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6 Dec 2009, 6:48 pm
Bankruptcy reform, the credit card bill, loan modifications, lending… what the banks want, it would seem, the banks get… the country's best interests be damned. [read post]
6 Dec 2009, 6:30 pm
Nelson would vote to filibuster a final Stupak-less bill. [read post]
6 Dec 2009, 12:04 pm by Jason Greis
Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) will offer an amendment to include Stupak-style abortion funding restrictions, and has said he will filibuster the final bill if it does not contain this language. [read post]
6 Dec 2009, 12:04 pm by Jason Greis
Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) will offer an amendment to include Stupak-style abortion funding restrictions, and has said he will filibuster the final bill if it does not contain this language. [read post]
4 Dec 2009, 1:52 pm
Ben Nelson makes the question a pressing one: The defeat of his amendment would be politically significant because Nelson has pledged to vote with Republicans to filibuster the health bill if it did not include the Stupak language. [. . .] [read post]
2 Dec 2009, 11:09 am
Nelson said he plans to introduce an amendment to the Senate bill roughly resembling Stupak's. [read post]
1 Dec 2009, 12:30 pm
Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), David Vitter (R-La.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Jim Webb (D-Va.), and Rep. [read post]
30 Nov 2009, 9:15 am
  The bill doesn’t make internet gambling itself illegal, rather, it makes certain type of financial transactions required to conduct an online gambling website illegal. [25]  The reason for the ambiguity in the Act is a result of the fact that the Act does not contain a definition of “unlawful internet gambling”. [read post]
24 Nov 2009, 5:16 pm
NY Times: Centrist Senators Say They Oppose Health Care Bill, by Joseph Berger: The morning after voting to commence debate on ground-breaking health care legislation, two centrist senators, Ben Nelson and Joseph I. [read post]
23 Nov 2009, 12:43 am
  The timing of that vote was solidified once Democratic leaders released their merged healthcare reform bill last Wednesday – ending weeks of negotiations and speculation over what shape the bill would take.SENATE HEALTHCARE BILL SURVIVES FIRST PROCEDURAL TEST:On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) officially set the wheels in motion by filing for cloture on the bill he will use as a vehicle for healthcare reform. [read post]
21 Nov 2009, 12:35 pm
Lieberman, Landrieu and Lincoln (Ben Nelson would likely join them) have said they will not permit an up or down vote on the Reid HCR bill. [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 4:28 pm by Big Tent Democrat
In response to a question from TPMDC Nelson told reporters that, at a meeting this afternoon with Sens. [read post]
15 Nov 2009, 3:56 pm by Arleen Lazarus
WPTV Channel 5 News in West Palm Beach recently reported that Senator Bill Nelson was in West Palm Beach last Thursday speaking with local leaders on stimulating Florida’s economy. [read post]
12 Nov 2009, 2:00 am
Congressman Charlie Melancon (D-LA) recently sent a letter to the FDA requesting a reversal on the proposed policy, and last week Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) introduced a bill that would prohibit the FDA from using federal funds to enforce the new rules. [read post]
11 Nov 2009, 8:42 am
If they have suggestions for improving the bill, let them do it the old-fashioned way: propose an amendment on the floor and see if they can get 49 other senators to agree. [read post]
11 Nov 2009, 7:43 am
Ben Nelson says he will filibuster any bill that has a public option OR does not contain the Stupak Amendment. [read post]
10 Nov 2009, 7:48 pm by Arleen Lazarus
According to the Miami Herald, Florida’s own Senator Bill Nelson, keynote speaker for a recent summit on Chinese drywall, is calling on President Obama to address the issue. [read post]
10 Nov 2009, 6:16 am
(Editor’s Note: This post is based on a Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP client memorandum by Michael Bopp, Jennifer Bellah Maguire, Edward Nelson, Edward Sopher and Amanda Neely.) [read post]
9 Nov 2009, 1:53 pm by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss
These are the Senators who are on the fence.From left to right, top to bottom, these are Senators Pryor, Byrd, Hagan, Bill Nelson, Murkowski, Lugar, Voinovich and Conrad. [read post]