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Tom Harkin Says Public Option Is Dead For Now (The Huffington Post)

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WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin, told Salon Wednesday night that a public healthcare insurance option won’t make into reform legislation this year.

National League of Cities Commends President and Congress on Work Towards Health Care Reform (redOrbit)

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WASHINGTON, July 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On behalf of America’s cities and towns, National League of Cities President Kathleen Novak, mayor, Northglenn, Colo., commends President Barack Obama, the House of Representatives, and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee for making progress on efforts to enact legislation that would transform the country’s health care system.