Sen. Nelson Sees Backlash On Health Overhaul Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:42:00 -0500 Despite the perks Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson managed to garner for his state in finally agreeing to support the overhaul bill, the backlash from those who wanted Nelson to hold a hard line against the measure was immediate. GOP Vows Fight As White House Defends Health Bill Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:26:00 -0500 Outnumbered Republicans are pledging to delay passage of historic health care legislation as long as possible after jubilant Democrats locked in Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson as the 60th and decisive vote. Senate Democrats Pay Dearly For 60 Votes Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:00:00 -0500 This day is the year's shortest in terms of daylight, but it may also be one of the U.S. Senate's longest. For the third weekend in a row, senators have remained in session. Early Monday morning in a 1 a.m. procedural vote, the Democratic majority has a chance to show it really does have the 60 votes its leaders claim to have for moving landmark health care legislation to a final vote before Christmas.
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Rebecca Mead: Victor Pinchuk enters the art scene. Rebecca Mead Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:00:00 -0000 There are a number of phrases that are typically used to identify Victor Pinchuk, who flew into town last week to attend a party at the Gramercy Park Hotel. “The second-richest man in Ukraine” is one of them; “the owner of six television stations and the . . . Ian Parker: Christopher Plummer returns to the Algonquin Hotel. Ian Parker Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:00:00 -0000 For some years in the nineteen-fifties, Christopher Plummer lived in the Algonquin Hotel, on West Forty-fourth Street. One morning last week, a few days before his eightieth birthday, he returned there, from his home, in southwestern Connecticut, and took a round booth at the back of the dining . . . James Surowiecki: Crisis in the Tiger Woods business. James Surowiecki Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:00:00 -0000 A recent issue of Forbes features a full-page ad for the consulting firm Accenture with Tiger Woods striding through tall grass. The tagline reads, “The road to high performance isn’t always paved.” To which the obvious rejoinder these days is “Sometimes it runs straight . . .
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