10.14.2009 4:45 pm

Burris’s public option demand poses hurdle for Dems

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau

Sen. Burris

WASHINGTON — Illinois Sen. Roland Burris attracted a lot of attention, nearly all of it unwanted, when he took office this year thanks to his appointment by former Illinois’ scandal-tarred former then-governor, Rod Blagojevich.

Burris is attracting attention again for his demand that…

Tags: Naftali Bendavid, Rod Blagojevich, Sen. Ben Nelson, Sen. Blanche Lincoln, Sen. Mary Landrieu, Sen. Olympia Snowe, Sen. Roland Burris, Sen. Susan Collins, wall street journal

08.11.2009 5:08 pm

In Nebraska, a moderate Dem’s health-care strategy

By Bill Lambrecht

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — Claire McCaskill often finds herself on the same side as Ben Nelson, her Senate counterpart from Nebraska and a Democrat who has a distinctly moderate approach to politics and public policy.

Like Nelson, McCaskill, Missouri’s junior senator, has a…

Tags: health-care reform, Nebraska, Sen. Ben Nelson, Sen. Claire McCaskill

Burris’s public option demand poses hurdle for Dems

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