Read more US Senate stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/32047/us-senate.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:57:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74503/far-right-challenger-a-threat-to-mccain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEveryone’s favorite maverick could be unseated in 2010 by a hard-line conservative talk show host who's mulling a bid, a new Rasmussen poll suggests. John McCain leads potential primary opponent JD Hayworth, a local radio host and former House member, by a razor-thin 2%, which is within the poll’s 4%...http://www.newser.com/story/74503/far-right-challenger-a-threat-to-mccain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 10:09:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74012/call-liebermans-bluff-make-him-filibuster.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe filibuster is supposed to be a last resort. It allows the Senate minority, when it's willing to engage in endless debate—at the cost of holding up the chamber’s other business—to challenge legislation. But today, senators need only signal their intention to filibuster to stall a bill, and...http://www.newser.com/story/74012/call-liebermans-bluff-make-him-filibuster.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 14:29:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73517/break-stuff-to-save-the-planet-gore.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAl Gore says nonviolent disruption of polluters and airports is justified considering the grave threat posed by climate change. "Civil disobedience has an honorable history, and when the urgency and moral clarity cross a certain threshold, then I think that civil disobedience is quite understandable, and it has a role...http://www.newser.com/story/73517/break-stuff-to-save-the-planet-gore.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Nov 2009 16:15:35 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/72594/public-option-a-go-reid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHarry Reid will include a public insurance plan in the pending health care reform bill, with a provision allowing individual states to refuse to participate. The Senate majority leader’s bill is likely to include an “opt-out” version of the public plan, taken from the Senate health committee, as well as...http://www.newser.com/story/72594/public-option-a-go-reid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 16:07:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71879/dems-helped-shape-health-industry-ad-campaign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAides to President Obama and Max Baucus met with a variety of lobbyists for corporate health care companies on April 15, to help form two industry coalitions and launch a multimillion-dollar ad campaign, Politico has learned. Though both sides insist no quid pro quo was laid out, some participants say...http://www.newser.com/story/71879/dems-helped-shape-health-industry-ad-campaign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 11:19:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71495/industry-report-distorts-health-reform-cost.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new report that says the Senate Finance Committee’s reform bill would raise private insurance premiums is riddled with troubling exceptions, writes Jonathan Cohn. The report, commissioned by America's Health Insurance Plans, estimates the costs of premiums over time if the bill is implemented, but it doesn’t take into account...http://www.newser.com/story/71495/industry-report-distorts-health-reform-cost.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 14:50:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71261/lower-key-mccain-edges-back-into-picture.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter 11 months licking his wounds, John McCain is getting back out there, appearing on TV more often and acting little like the man who gave a gracious, conciliatory concession speech last November. He's finding support within the GOP, where his combative approach hasn't always resonated, because his target is...http://www.newser.com/story/71261/lower-key-mccain-edges-back-into-picture.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 16:01:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70210/hey-kennedys-enough-with-the-entitlement.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTed Kennedy’s seat “is not a Kennedy seat anymore.” His wife could have run. Or his nephew Joe. They chose not to. So why did Massachusetts' governor bow to the wishes of a now-defunct dynasty when choosing a replacement for the late senator? “Enough, finally, with the entitlement,” Boston Herald...http://www.newser.com/story/70210/hey-kennedys-enough-with-the-entitlement.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 12:46:43 CDT