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Former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.), on the history of the filibuster: (http://www.thetakeaway.org/stories/2009/dec/24/senate-set-vote-health-care/) "...but the filibuster is like a gi... (article)
The Takeaway for Thursday, December 24 (Final Edition) (article)
Headlines; Senate Set to Vote on Health Care (article)
Senate Votes on Health Care Reform Shaped by Filibuster (episode)
The Senate has voted on its version of health care reform just hours before the start of the Christmas holiday. But even after months of tense negotiating, Senate Republicans are stil...
Sports Takeout - Sports contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin brings us his next entry in his top ten sports stories from 2009: a humble QB named Favre. Brett Favre. Listener Takeouts -...
You might have heard of collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) and the role they played in the housing crisis, but have you heard of a 'synthetic CDO?' Gretchen Morgensen and Louise ...
Today marks thirty years since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. On December 24, 1979, the Soviet 40th army was ordered to deploy in Afghanistan by then Soviet leader Leonid Brezhne...
A few stories about the future of TV caught our eye this week that we wanted to follow up on. The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple may begin to offer TV subscriptions via the ...
In the moments as the Senate passes their version of health care reform, we check in with Jeff Young, reporter for The Hill, along with Trudy Lieberman, contributing editor to the Col...
Tech Takeout: New York Times tech reporter Nick Bilton explains the implications of Blackberry manufacturer Research In Motion having had a second major email and internet outage in...
Teaching hospitals are pushing hard for an amendment in the health care legislation that would increase the number of medical residencies by 15,000 from the already 100,000 that alrea...
California is facing a $20 billion dollar deficit and is asking the federal government for roughly $8 billion to help stay afloat. The governor has threatened to cut back, if not elim...
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) might not be the first person you think of when you think of memorable holiday ditties, but you might have heard his latest magnum opus, a Hannukah song call...
The Senate passed its version of the health care bill, but there is still much work to be done before the President signs a reconciled bill into law. We talk with Mary Agnes Carey of ...
Rome Takeout: The Pope will break tradition by holding Christmas Eve Mass two hours early, at 10 p.m. instead of midnight. We speak with David Willey, BBC Vatican correspondent, abo...
<p><strong>Jeff Young</strong>, reporter for <em>The Hill</em>, joins us as President Obama speaks briefly about the Senate's just passed version of health care reform.</p>
Trudy Lieberman, contributing editor to the Columbia Journalism Review, and Carrie Budoff Brown, health reporter for Politico, join us to talk about the next steps for the Democrats' ...