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Don’t Compromise for Nothing
Is Mike Enzi (R-WY) negotiating in good faith? Something that I think has tended to go missing in the controversy over the idea of a public health insurance option is that for all the rhetorical...
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Republican in ‘Gang of Six’ wants health care reform in ‘smaller parts’...
Earlier this month, Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY), the most conservative member of the “Gang of Six” working on a compromise health care bill in the Senate Finance Committee, argued against a Sept. 15...
View ArticleGOP Senators Call For New 75-80 Vote Superfilibuster Standard On Health Reform
Speaking on Fox News last night, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) claimed that health care reform should not happen because it doesn’t enjoy “bipartisan” support, adding that a bill cannot be bipartisan unless...
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Enzi Claims Credit for Derailing Health Reform
In the gang Via Steve Benen, Mike Enzi outlines his approach to the “Gang of Six” health reform negotiations: “If I hadn’t been involved in this process as long as I have and to the depth as I have,...
View ArticleWhite House: Mike Enzi Has Shown He’s No Longer Interested In A Bipartisan...
Earlier this month, when media outlets reported that top Democrats and White House officials seemed set to go it alone on health care reform due to “hardening Republican opposition,” White House Press...
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Axelrod hits Grassley and Enzi for not ‘negotiating in good faith.’
On Monday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs used his daily press briefing to criticize “Gang of Six” health care negotiator Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) for attacking Democratic health care proposals...
View ArticleEnzi: ‘I’m pretty sure’ that health care reform is ‘going to fail.’
Following Sen. Mike Enzi’s (R-WY) attack on health care reform in the weekly GOP radio address last week, the White House criticized him for turning over “his cards on bipartisanship.” Though Enzi’s...
View ArticleAFP President: After hearing Enzi speak, it’s clear ‘he’s not going to...
Earlier today, ThinkProgress noted that Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) told an Americans for Prosperity (AFP) rally this week that he was “pretty sure” health care reform was “going to fail.” Greg Sargent...
View ArticleRepublicans now arguing that the Senate health care bill isn’t long enough.
A constant whine of congressional Republicans about health care reform is that the legislation is just too long and too complicated. “All you need to know is there are 1,990 pages,” griped House...
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Republicans Will Attempt To Roll Back Popular Consumer Protections With...
Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY)Back in June, HHS unveiled interim final regulations to exempt health insurance plans in existence before March 23, 2010 — the day the Affordable Care Act became law — from many...
View ArticleRepublicans Regurgitate Insurance Industry Talking Points, Asks Admin To...
This morning, while defending Sen. Mike Enzi’s (R-WY) resolution to eliminate regulations that would dissuade insurers and employers from shifting costs to plan beneficiaries, Republicans proudly...
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Republicans Call Rule That Would Make Union Elections Fairer An...
Today, the National Labor Relations Board announced a new rule aimed at speeding up the process for union elections, in an attempt to prevent employers from using the various tactics they break out to...
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Despite Record Student Debt, Republicans Oppose Obama’s Student Loan Plan
House Education Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) The Obama administration this week, as part of its effort to boost the economy without having to rely on congressional action, announced a new plan...
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Five Things Everyone Should Know About The Newest U.S. Senate Candidate Liz...
Senate Candidate Liz Cheney (R-WY) (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)Liz Cheney, a former George W. Bush administration state department official and daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, announced...
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Anti-Obamacare Senators Can Afford To Pay More For Insurance, But Their Staff...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) announced Monday that he will forgo his own federal employer subsidy, joining a group of at least a dozen Senators opting to pay the full cost of...
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The 7 Worst Moments Of Liz Cheney’s Aborted Senate Campaign
Liz Cheney CREDIT: AP Photo/Cliff Owen Liz Cheney, a former George W. Bush administration state department official and daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, announced Monday that she will...
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New Bill Would Create ‘License To Discriminate’ For Religious Adoption Agencies
Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) CREDIT: AP Photo/Ben Neary Despite the failure of many “license to discriminate” bills in state legislatures earlier this year — most notably in Arizona — a few Congressional...
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