N000180 1941-05-17 720 Hart Senate Office Building http://bennelson.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm 202-228-0012 Ben 'd':4 'ne':5 'ben':2,6,8 'sen':1 'nelson':3,7,9 M 300077 Nelson Ben_Nelson E. Sen. Ben Nelson [D, NE] N00005329 11761 Democrat 202-224-6551 Methodist NE Ben Ben Nelson 2.62857142857143 http://bennelson.senate.gov/ SenBenNelson 300077 Person congress Fri Nov 06 22:27:13 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...simply 10 or 25 or 50 percent less than what one side or the other proposes. So, for example, you get stuff like this from Ben Nelson and Olympia Snowe in Politico : "'People need to be saying slow it down and don't add more to the deficit,' Nelson said '10':9 '25':11 '50':13 'add':51 'ben':33 'dem':7 'get':28 'new':2 'npr':58 'one':18 'say':44 'less':15 'like':30 'need':41 'said':57 'side':19 'slow':45 'snow':37 'dodgi':6 'moder':5 'peopl':40 'stuff':29 'exampl':26 'nelson':34,56 'propos':23 'republ':3 'simpli':8 'deficit':55 'olympia':36 'percent':14 'politico':39 6604440 true true daylife NPR http://www.npr.org/ OK http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120161638&ft=1&f=1057 300077 Person democrat Fri Nov 06 11:22:00 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...enough Democrats support the nomination to reach the 60-vote threshold needed to end a filibuster, as two moderate senators -- Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) -- have expressed reservations about the nominee. However, Republican Sen. 'd':37 '60':22 'ben':34 'day':13 'end':27 'neb':38 'sen':53 'two':31 'conn':44 'need':25 'news':55 'push':2 'reid':1 'vote':4,23 'court':7 'd-neb':36 'howev':51 'medic':54 'moder':32 'nomin':18 'reach':20 'senat':33 'today':56 'appeal':6 'enough':14 'i-conn':42 'joseph':40 'nelson':35 'nomine':8,50 'reserv':47 'express':46 'support':16 'veteran':11 'democrat':15 'filibust':29 'hamilton':9 'lieberman':41 'threshold':24 'republican':52 6598199 true true daylife Medical News Today http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/ OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~3/bDflpDS57ts/170060.php 300077 Person democrat Thu Nov 05 22:31:08 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...side or the other proposes. So, for example, you get stuff like this from Ben Nelson and Olympia Snowe in Politico: Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), a big swing vote for Democratic leaders, said Tuesday’s elections should tell Democrats that their ‘agenda 'd':33 'ben':22,30 'big':36 'dem':7 'get':17 'neb':34 'new':53 'sen':29 'like':19 'said':42 'side':8 'snow':26 'tell':47 'vote':38 'd-neb':32 'dodgi':2 'elect':45 'moder':6 'polit':3 'stuff':18 'swing':37 'agenda':51 'exampl':15 'leader':41 'nelson':23,31 'propos':12 'republ':54 'olympia':25 'tuesday':43 'democrat':40,48 'politico':28 'punditri':4 6593937 true true daylife The New Republic http://www.tnr.com/ OK http://www.tnr.com/blog/the-stash/the-unidimensional-worldview-conservative-dems 300077 Person sen\. Thu Nov 05 11:23:54 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...option that would only be triggered in the future if private insurers failed to adequately lower health premiums. Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), a leading centrist, confirmed that the moderates were continuing to meet with Snowe to strategize a way forward t 'd':32 'ben':29 'key':1 'neb':33 'sen':28 'way':50 'bill':9 'fail':22 'lead':35 'meet':44 'news':54 'snow':46 'adequ':24 'd-neb':31 'futur':18 'insur':21 'lower':25 'medic':53 'moder':2,40 'shape':5 'today':55 'would':12 'health':7,26 'nelson':30 'option':10 'privat':20 'confirm':37 'continu':42 'forward':51 'premium':27 'strateg':48 'trigger':15 'centrist':36 'influenc':3 'overhaul':8 6587743 true true daylife Medical News Today http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/ OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~3/-qdFsS9EwEA/169910.php 300077 Person congress Fri Nov 06 22:27:13 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...care plan." The congressional members expected to receive visits from protesters include: -- Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) -- Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) -- Sen. Kay Hagen (D-N.C.) -- Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.) -- Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.) -- Rep. Harr 'c':41 'd':27,33,39,46,52 'n':40 'mo':47 'ben':30 'd-n':38 'kay':36 'neb':34 'rep':42,48,54 'sen':23,29,35 'wis':28 'care':9,11 'd-mo':45 'harr':55 'hart':4 'nine':1 'plan':12 'post':58 'russ':24,43 'ahead':6 'build':5 'calif':53 'd-neb':32 'd-wis':26 'hagen':37 'visit':19 'arrest':2 'expect':16 'health':8 'includ':22 'member':15 'nelson':31 'receiv':18 'd-calif':51 'loretta':49 'protest':10,21 'sanchez':50 'carnahan':44 'feingold':25 'washington':57 'congression':14 6604441 true true daylife The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/ OK http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=40ea79b14447dea331d266461d1430ed 300077 Person sen\. Thu Nov 05 11:23:54 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Sen. Evan Bayh (D., Ind.) has sought to protect the medical-device makers in his home state from hefty fees. Sen. Ben Nelson (D., Neb.) dislikes provisions that would lift antitrust protections for insurers and create a new government insurance program 'd':11,32 'ben':30 'fee':28 'ind':12 'neb':33 'new':46 'sen':8,29 'bayh':10 'bill':7 'evan':9 'home':24 'lift':38 'sway':2 'could':3 'creat':44 'delay':5 'devic':20 'hefti':27 'insur':42,48 'maker':21 'medic':19 'moder':1 'state':25 'would':37 'dislik':34 'govern':47 'health':6 'inquir':51 'nelson':31 'provis':35 'sought':14 'program':49 'protect':16,40 'antitrust':39 'philadelphia':50 'medical-devic':18 6587746 true true daylife Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.philly.com/inquirer/ OK http://www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/20091104_Moderates__sway_could_further_delay_health_bill.html 300077 Person democrat Thu Nov 05 11:23:54 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Democrats; Tuesday's election results simply underscored their importance as they weigh their votes on pending bills. Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., said, "I've always had pause" about health-care overhauls and ramped-up government spending. Like most centris 'd':31 've':35 'ben':28 'gop':1 'neb':32 'sen':27 'bill':26 'care':42 'like':50 'paus':38 'pend':25 'ramp':46 'said':33 'serv':4 'vote':23 'warn':6 'alway':36 'd-neb':30 'elect':2,13 'moder':8 'spend':49 'weigh':21 'centri':52 'govern':48 'health':41 'import':18 'nelson':29 'result':14 'simpli':15 'winner':3 'tuesday':11 'democrat':9,10 'overhaul':43 'ramped-up':45 'underscor':16 'health-car':40 'tennessean':54 6587745 true true daylife The Tennessean http://www.tennessean.com/ OK http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091105/NEWS08/911050362/2047/BUSINESS 300077 Person democrat Wed Nov 04 22:39:50 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...by liberals who argue the trigger would never be pulled. "There's a possibility that [triggers could make a comeback]," Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) reportedly said. "Right now, we don't know what the actual version of the plan is, because it hasn't come ba 'd':32 'ba':55 'ben':29 'cbs':56 'neb':33 'sen':28 'argu':11 'care':6 'come':54 'hasn':52 'know':41 'make':25 'news':57 'plan':48 'pull':17 'push':3 'said':35 'could':24 'd-neb':31 'liber':9 'moder':1 'never':15 'right':36 'would':14 'actual':44 'health':5 'nelson':30 'report':34 'possibl':21 'trigger':7,13,23 'version':45 'comeback':27 'democrat':2 6582804 true true daylife CBS News http://www.cbsnews.com/ OK http://feeds.cbsnews.com/~r/CBSNewsTravelGuru/~3/lmUjpzxhd1U/entry5524556.shtml 300077 Person senate Wed Nov 04 22:39:50 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., has sought to protect the medical-device manufacturers in his home state from hefty fees. Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., dislikes provisions that would lift federal antitrust protections for insurance companies and that would create a 'd':10,32 'az':50 'ben':29 'fee':27 'ind':11 'neb':33 'sen':6,28 'bayh':8 'evan':7 'home':23 'lift':38 'creat':48 'd-ind':9 'd-neb':31 'devic':19 'feder':39 'hefti':26 'insur':43 'medic':18 'senat':5 'snarl':3 'state':24 'would':37,47 'dislik':34 'health':1 'nelson':30 'provis':35 'reform':2 'sought':13 'compani':44 'protect':15,41 'antitrust':40 'manufactur':20 'central.com':51 'medical-devic':17 6582805 true true daylife AZ Central.com http://www.azcentral.com/ OK http://www.azcentral.com/rsslinks/1255314 300077 Person sen\. Thu Nov 05 11:23:54 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...political endorsement here," said Loree Bykerk, a political science professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Moderate Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., is among those targeted. Even so, the liberal MoveOn.org said that in a survey of its 5 million membe '5':48 'd':30 'ben':27 'neb':31 'sen':26 'bill':7 'even':36 'lore':12 'memb':50 'news':1 'said':11,41 'among':33 'd-neb':29 'liber':2,39 'moder':4,25 'omaha':24 'polit':8,15 'bykerk':13 'endors':9 'gopusa':51 'health':6 'nelson':28 'scienc':16 'survey':45 'target':3,35 'million':49 'univers':20 'nebraska':22 'professor':17 'moveon.org':40 6587747 true true daylife GOPUSA http://www.gopusa.com/ OK http://www.gopusa.com/news/2009/november/1104_libs_mods1.shtml 300077 Person congress Sat Nov 07 22:24:14 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Ben Nelson, D-NE 202-224-6551 y George Voinovich, R-OH 202-224-3353. Bill Nelson, D-FL 202-224-5274 y Judd Gregg, R-NH 202-224-3324. Kay Hagan, D-NC 202-224-6342 y Richard Lugar, R-IN 202-224-4814. Mark Pryor, D-AR 202-224-2353 y Olympia Snowe, R-ME 202-2 'd':16,33,50,67 'r':25,42,59,76 'y':21,38,55,72 '-2':79 'ar':68 'fl':34 'nc':51 'ne':17 'nh':43 'oh':26 '202':18,27,35,44,52,61,69,78 'ben':13 'get':12 'kay':47 'pro':6 'top':83 '-224':19,28,36,45,53,62,70 'anti':3 'bill':30 'd-ar':66 'd-fl':32 'd-nc':49 'd-ne':15 'judd':39 'judg':8 'mark':64 'news':82 'r-in':58 'r-me':75 'r-nh':41 'r-oh':24 'snow':74 '-2353':71 '-3324':46 '-3353':29 '-4814':63 '-5274':37 '-6342':54 '-6551':20 'allah':7 'david':9 'georg':22 'gregg':40 'hagan':48 'jesus':4 'lugar':57 'pryor':65 'stori':84 'nelson':14,31 'current':81 'olympia':73 'richard':56 'surpris':1 'hamilton':10 'pro-allah':5 'voinovich':23 'anti-jesus':2 'newsblaze.com':80 6613573 false true google blog NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories http://newsblaze.com/ OK http://newsblaze.com/story/20091107115538zzzz.nb/topstory.html 300077 Person congress Fri Nov 06 11:21:53 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 As he walked into the Senate on Thursday after the EPW vote, Kerry swung a long arm around Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), who said last week that a cap-and-trade bill would not pass the Senate this Congress. ... 'd':33 'arm':27 'ben':30 'cap':42 'epw':21 'neb':34 'sen':29 'top':54 'bill':8,45 'last':37 'lisa':9 'long':26 'look':2 'pass':48 'past':3 'said':36 'vote':22 'walk':13 'week':38 'boxer':5 'd-neb':32 'kerri':23 'lerer':10 'senat':1,16,50 'stori':55 'swung':24 'trade':44 'would':46 'around':28 'climat':7 'nelson':31 'barbara':4 'congress':52 'politico':53 'thursday':18 'cap-and-trad':41 6598198 false true google blog POLITICO Top Stories http://www.politico.com/ OK http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29223.html 300077 Person republican Sat Nov 07 11:13:11 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 To support Sessions and Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) who called for a filibuster, back in April & May 2009 we sent nearly 700000 fax petitions to the full Senate against Hamilton, and we successfully persuaded all Republicans to unite against Hamilton, ea 'r':21 'ea':55 'ok':22 'fax':37 'may':31 'nut':5 'sen':17 '2009':32 'back':28 'call':24 'case':6 'full':41 'jame':18 'judg':9 'name':2 'near':35 'r-ok':20 'real':12 'sent':34 'unit':52 'anoth':3 'april':30 'inhof':19 'liber':4 'obama':1 'petit':38 'posit':10 'senat':42 '700000':36 'desert':56 'conserv':57 'persuad':48 'session':15 'success':47 'support':14 'filibust':27 'hamilton':44,54 'republican':50 6608622 false true google blog Desert Conservative http://www.desertconservative.com/ OK http://www.desertconservative.com/2009/11/06/obama-names-another-liberal-nut-case-to-a-judge-position-a-real-nut/ 300077 Person congress Fri Nov 06 11:21:53 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Democrat Ben Nelson, a Senator from Nebraska, said the slumping economy and rising joblessness will be factors as Congress considers climate change and health care legislation. They are also driving concerns about the budget deficit, ... 'bad':4 'ben':11 'also':38 'care':34 'mean':6 'rise':22 'said':17 'chang':31 'drive':39 'senat':14 'slump':19 'wreck':9 'budget':43 'climat':30 'consid':29 'factor':26 'health':33 'legisl':35 'nelson':3,12 'concern':40 'deficit':44 'economi':5,20 'jobless':23 'matthew':1,45 'yglesia':2,46 'congress':28 'democrat':10 'nebraska':16 6598196 false true google blog Matthew Yglesias http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/ OK http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/11/nelson-bad-economy-means-we-should-wreck-economy-destroy-planet-let-health-care-languish.php 300077 Person senate Fri Nov 06 22:27:13 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...including a national public option -- with a provision for states to opt out of it -- in the Senate health care bill, Sen. Ben. Nelson (D-Neb.) said Thursday. ... Nelson: Public Option May Be Popular, But Opt-Outs Are Really Popular tpmdc.talkingpoint 'd':40 'bad':2 'ben':37 'let':11 'may':47 'neb':41 'opt':26,52 'out':53 'sen':36 'bill':35 'blip':59 'care':13,34 'mean':4 'said':42 'd-neb':39 'senat':32 'state':24 'wreck':7 'health':12,33 'includ':15 'nation':17 'nelson':1,38,44 'option':19,46 'planet':10 'provis':22 'public':18,45 'realli':55 'beltway':58 'destroy':9 'economi':3,8 'opt-out':51 'popular':49,56 'languish':14 'thursday':43 'tpmdc.talkingpoint':57 6604439 false true daylife Beltway Blips http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/ OK http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/nelson-bad-economy-means-we-should-wreck-economy/ 300077 Person republican Sat Nov 07 11:13:11 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Kyl: I've Talked With Lieberman About His Filibuster Threat. The second-ranking Republican in the United States Senate acknowledged on Thursday that he has had conversations with Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn) about the possibility of. ... Nebraska Vo 'us':9 've':13 'vo':51 'kyl':11 'sen':40 'blog':53 'conn':45 'mile':1 'rank':24 'stop':6 'talk':14 'ting':8 'unit':28 'pleas':5 'senat':30 'state':29 'bullsh':7 'i-conn':43 'joseph':41 'pelosi':4 'second':23 'threat':20 'convers':38 'possibl':48 'speaker':3 'filibust':19 'nebraska':50 'thursday':33 'lieberman':16,42 'mogulescu':2 'acknowledg':31 'republican':25 'second-rank':22 6608623 false true google blog The Blog http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/ OK http://www.huffingtonpost.com/miles-mogulescu/speaker-pelosi-please-sto_b_348690.html 300077 Person congress Fri Nov 06 22:27:08 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Bloomberg writers Nicholas Johnston and Heidi Przybyla reported yesterday that, “Democrat Ben Nelson, a Senator from Nebraska, said the slumping economy and rising joblessness will be factors as Congress considers climate change and ... 'ben':18 'blog':2 'crop':6 'rise':29 'said':24 'chang':38 'heidi':12 'senat':21 'slump':26 'archiv':3 'climat':4,37 'consid':36 'factor':33 'legisl':5 'nelson':19 'report':14 'writer':8 'economi':27 'jobless':30 'nichola':9 'congress':35 'democrat':17 'johnston':10 'nebraska':23 'przybyla':13 'bloomberg':7 'yesterday':15 'farmpolicy.com':1,40 6604435 false true google blog FarmPolicy.com http://www.farmpolicy.com/ OK http://www.farmpolicy.com/?p=1579 300077 Person congress Fri Nov 06 22:27:09 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Obama has met with Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark), who is concerned that Senate reform legislation would expand government influence and expose taxpayers to financial risk, and Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), who has expressed displeasure ... 'd':17,41 'ark':18 'ben':38 'met':11 'neb':42 'sen':13,37 'care':50 'meet':5 'risk':35 'step':2 'd-ark':16 'd-neb':40 'expos':31 'obama':9 'senat':23 'would':26 'blanch':14 'expand':27 'govern':28 'health':49 'legisl':25 'nelson':39 'presid':1 'reform':4,24,51 'taxpay':32 'concern':21 'express':45 'financi':34 'lincoln':15 'democrat':8 'influenc':29 'healthlin':48 'california':47 'displeasur':46 'congression':7 6604438 false true google blog California Healthline: Health Care Reform http://www.californiahealthline.org/Globals/Topics/Health-Care-Reform.aspx OK http://www.californiahealthline.org/articles/2009/11/5/obama-stepping-up-meetings-with-democrats-on-health-care-reform.aspx 300077 Person senator Fri Nov 06 22:27:08 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 At the end of the call she committed to calling Senator Ben Nelson to support the bill. There are very few people working on Nebraska, and there are less positive responses per phone call made, but I think we do need a lot of people ... 'ct':6,53 'ben':18 'end':9 'lot':49 'per':38 'tip':1 'bill':23 'call':4,12,16,40 'less':35 'made':41 'need':47 'work':29 'peopl':28,51 'phone':39 'posit':36 'senat':17 'think':44 'commit':14 'nelson':19 'respons':37 'support':21 'groundup':5,52 'nebraska':31 'healthcar':3 6604437 false true google blog GroundUp CT http://groundupct.wordpress.com/ OK http://groundupct.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/tips-for-healthcare-calling/ 300077 Person democrat Fri Nov 06 22:27:08 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ... against any Democratic Senator who blocks an up or down vote on the public option. Liberal democrats have been at war with centrist democrats throughout the health care debate. Remember this ad against Nebraska's Ben Nelson: ... 'ad':44 'ben':48 'war':33 'care':40 'fund':3 'line':53 'vote':23 'block':10,18 'debat':41 'georg':50 'liber':28 'senat':8,16 'bottom':52 'health':39 'moveon':1 'nelson':49 'option':27 'public':26 'rememb':42 'primari':4 'centrist':35 'challeng':5 'democrat':15,29,36 'nebraska':46 'throughout':37 6604436 false true google blog George's Bottom Line http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/ OK http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/11/moveon-to-fund-primary-challengers-to-any-senator-who-blocks-up-or-down-vote.html