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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) reportedly met with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) this morning to tell him and other Finance Committee members that the bipartisan compromise they have been working toward on health care reform may be a non-starter if it ends up losing Democratic votes.

A network of Iowa Republicans is playing a leading role in a secretive group advocating nationally on behalf of “conservative and free market ideals” in congressional races around the country. Among the group’s leaders are two media consultants who played key roles in the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ads in 2004 and the Willie Horton ad in 1988, both of which helped defeat Democratic presidential candidates.

On one hand, Gold Star mom Debbie Lee and military mom Deborah Johns told participants at a rally in Cedar Rapids that they were tired of hearing about “red and blue” states. On the other hand, both made a point of calling out specific Democratic leaders by name.
The two were a part of the “Fight [...]

Despite overwhelming bipartisan Congressional support, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., stood his ground Wednesday, vowing to continue his hold on the Joshua Omvig Suicide Prevention bill introduced by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, before the August recess. Coburn called the bill insulting to veterans and warned that its mandatory mental health screening could harm their future job [...]

On the floor of the U.S. Senate Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid said that Senate Republicans were “protecting the president rather than protecting our troops” by denying a vote on an amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill that would require troop redeployment in Iraq.

As a result, Reid threatened that if Republicans continued to filibuster the [...]