N0001801941-05-177908720 Hart Senate Office Buildinghttp://bennelson.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm202-228-0012Ben'd':4 'ne':5 'ben':2,6,8 'sen':1 'nelson':3,7,9M300077NelsonBen_NelsonE.Sen. Ben Nelson [D, NE]3436N0000532912235Democrat202-224-6551MethodistNEBenSen.Ben Nelson2.66666666666667http://bennelson.senate.gov/SenBenNelson300077Personsen\.Thu Nov 19 11:20:48 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009...liberals' agitation to fire Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner leads the Huffington Post on Thursday. Also, stories on Sen. Ben Nelson's (D-Neb.) potential stumbling block on healthcare and Sen. Mary Landrieu's (D-La.) softened rhetoric on the public optio'd':30,43 'la':44 'ben':26 'bin':6 'neb':31 'sen':25,38 'tim':14 'agit':9 'also':22 'd-la':42 'fire':11 'hill':52 'lead':16 'mari':39 'need':3 'post':19 'block':34 'd-neb':29 'laden':7 'leahi':1 'liber':8 'optio':50 'stori':23 'nelson':27 'public':49 'rhetor':46 'soften':45 'stumbl':33 'potenti':32 'geithner':15 'interrog':5 'landrieu':40 'thursday':21 'treasuri':12 'healthcar':36 'secretari':13 'huffington':186737279truetruedaylifeThe Hillhttp://www.thehill.com/OKLeahy: No need to interrogate bin Ladenhttp://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/68593-leahy-we-dont-need-to-interrogate-bin-laden300077PersondemocratThu Nov 19 22:25:25 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009...insurance company. Centrist Democrats whose position on allowing a vote for final passage are up in the air include Sens. Ben Nelson (Neb.), Mary Landrieu (La.), Evan Bayh (Ind.), and Blanche Lincoln (Ark.). Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said he might no'la':37 'air':29 'ark':44 'ben':32 'ind':40 'joe':46 'neb':34 'say':2 'sen':31,45 'alon':7 'bayh':39 'conn':50 'evan':38 'hill':56 'mari':35 'said':51 'vote':21 'allow':19 'final':23 'insur':12 'might':53 'posit':17 'whose':16 'blanch':42 'i-conn':48 'includ':30 'nelson':33 'option':10 'passag':24 'public':9 'wouldn':4 'compani':13 'lincoln':43 'centrist':14 'democrat':15 'filibust':11 'landrieu':36 'lieberman':1,476740235truetruedaylifeThe Hillhttp://www.thehill.com/OKLieberman says he wouldn't be alone in public option filibusterhttp://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/68631-lieberman-says-he-wouldnt-be-alone-in-public-option-filibuster300077PersondemocratThu Nov 19 11:20:48 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009...a Stupak Amendment. On Monday Kristen Day of Democrats for Life of America (DFLA) told CNA that pro-life Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska has already said he does not want any funding of abortion. Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, Jr. of Pennsylvania has'jr':56 'ben':37 'bob':54 'cna':30 'day':21 'pro':33 'rep':12 'say':14 'sen':36,53 'bill':11 'care':9 'dfla':28 'fund':2,49 'life':25,34 'news':61 'said':43 'told':29 'want':47 'abort':1,51 'agenc':62 'amend':17 'casey':55 'vital':4 'cathol':60 'health':8 'monday':19 'nelson':38 'reform':10 'stupak':13,16 'alreadi':42 'america':27 'kristen':20 'pro-lif':32 'democrat':23,35,52 'nebraska':40 'progress':6 'restrict':3 'pennsylvania':586737277truetruedaylifeCatholic News Agencyhttp://www.catholicnewsagency.com/OKAbortion funding restrictions vital to progress of health care reform bill, Rep. Stupak sayshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/catholicnewsagency/dailynews/~3/leMMH1tk9N8/new.php300077PersoncongressThu Nov 19 22:25:25 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009...liberals' agitation to fire Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner leads the Huffington Post on Thursday. Also, stories on Sen. Ben Nelson's (D-Neb.) potential stumbling block on healthcare and Sen. Mary Landrieu's (D-La.) softened rhetoric on the public optio'd':32,45 'la':46 'ben':28 'fed':8 'neb':33 'rep':1 'sen':3,27,40 'tim':16 'agit':11 'also':24 'd-la':44 'fire':13 'hill':54 'lead':18 'mari':41 'must':6 'paul':2 'post':21 'audit':9 'block':36 'd-neb':31 'liber':10 'optio':52 'stori':25 'author':7 'demint':4 'nelson':29 'public':51 'rhetor':48 'soften':47 'stumbl':35 'potenti':34 'congress':5 'geithner':17 'landrieu':42 'thursday':23 'treasuri':14 'healthcar':38 'secretari':15 'huffington':206740234truetruedaylifeThe Hillhttp://www.thehill.com/OKRep. Paul, Sen. DeMint: Congress must authorize Fed audithttp://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/68607-rep-paul-sen-demint-congress-must-authorize-fed-audit300077PersondemocratWed Nov 18 22:26:38 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009...to begin debate on the legislation. At least two potential Democratic holdouts, Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, signaled Wednesday that they were open to supporting a motion to begin debate. Sen. Blanche Lincoln of Ark'ark':48 'ben':27 'san':50 'sen':20,26,44 'two':16 'care':7 'jose':51 'mari':21 'news':53 'open':36 'begin':9,42 'debat':10,43 'least':15 'senat':1 'blanch':45 'health':6 'leader':2 'legisl':13 'measur':4 'motion':40 'nelson':28 'signal':31 'submit':3 'holdout':19 'lincoln':46 'mercuri':52 'potenti':17 'support':38 'democrat':18 'landrieu':22 'nebraska':30 'louisiana':24 'wednesday':326734822truetruedaylifeThe San Jose Mercury Newshttp://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/OKSenate leaders submit measure on health carehttp://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_13819008?source=rss300077PersonsenateThu Nov 19 22:25:25 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009...language in the Senate healthcare reform bill designed to bar federal funds from paying for abortions is not good enough, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) said Thursday. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) modified the healthcare bills approved by two co'd':35,45 'co':54 'bar':20 'ben':1,32 'neb':36 'nev':46 'pay':24 'sen':31 'two':53 'bill':4,17,50 'fund':22 'good':9,29 'hill':56 'reid':43 'said':37 'abort':6,26 'd-neb':34 'd-nev':44 'feder':21 'harri':42 'major':40 'senat':3,14,39 'approv':51 'design':18 'enough':10,30 'leader':41 'modifi':47 'nelson':2,33 'provis':7 'reform':16 'languag':11 'thursday':38 'healthcar':15,496740233truetruedaylifeThe Hillhttp://www.thehill.com/OKBen Nelson: Senate bill's abortion provisions not good enoughhttp://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/68641-nelson-senate-bills-abortion-provisions-not-good-enough300077PersondemocratTue Nov 17 22:31:31 -0600 2009Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009...around the need for a 60-vote majority. WASHINGTON — Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., says he is not sure he is ready to help a Democratic health care proposal clear even the most preliminary hurdle: gaining the 60 votes his party's leaders need to open deba'd':22 '60':14,47 'ben':19 'neb':23 'san':58 'say':24 'sen':18 'bill':6 'care':37 'deba':56 'even':40 'gain':45 'help':33 'jose':59 'need':11,53 'news':61 'open':55 'sure':28 'vote':15,48 'block':4 'clear':39 'could':3 'd-neb':21 'hurdl':44 'major':16 'parti':50 'readi':31 'senat':8 'three':1 'around':9 'health':5,36 'leader':52 'nelson':20 'propos':38 'mercuri':60 'democrat':2,35 'washington':17 'preliminari':436723241truetruedaylifeThe San Jose Mercury Newshttp://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/OKThree Democrats could block health bill in Senatehttp://www.mercurynews.com/politics-government/ci_13811111?source=rss300077PersondemocratTue Nov 17 22:31:31 -0600 2009Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009...around the need for a 60-vote majority. WASHINGTON — Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., says he is not sure he is ready to help a Democratic health care proposal clear even the most preliminary hurdle: gaining the 60 votes his party's leaders need to open deba'd':22 '60':14,47 'ben':19 'neb':23 'san':58 'say':24 'sen':18 'bill':6 'care':37 'deba':56 'even':40 'gain':45 'help':33 'jose':59 'need':11,53 'news':61 'open':55 'sure':28 'vote':15,48 'block':4 'clear':39 'could':3 'd-neb':21 'hurdl':44 'major':16 'parti':50 'readi':31 'senat':8 'three':1 'around':9 'health':5,36 'leader':52 'nelson':20 'propos':38 'mercuri':60 'democrat':2,35 'washington':17 'preliminari':436723240truetruedaylifeThe San Jose Mercury Newshttp://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/OKThree Democrats could block health bill in Senatehttp://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_13811111?source=rss300077PersondemocratTue Nov 17 22:31:32 -0600 2009Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009...around the need for a 60-vote majority. WASHINGTON — Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., says he is not sure he is ready to help a Democratic health care proposal clear even the most preliminary hurdle: gaining the 60 votes his party's leaders need to open deba'd':22 '60':14,47 'ben':19 'neb':23 'san':58 'say':24 'sen':18 'bill':6 'care':37 'deba':56 'even':40 'gain':45 'help':33 'jose':59 'need':11,53 'news':61 'open':55 'sure':28 'vote':15,48 'block':4 'clear':39 'could':3 'd-neb':21 'hurdl':44 'major':16 'parti':50 'readi':31 'senat':8 'three':1 'around':9 'health':5,36 'leader':52 'nelson':20 'propos':38 'mercuri':60 'democrat':2,35 'washington':17 'preliminari':436723242truetruedaylifeThe San Jose Mercury Newshttp://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/OKThree Democrats could block health bill in Senatehttp://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_13811111?source=rss300077PersondemocratMon Nov 16 22:13:10 -0600 2009Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009...go before becoming law. Her vote and that of two other Democrats expressing serious reservations about the legislation -- Sens. Ben Nelson (Neb.) and Mary Landrieu (La.) -- will determine whether it will garner the 60 needed to break an all-but-certain '60':44 'go':11 'la':36 'ben':30 'law':14 'neb':32 'sen':29 'two':20 'care':9 'feel':4 'mari':34 'need':45 'post':55 'vote':16 'becom':13 'break':47 'debat':10 'senat':2 'garner':42 'health':8 'legisl':28 'nelson':31 'reserv':25 'certain':52 'express':23 'lincoln':3 'pressur':5 'serious':24 'whether':39 'democrat':1,22 'determin':38 'landrieu':35 'health-car':7 'washington':54 'all-but-certain':496717750truetruedaylifeThe Washington Posthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/OKDemocratic senator Lincoln feels pressure in health-care debatehttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=a9c20a79af838dac870f89b25031c73d300077PersonsenateThu Nov 19 22:25:25 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009Interesting turns as the Senate's version of the Health Care Re-Form has gone public.
For one, Nebraska's Senior Senator, E. Ben Nelson said that the abortion language is not up to snuff:
"I think you need to have it eminently clear that no dollars'e':27 'mj':3 're':16 'vs':2 'ben':28 'ebn':1 'one':22 'care':14 'emin':47 'form':17 'gone':19 'need':43 'said':30 'turn':5 'abort':33 'clear':48 'senat':8,26 'snuff':39 'think':41 'dollar':51 'health':13 'nelson':29 'public':20 'senior':25 'street':53 'languag':34 're-form':15 'version':10 'interest':4 'nebraska':23 'leavenworth':526740236falsetruedaylifeLeavenworth Streethttp://leavenworthstreet.blogspot.com/OKEBN vs MJ?http://leavenworthstreet.blogspot.com/2009/11/ebn-vs-mj.html300077PersondemocratThu Nov 19 22:25:21 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009The Senate could vote on Saturday to begin debate on the bill but it's unclear if all of the chamber's Democrats will support Reid. Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., said Reid's bill was “better in some ways than in other ways. ...'d':41 'ben':38 'neb':42 'sen':37 'way':51,55 'bill':3,22,46 'kosu':9,56 'mani':7 'reid':36,44 'said':43 'vote':14 'begin':18 'could':13 'd-neb':40 'debat':19 'radio':10,57 'senat':1,12 'balanc':6 'better':48 'health':2 'nelson':39 'strive':4 'chamber':31 'support':35 'unclear':26 'democrat':33 'interest':8 'saturday':166740231falsetruegoogle blogKOSU Radio http://www.kosu.org/OKSenate Health Bill Strives To Balance Many Interests | KOSU Radiohttp://kosu.org/2009/11/senate-health-bill-strives-to-balance-many-interests/300077PersondemocratThu Nov 19 22:25:21 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009All eyes are on Democratic senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska to see if he will vote Saturday night on the motion to proceed. Nelson is threatening to filibuster the final bill over funding of abortion and the "public option," but he's said ...'ben':15 'eye':10 'see':20 'bill':39 'fail':6 'fund':41 'said':51 'vote':24 'abort':43 'final':38 'idiot':1,52 'night':26 'obama':3,54 'senat':14 'motion':29 'nelson':16,32 'option':47 'public':46 'marxism':4 'proceed':31 'democrat':13 'filibust':36 'nebraska':18 'saturday':25 'threaten':34 'conservat':8 'constitut':7,576740230falsetruegoogle blogIDIOTS FOR OBAMA "We Are 'Constitutional... http://idiots4obama.blogspot.com/OKIDIOTS FOR OBAMA "Marxism Will Fail. Constitutional Conservatism ...http://idiots4obama.blogspot.com/2009/11/weasal-reid-schedules-saturday-night.html300077PersondemocratThu Nov 19 22:25:25 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) said Thursday that he would prevent health reform from moving to final passage if restrictions on federal funding for abortion weren’t tightened during the amendment process. But, he added, “there are a lot of other'd':10 'ad':41 'ben':1,7 'lot':45 'neb':11 'sen':6 'fund':29 'move':21 'said':12 'abort':31 'amend':37 'd-neb':9 'feder':28 'final':23 'weren':32 'would':16 'health':18 'nelson':2,8 'passag':24 'reform':19 'prevent':17 'process':38 'tighten':34 'democrat':5 'filibust':4 'politico':49 'restrict':26 'threaten':3 'thursday':136740232falsetruedaylifeThe Politicohttp://www.politico.com/OKBen Nelson threatens filibusterhttp://www.politico.com/livepulse/1109/Ben_Nelson_threatens_filibuster_.html300077PersondemocratThu Nov 19 22:25:20 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009Johanns' statement had Democrat Sen. Ben Nelson, of Nebraska, in mind, Fox News reports. Nelson has said that merely voting to advance the bill to debate was not a vote of support for it (Turner, 11/19). ...'ben':15 'fox':21 'mix':8 'sen':14 'bill':3,33 'mere':28 'mind':20 'news':22,49 'said':26 'vote':29,39 '11/19':45 'abort':5 'debat':35 'senat':1 'advanc':31 'health':2,48 'johann':10 'kaiser':47 'nelson':16,24 'report':23 'turner':44 'languag':6 'support':41 'trigger':7 'democrat':13 'nebraska':18 'reaction':9 'statement':116740228falsetruegoogle blogAll Kaiser Health News http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/OKSenate Health Bill's Abortion Language Triggers Mixed Reactions ...http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2009/November/19/Abortion.aspx300077PersonsenateThu Nov 19 22:25:20 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009Senator Ben Nelson has stated that he would not support a measure in the Senate that does not clearly prohibit public funding of abortion. “This is a very important issue to Sen. Nelson, and it is highly unlikely he would support a bill ...'ben':12 'new':3 'sen':42 'bill':5,53 'fund':32 'high':47 'issu':40 'abort':4,34 'clear':29 'emerg':6 'senat':9,11,25 'state':15 'unlik':48 'would':18,50 'import':39 'measur':22 'nelson':13,43 'public':31 'support':20,51 'prohibit':30 'headlinebistro':1,546740227falsetruegoogle blogHeadlineBistro http://headlinebistro.typepad.com/headlinebistro/OKHeadlineBistro: A new abortion bill emerges from the Senate, but ...http://headlinebistro.typepad.com/headlinebistro/2009/11/a-new-abortion-bill-emerges-from-the-senate-but-many-old-points-of-disagreement-from-political-oppon.html300077PersondemocratThu Nov 19 22:25:20 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), who was briefed on the healthcare bill by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) in advance of a Wednesday meeting of all Senate Democrats, said he received assurances that his concerns about abortion had been met ...'d':15,30 'tv':56 'air':2,55 'ben':12 'hot':1,54 'met':53 'neb':16 'nev':31 'sen':11 'bill':23 'blog':3 'meet':37 'reid':5,28 'said':42 'abort':50 'assur':45 'brief':19 'd-neb':14 'd-nev':29 'harri':27 'major':25 'senat':10,40 'strip':6 'advanc':33 'archiv':4 'leader':26 'nelson':13 'receiv':44 'stupak':7 'concern':48 'languag':8 'democrat':41 'healthcar':22 'wednesday':366740226falsetruegoogle blogHot Air TV http://www.hotair.com/OKHot Air » Blog Archive » Reid stripped Stupak language from Senate ...http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/19/reid-stripped-stupak-language-from-senate-obamacare-bill/300077Personsen\.Thu Nov 19 22:25:20 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009Reid now needs just 60 votes, and all eyes were fixed on three centrists who still have not formally committed to allowing the floor debate to begin in the vote on Saturday – Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson, Louisiana Sen. ...'60':13 'ben':43 'eye':17 'fix':19 'sen':42,46 'need':11 'reid':1,9 'test':4 'vote':5,14,38 'allow':30 'begin':35 'debat':33 'floor':32 'obama':8,49 'still':24 'three':21 'watch':7,48 'commit':28 'formal':27 'nelson':44 'announc':2 'centrist':22 'nebraska':41 'saturday':3,40 'louisiana':456740225falsetruegoogle blogI Watch Obama http://www.iwatchobama.com/OKReid announces Saturday test vote | I Watch Obamahttp://www.iwatchobama.com/other/reid-announces-saturday-test-vote/300077PersonsenateThu Nov 19 22:25:20 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009Bucking to demands from Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), the Senate bill does not end anti-trust exemptions for the insurance industry. Talk about backroom dealing. Getting a concession like this isn't going to hold much sway with Nebraska ...'d':12 'go':39 'ben':9 'end':19 'get':32 'isn':37 'neb':13 'sen':8 'anti':21 'bill':16 'buck':4 'deal':31 'hold':41 'like':35 'much':42 'sway':43 'talk':28 'd-neb':11 'insur':26 'senat':15 'trust':22 'biblic':2 'demand':6 'exempt':23 'nelson':10 'concess':34 'backroom':30 'filibust':3 'industri':27 'nebraska':45 'anti-trust':20 'pufferfish':1,466740224falsetruegoogle blogPufferfish http://www.pufferfishblog.com/pf/OKPufferfish: Biblical Filibusterhttp://www.pufferfishblog.com/pf/2009/11/biblical-filibuster.html300077PersondemocratThu Nov 19 22:25:20 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009But reminders of how tough it will be to pass health reform in the end popped up Thursday, as well, as a second member of the Democratic Caucus — Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson — threatened to launch a filibuster to block a final vote, ...'ben':41 'dem':1 'end':25 'pop':26 'sen':40 'buzz':54 'deal':3 'face':6 'pass':20 'test':8 'vote':52 'well':30 'work':2 'block':49 'final':51 'polit':53 'senat':10 'tough':15 'caucus':38 'health':21 'launch':45 'member':34 'nelson':42 'reform':5,22 'remind':12 'second':33 'democrat':37 'filibust':47 'nebraska':39 'saturday':7 'threaten':43 'thursday':286740223falsetruegoogle blogPolitical Buzz http://political-buzz.com/OKDems Working Deals As Reform Faces Saturday Test In Senate ...http://political-buzz.com/2009/11/19/dems-working-deals-as-reform-faces-saturday-test-in-senate/