Read more Senate Democrats stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1326/senate-democrats.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:33:07 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74352/gop-traffic-jam-ploy-is-snarling-senate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSenate Democrats are starting to turn on each other like angry drivers stuck in rush-hour traffic thanks to Republican obstructionism, writes EJ Dionne. Republican senators are eating every word they once said against filibusterism and are stalling even legislation that they support in a Machiavellian effort to keep the Democrats...http://www.newser.com/story/74352/gop-traffic-jam-ploy-is-snarling-senate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 9:43:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74266/senate-delays-climate-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSenate Democrats have announced that they won't be debating a major climate bill until sometime in the spring. The delay, which reduces America's bargaining power at next month's Copenhagen conference, reflects weakening support for the controversial "cap-and-trade" bill as unemployment remains high, the Wall Street Journal notes. The bill strategy...http://www.newser.com/story/74266/senate-delays-climate-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 1:20:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73743/clinton-to-dems-the-worst-thing-to-do-is-nothing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBill Clinton pounded Democratic senators on health-care reform today, telling them that passing a bill this year is imperative. “Just pass the bill, even if it’s not exactly what you want,” Clinton said. “When you try and fail, the other guys write history. … The worst thing to do is...http://www.newser.com/story/73743/clinton-to-dems-the-worst-thing-to-do-is-nothing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 19:28:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73691/bill-clinton-to-corral-senate-dems-on-health-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBill Clinton is expected to speak to Senate Democrats about health care legislation during their weekly caucus today. Clinton's appearance comes as fragile Democratic unity is threatened by abortion opponents in the Senate seeking similar restrictions in the bill to those in the House version passed Saturday. Nebraska Sen. Ben...http://www.newser.com/story/73691/bill-clinton-to-corral-senate-dems-on-health-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 6:35:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72613/how-reid-rescued-the-public-option.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe public health insurance plan was brought back from the brink of oblivion thanks to Harry Reid's swift adoption of an "opt-out" plan brought to his attention just three weeks ago. In backroom negotiations with members of the Democratic caucus, the majority leader found that the federal approach bridged the...http://www.newser.com/story/72613/how-reid-rescued-the-public-option.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 5:29:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70968/obama-makes-backstage-push-for-public-option.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThough Barack Obama has publicly backed off in his support for the public option, behind the scenes he’s campaigning hard to make it happen. He’s spent a lot of time in recent weeks calling moderate senators like Olympia Snowe, Ben Nelson, and Maria Cantwell, armed with polls showing how popular...http://www.newser.com/story/70968/obama-makes-backstage-push-for-public-option.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 11:03:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70594/dems-silent-fear-what-if-reid-loses-in-2010.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHarry Reid hasn't kept a very high profile as Senate majority leader but the vital role he's been playing will become obvious if he is unseated in next year's elections, say Democratic insiders. Even the Nevada senator's critics admit that he's stopped liberal and moderate Democrats from feuding, and many...http://www.newser.com/story/70594/dems-silent-fear-what-if-reid-loses-in-2010.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 6:24:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69503/rockefeller-no-way-ill-vote-for-baucus-health-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSen. Jay Rockefeller said today he doesn’t support the health-reform bill being crafted by Sen. Max Baucus, a fellow Democrat who chairs the body’s Finance Committee. “There is no way in its present form that I will vote for it,” Rockefeller tells the Hill . The West Virginian had earlier stated...http://www.newser.com/story/69503/rockefeller-no-way-ill-vote-for-baucus-health-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Sep 2009 20:49:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68477/daschle-leave-whiny-gop-in-the-dust-if-necessary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt’s essential that Congress act on health care, and if that means working without bipartisan support, so be it, writes Tom Daschle in the Wall Street Journal . If we fail, 60 million people will be uninsured in 10 years, and typical families will have to pay $25,000 a year...http://www.newser.com/story/68477/daschle-leave-whiny-gop-in-the-dust-if-necessary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Sep 2009 9:00:30 CDT