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Senate Clears the Way for Unemployment Extension

Staff / Truthdig Jul 21, 2010 Overcoming the objections of Democrat Ben Nelson and 39 of his Republican friends, 60 senators passed a key procedural vote Tuesday, making an extension of unemployment benefits a near certainty. Senators siding with the jobless included 56 Democrats, two independents and the Republican senators from Maine. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Finish Health Care or Go Home

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Feb 8, 2010 Some Senate Democratic moderates are petrified that Republicans will make terrible trouble if health care is passed through the "reconciliation process." If Democrats are that intimidated by Republicans, they should just give up their majority. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Senators Still in Health Care Huddle

Staff / Truthdig Dec 19, 2009 It could be a long and snowy weekend on Capitol Hill for our sparring US senators, who were busy antagonizing each other and making various accusations and threats Friday as they wrestled over the health care bill The Democrats' lone holdout, Sen Ben Nelson, was the subject of a woo-in conducted by his peers (continued). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Small Business Owner vs. Conservative Democrat

Staff / Truthdig Aug 7, 2009 Michael Snider, a small business owner from Nebraska, stars in a pro-public option ad currently running in opposition to the stand of "conservaDem" Sen. Ben Nelson on health care reform. Snider tells Rachel Maddow that Nelson called him about the ad, but didn't change his mind. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sen. Ben Nelson, Centrist, Takes On Paul Krugman

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2009 Here we have one of the unnamed senators whom New York Times columnist Paul Krugman collectively branded "proud centrist[s]" in his column Sunday, people who have put politics before the good of the country in whittling down the stimulus bill. What say you, Sen. Ben Nelson from Nebraska? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )