Joe Lieberman, (born February 24, 1942), is a politician from Connecticut. In 2000, he became the first Jewish person to appear on a major party's presidential ballot when he was chosen as Al Gore's running mate. Joe Lieberman has become...
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Joe Lieberman, (born February 24, 1942), is a politician from Connecticut. In 2000, he became the first Jewish person to appear on a major party's presidential ballot when he was chosen as Al Gore's running mate. Joe Lieberman has become a controversial figure as his allegiance to the Democratic party grew increasingly less substantial during the years President George W. Bush was in office.
“The Senate passed its healthcare bill in the early morning hours of Christmas Eve. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had to make major compromises to secure the votes of fence-sitters like senators Ben Nelson and Joe Lieberman. Reid sacrificed the public option to keep Lieberman on board and tightened the bill’s abortion restrictions to placate Nelson.
“Next, representatives from the House and the Senate will merge their respective bills in a conference committee, creating a single... Read Full Story
The senator Republicans love and liberals love to hate is at it again. Sen. Joe Lieberman, who no longer considers himself a Democrat but is holding tight to a coveted chairmanship, thoroughly rattled the Obama administration and his colleagues in the last 48 hours when he threatened to join Republicans in blocking health care overhaul over government-run insurance and an expansion of Medicare. "Say it ain't so, Joe," Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." "I think... Read Full Story
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) laid the congressional smackdown on Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) yesterday -- cutting off his fellow politician when Liebs rambled on past his ten minute time limit on the Senate floor. Lieberman requested more time to finish his thoughts -- Franken denied him. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) immediately stood up and objected to Franken's decision, saying "I've been around here 27 years ... first time I've ever seen a member denied an extra minute or two ... I don't know what's... Read Full Story
Democratic Sen. Al Franken has taken the unusual step of shutting down Sen. Joe Lieberman on the Senate floor. Lieberman, a Connecticut independent, currently is the target of liberal wrath over his opposition to a government-run insurance plan in the health care bill. Franken was presiding over the Senate Thursday afternoon as Lieberman spoke about amendments he planned to offer to the bill. Lieberman asked for an additional 30 seconds to finish — a routine request — but Franken refused to... Read Full Story
Independent Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman says he expects to support the Democrats' health care legislation as long as any government-run insurance plan stays out of the bill. Lieberman has been a question mark on the health care legislation for months. To win him over, Senate leaders said late Monday they were backing away from a Medicare expansion Lieberman opposed. They already had dropped a full-blown government insurance program. Lieberman told reporters Tuesday that if the Medicare... Read Full Story
Sen. Joe Lieberman was for a Medicare expansion before he was against it. Democrats circulated video Monday from a Connecticut newspaper's interview in September showing Lieberman voicing support for a so-called Medicare buy-in allowing uninsured people as young as 55 to purchase coverage. The Connecticut independent, whose vote is critical to the health care reform bill's prospects, had threatened Sunday to join Republicans in opposing health legislation permitting a buy-in. Lieberman's... Read Full Story
Independent US senator Joe Lieberman on Wednesday called this month's deadly shooting spree at the Fort Hood army base "the most destructive terrorist attack on America since September 11, 2001." Speaking at a meeting of the US Senate Homeland Security Committee, Lieberman, who chairs the panel, vowed to conduct a thorough probe of the shooting -- one of several planned by the US military and government officials. "We appreciate that the army and the Justice Department are conducting a... Read Full Story
Sen. Joe Lieberman’s use of his swing vote to help quash a proposed expansion of Medicare marked the latest act in his deteriorating relationship with the Democratic Party.
Cheered nine years ago by Democrats as their vice presidential nominee, Mr. Lieberman left the party in 2006 after losing in the primary, then won reelection as an independent. He calls himself an Independent Democrat, but in recent months has increasingly won scorn among many in the Democratic base because of his... Read Full Story
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) made news a few days ago, suggesting pre-emptive military action could be necessary in Yemen. Well Mr. Senator, Chandler Bing beat us to the “pre-emptive strike” in Yemen! You may recall Chandler, in an attempt to break up with his girlfriend, told her he was being transfered to Yemen.
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Sen. Joe Lieberman’s use of his swing vote to help quash a proposed expansion of Medicare marked the latest act in his deteriorating relationship with the Democratic Party.
Cheered nine years ago by Democrats as their vice presidential nominee, Mr. Lieberman left the party in 2006 after losing in the primary, then won reelection as an independent. He calls himself an Independent Democrat, but in recent months has increasingly won scorn among many in the Democratic base because of his... Read Full Story
