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• Lee Terry Declares Nebraska Republicans "The Party Of The Tea Party"

  Parcbench, a website trying very hard to make conservative politics appealing to young voters, did no service to their cause by interviewing Republican Congressman Lee Terry earlier this week.

  In between questions about who Terry would have supported between Dede Scozzafava and Doug Hoffman in a New York Congressional race [...]

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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 7:39pm EST
  

• Casting Stones: Politically-Motivated Hit Piece By Pete Ricketts' Mouthpiece

  Former journalist Joe Jordan published the following story at Nebraska Watchdog, suggesting that a conflict of interest may exist in today's decision by the Board of Regents whether to send the message to the world that the University of Nebraska is an "unsafe place for science":
  The man [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:11am EST
  

• Ben Nelson & Mike Johanns: Do The Job You Were Elected To Do!

  I just attended a rally at the state capitol asking Senators Mike Johanns and Ben Nelson to support the motion to proceed on health care reform that's likely to be held this weekend.    Before the rally began, the following video was shown featuring a young Nebraska woman at this' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:44pm EST
  

• Stem Cell Research Ban: Will Nebraska Be An Unsafe Place For Science?

  On Friday, November 20th, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents will consider a controversial resolution to tie the hands of University scientists doing embryonic stem cell research.

  As celebrated in March, President Barack Obama has restored fact-based science to its rightful place in federal government policy, ending [...]

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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 5:35am EST
  

• The Counterfeit Congressman: "If Lee Terry Was Still In Law School....."

  This weekend, Lee Terry was one of 42 Congressional Represenatives caught in an embarrassing report by the New York Times passing off statements as their own in the Congressional record that came directly from a high-powered corporate lobbyist.  A great post at Daily Kos illustrates just how closely [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:36am EST
  

• Come Back To Us, Ben Nelson

  Senator Nelson was born in McCook (population 8,000), a rural southwestern town in Nebraska.  It is a typical rural mid-western town, with hard working people, trying to provide for their families, caring about their communities, and loving our country.  The town even labels itself "McCook - The American Experience". [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 4:01pm EST
  

• Tom White vs. Lee Terry: All The Difference In The World On Health Care Reform

  One week ago, the U.S. House of Representatives took a historic step forward in the decades-old struggle for real health care reform.  Unfortunately, our Republican Congressmen each voted lock-step with their party to kill the health care reform effort, despite the House legislation's incredible benefits for families, health care providers,' [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 11:51pm EST
  

• Why Is Dave Heineman So Embarrassed By His Own Budget Proposal?

  It was just 10 days ago that Gov. Dave Heineman issued the call for a special session of the Nebraska Legislature and released his plan to cut $334 million from the state's biennial budget to make up the shortfall in the state's revenue projections.  State Senators - particularly [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 1:57am EST
  

• Mike Johanns Spreads Fear & Lies in Town Hall Meeting

  Sen. Mike Johanns is holding some Town Hall meetings this week, and started with one in Grand Island Wednesday evening.

  If you had attended, you would have left with the following information: If health care reform passes, you will go broke. You will pay more taxes, your rates will [...]

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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 2:14am EST
  

• Neither Ben Nelson Nor Reactionary Left Should Hold Health Care Reform Hostage

  This weekend's historic victory for health care reform - with the narrow 220 - 215 passage of the House's legislation - has unfortunately been overshadowed by its last-minute inclusion of the Stupak Amendment.  Debate over this abortion-restricting amendment has been fierce - even right here on NNN. [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 12:28am EST
  

• Will Fortenberry, Terry, & Smith Really Say "No" To Health Care Reform?

  This weekend, the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a historic vote on H.R. 3962, The Affordable Health Care for America Act.  The passage of this bill will bring us one step closer to finally fulfilling the decades-old promise of real health care reform.

  Unfortunately, right now, it looks as if [...]

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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 10:31pm EST
  

• 198

  That is how many Nebraskans will die next year because they do not have health insurance.  Almost 200 of our sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers, aunts, uncles, friends and neighbors will die because they do not have access to basic, life sustaining care.  And that is [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 10:01pm EST
  

• SPECIAL SESSION: Heineman Lies To Protect $230 Million 'Ted Turner Entitlement'

  State Senators face some difficult choices in the budget-cutting special session of the Nebraska Legislature beginning this Wednesday, November 4th.  With the magnitude of the $334 million shortfall in the state budget, I've held off from offering any easy solutions - understanding that there is nothing of the sort.  I've [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 5:42am EST