm
The White House did not describe Lieberman, Mary Landrieu or Bill Nelson as "insane" or "irrational" when they threatened to vote against or filibuster the proposed legislation. [read post]
17 Dec 2009, 2:58 pm
Nelson for my descent into Glen Beckism. [read post]
17 Dec 2009, 11:04 am
Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) said on Thursday won't vote for the Senate's healthcare bill unless further changes are made. [read post]
17 Dec 2009, 5:58 am by JB
If he cannot do this, then he puts himself at the mercy of Joe Lieberman and Ben Nelson, which means a very watered down bill that may not pass because of opposition from his left. [read post]
17 Dec 2009, 3:45 am by Jeff Foust
Bill Nelson contacted White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel about reprogramming $1 billion in “leftover” stimulus money to NASA. [read post]