Login | Register

Most Popular Choices

2

Dems stiffen spines on health bill

Quicklink Submitted By Sheila Samples No comments

Managing Editor
Sheila Samples

Become a Fan
(49 fans)

Spending a year on health care and coming up empty would be worse for Democrats than passing a sweeping overhaul in a politically hostile environment, aides argue. "They have crossed the Rubicon," said a senior Democratic Senate aide, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss political strategy. "They are in."

Read the rest of the story HERE:

At www.politico.com

Rate It | View Ratings

Sheila Samples Social Media Pages:

Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.

Related Topic(s): Democratic; Health Care Legislation; Health Insurance; Healthcare Reform, Add Tags

Go To Commenting

The views expressed herein are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of this website or its editors.

Contact Author

Contact Editor

Author Page

View Authors' Articles

OpEdNews ~~depends upon~~ can't survive without your help.

If you value this article and the work of OpEdNews, please either Donate or Purchase a premium membership.

STAY IN THE KNOW
If you've enjoyed this, sign up for our daily or weekly newsletter to get lots of great progressive content.

To View Comments or Join the Conversation:

Congress Switchboard: 202-224-3121

To remove advertising from OpEd News, please become a premium member.

"You have something special and important here. Somehow you manage to teach and suggest and introduce the reader to concepts in a way that feels inclusive. Like, we're thinking about it together. Partly it might be because the subject, bottom-up, is innately understood by all of us and so it feels like you're stirring up stuff we already know. But also I think it's because you truly are practiced at connection consciousness and so it's natural for you (I'm guessing) to write about it with a desire to include us. As a reader I was learning more because it feels like you're inviting me to think with you."

Tsara Shelton, author

Art Instruction for People
At All Skill Levels

Top Content
in the Last 2 Days
(by Page Views)

United States: A Brief Historical Review by Jean-Luc Basle ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Tomgram: William D. Hartung, Easy Money for the Merchants of Death by Tom Engelhardt ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Positive Visions of the Future by Blair Gelbond ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The Awful Transformation of Bernie Sanders by earl ofari hutchinson ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

From a Historical Perspective by Michael Morrissey ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Eating Healthy is Do-able / Eating healthily on the fly (plus thoughts on hypoglycemia) by Gary Lindorff ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The Big Question About the UN Security Council's Gaza Ceasefire Resolution by Thomas Knapp ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The Myriad Ways You Can Help OpEdNews by Rob Kall ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Scary Times 7/29/25 by carol wolman, MD ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The Devolution of the American Hero by John F. Miglio ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The Eclipse as Cosmic Muse by Meryl Ann Butler ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Tomgram: Alfred McCoy, Did Mark Twain Imagine Donald Trump? by Tom Engelhardt ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The End of Recessions in the United States? by Joel Joseph ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Shifting to a new world view; invitation to see clearly by Gary Lindorff ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

When Did "Reading" Become Listening to Audio? by Martha Rosenberg ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

IMAGINING OUR FUTURE: PERILS AND PROMISE Story 1: The Global Brain Is Waking Up by Blair Gelbond ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Reprint: Ralph Nader: He's a Cookbook! by John Hawkins ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Fairuz and items shared on day 661 of the ongoing holocaust & staying humane Posted by DR MAZIN QUMSIYEH ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Wholly employee owned non-profit corporations. by paul tuten ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The Hague Group and How Far We Are from the Rule of Law by David Swanson ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Should AI Go to the Dustbin of History? by Philip Kraske ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Trump "is playing silly games with the serious, cherished beliefs of millions of Americans." by Lance Moore ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Reprint: Mad God Disease (sonnet) by John Hawkins ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

And So, This Is What? by Dr. Lenore Daniels ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Syria in the Balance of Global Powers: Deals Without a People by Mohamad Rjoob ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Go To Top 50 Most Popular

Ad info: click here

opednews.com

Classics of Liberal Thinking

Progressive Radio Links