Read more Charles Schumer stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/603/charles-schumer.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:36:47 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/72499/mccain-afghan-call-cant-wait.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe pace of President Obama's decision on troop levels in Afghanistan again dominated the Sunday dial. John McCain told Face the Nation that Obama should move regardless of the Nov. 7 runoff's outcome: "Every day we delay will be a delay in this strategy succeeding.” Orrin Hatch went so far...http://www.newser.com/story/72499/mccain-afghan-call-cant-wait.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 25 Oct 2009 11:56:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72406/reid-goes-for-broke-with-public-option-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHarry Reid is preparing to bring a health reform bill that includes a public option to the floor of the Senate, gambling that his 60-member caucus will support the plan if it contains opt-out measures for individual states. The majority leader and other senators met with Barack Obama yesterday to...http://www.newser.com/story/72406/reid-goes-for-broke-with-public-option-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 7:46:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71703/dems-lash-out-at-insurance-industry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAll-out war broke out between the Democrats and the insurers today, with Chuck Schumer calling for an amendment to the health care bill that would remove the industry’s long-standing anti-trust immunity. Schumer called the exemption “one of the worst accidents of American history,” blaming it in part for the precipitous...http://www.newser.com/story/71703/dems-lash-out-at-insurance-industry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 13:46:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71271/public-option-compromise-gains-steam.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe public option lives: both conservative and liberal Democrats seem to like an idea proposed by Chuck Schumer to establish a national health plan but allow states to opt out if they so choose. Conservative Ben Nelson has backed it, and a spokesman for Max Baucus said he might join...http://www.newser.com/story/71271/public-option-compromise-gains-steam.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 17:31:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70889/forget-baucus-reid-takes-reins-on-health-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn the Senate Finance Committee, it's all over but the voting, and Democratic hopes for health care reform now rest with Harry Reid, who has to pull something cogent (and passable) out of a welter of conflicting proposals from several committees. That puts him the "in the eye of an...http://www.newser.com/story/70889/forget-baucus-reid-takes-reins-on-health-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 03 Oct 2009 9:22:24 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/70576/public-option-fails-in-finance-committee.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Senate Finance Committee voted down both proposed versions of the public option this afternoon, setting up a showdown between conservative Democrats—who sided with Republicans in opposing the creation of a government plan to compete with private insurers—and their liberal colleagues. Jay Rockefeller's amendment failed, 15-8, shortly before...http://www.newser.com/story/70576/public-option-fails-in-finance-committee.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 15:02:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70449/wall-street-doing-its-best-to-buy-schumer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith a vote looming on Barack Obama’s plan to revamp financial regulations, Wall Street has shoveled $10.6 million into Senate campaign chests this year. Most of that money, $7.7 million, has gone to Democrats, and more than 15% has gone to one man: Chuck Schumer. Schumer’s $1.65...http://www.newser.com/story/70449/wall-street-doing-its-best-to-buy-schumer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 10:07:00 CDT