The House and Senate are out of session right now, but the Senate will reconvene on November 16, at which time it will take up Reid’s motion. The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) has already issued an alert urging all of its …
Read Original Story: Senator Reid rushing Pelosi-care already – Examiner.com

Democratic officials say Senate Majority Leader Harry Ried is considering a Medicare tax increase on people who make over $250000 a year to help pay for the plan. Folks across the nation are keeping a close eye on the Senate’s moves after the US House …
Read Original Story: Health care reform debate rages on – WWMT

Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has asked the Congressional Budget Office to analyze a proposal to increase the Medicare payroll tax for people making more than $250000 per year to help pay for health care reform, according to a report by the Associated Press …
Read Original Story: Tax Hikes on the Wealthy May Bankroll Health Care Reform – Politics Daily (blog)

CORRECTION: Amid conflicting reports and information on the timing of the health care bill, HUMAN EVENTS just received clarification on possibilities under the rules for the Senate schedule next week. This week, Reid began a Rule 14 …
Read Original Story: Pelosicare? Harrycare? Which? – Human Events (blog)

1) Just talked to a very insightful Capitol Hill Watcher who doesn’t think Harry Reid has the votes in the Senate to pass anything resembling comprehensive healthcare reform. You can count out Lieberman, Landrieu, Nelson and maybe even Bayh. …
Read Original Story: Is obamacare in trouble in the Senate? – Reuters Blogs (blog)

Harry Reid has sent some interesting signals today with his schedule for legislation in the Senate. He added his troubled health-care reform bill to next week’s agenda despite the threats from Joe Lieberman and Ben Nelson to filibuster it if it …
Read Original Story: Reid tossing cap-and-trade under the bus? – Hot Air (blog)

Next week the Democrats’ leader in the United States Senate, Harry Reid, is going to try and open debate on Obamacare. The switchboard at the Senate –202-224-3121– should be ringing non-stop as a result. The motion Reid will offer to …
Read Original Story: The Senate's Big Cloture Vote – Town Hall

Senate Democrats are now mulling a conditional increase in the payroll tax as a way to pay for their forthcoming healthcare reform bill. That proposed hike — which would be added to the Medicare taxes employers and …
Read Original Story: Reid might hike Medicare tax to pay for healthcare reform – The Hill

Ronald Reagan once quipped that when you start referring to government as “we” instead of “they,” you have been in office too long. Not only is Senator Harry Reid referring to his liberal majority in Washington as “we,” he complains to …
Read Original Story: Conservative Principles Will Defeat Harry Reid – Big Government (blog)

by mcjoan Reid says he wants a vote by Christmas, and has started the clock running, more or less, by putting HR 3962, the House bill, on the Senate calendar to begin debate on Tuesday. By then, the CBO should have scored whatever it was that Reid gave …
Read Original Story: Senate Pitfalls on HCR: Do all Roads Lead to Reconciliation? – Daily Kos (blog)