Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Kent Conrad [D, ND]

Democrats worth hearing

2009-11-08T00:00:00Z

...too much as Congress prepares to raise the debt limit to $12 trillion. The deficit is currently at $1.6 trillion. Sen. Kent Conrad, North Dakota Democrat, called the push for the public option "a wasted effort" because the votes aren't there. Sen. Byron

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Democrats may have a reason to pause

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...the size and cost of government. "The American people get it. They know we're on an unsustainable fiscal course," said Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D. Many of these concerns are hardly new to conservative and moderate Democrats; Tuesday's election results simp

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Key Moderates Influence The Shape Of Health Overhaul Bills

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...Landrieu (D-LA) with radio ads in their home states, plus direct-mail pieces pressuring those two plus Sens. Ben Nelson (D-NE), Kent Conrad (D-ND), and Olympia Snowe (R-ME)" (Good, 11/3). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kin

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Abortion Not The Only Sticky Issue In Health Care Debate - News Outlets Examine Others

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...whether the provision will be part of the Senate bill, but Democratic centrists such as Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota have warned the program could add to the deficit. Proponents say it would fund itself" (Mathews, 11/4). T

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Election puts pressure on Democrats

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

1993 redux confronts Dems

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...for healthcare legislation in the House and the Senate will change dramatically. Democrats like Sens. Byron Dorgan (N.D.), Kent Conrad (N.D.), Mark Pryor (Ark.), Blanche Lincoln (Ark.), Mary Landrieu (La.), Evan Bayh (Ind.), Kay Hagan (N.C.) and Ben Nel

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GOP election winners serve as warning to moderate Democrats

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

Trade Nominee Vows to Avoid Bad Doha Deal

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...neither "naive nor despondent" in pursuing an agreement."If it's not a good deal, it's going to be dead on arrival here," Sen. Kent Conrad (D., N.D.) warned.Mr. Siddiqui, who worked at the Agriculture Department under President Bill Clinton and at the C

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Senate Might See Health Overhaul Vote Slip Into 2010

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...that those estimates would not be ready this week, casting further doubt on their ability to finish reform this year." Sen. Kent Conrad said passage of the bill by Christmas would be "a challenge." "In order to have a shot at a year-end bill signing, Re

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Shimkus against; Costello unsure

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...majority. That means that the Senate's chances of passing a bill before Christmas amount to "a challenge," according to Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., who was quoted in a Politico article posted online Tuesday. Also on Tuesday, Reid for the first time publi

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Plan Creates Long-Term Care Benefit

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...bill being shaped by Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. Democratic centrists such as Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota have warned the program could add to the deficit. Proponents say it would fund itself.Leaders of the Senat

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COMMENTARY -- Democratic Deficit Duplicity

2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

...cumulative 10-year deficit projections of between $9 trillion and $13 trillion. A more prominent Democratic lawmaker, Sen. Kent Conrad, piled on Bush, saying: "The fact that some are trumpeting this year's deficit number as good news shows just how far

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1,990 Pages

2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

...Senate moderates was swift and incisive. Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., vowed to join Republicans in a filibuster. Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., called the push for a “public option” a “wasted effort.” And Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., spoke for his ilk whe

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Health bills face rocky road

2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

...bill. Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut has said he would join a Republican filibuster to block it. Budget hawk Kent Conrad (D., N.D.) will want to see how the bill affects the long-term deficit picture. Blanche Lincoln (D., Ark.), who is vu

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Waiting for Obama

2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

...is waiting on the Congressional Budget Office’s cost estimates and analysis to finish drafting a bill....Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad said he spoke with CBO Director Doug Elmendorf last week and that it sounded like “it would be quite a while” befo

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Four free-market steps could solve health care riddle

2009-11-02T00:00:00Z

...we are spending too much as Congress prepares to raise the debt limit to $12 trillion. The deficit is at $1.6 trillion. Sen. Kent Conrad, North Dakota Democrat, called the push for the public option “a wasted effort” because the votes aren’t there

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Public option calls for public outcry

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

...too much as Congress prepares to raise the debt limit to $12 trillion. The deficit is currently at $1.6 trillion. Sen. Kent Conrad, North Dakota Democrat, called the push for the public option “a wasted effort” because the votes aren’t there. Sen.

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Seniors to Senators Conrad and Dorgan 'Don't Cut Medicare!'

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

...Va., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the 60 Plus Association released a new TV ad targeting Sens. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) and Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.). The ad features members of our Greatest Generation begging Sen. Johnson not to cut Medicare to pa

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Cal Thomas: Some Democrats are worth hearing on health reform

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

...are spending too much as Congress prepares to raise the debt limit to $12 trillion. The deficit is currently at $1.6 trillion. Sen. Kent Conrad, North Dakota Democrat, called the push for the public option a wasted effort because the votes arent there.

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Reid All But Certain That Health Care Bill Will Make It To Senate Floor

2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

...that they would not be joining a Republican filibuster on the first of two major votes on health care legislation. Sens. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) and Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) both said that they would support an effort by Reid to bring his health care bill to the

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