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Biblical references were plentiful, and at one point shouts of “preach it” were called out from the front row as one candidate discussed the “nonsense that covers 2,700 pages” of the Democratic health care bill
</p> “Those to me would be clear opportunities to beat freshman incumbents who won in an extremely tumultuous environment for Republicans,” Nick said. </p> Sen.
</p> “I just think it’s a very poor bill,” Lynch said. “We’re trying to be convinced by some that we can fix this bill. A $1 trillion bill should not require fixing.”
</p> “I’m against it,” he said.</p> Before meeting Obama, Lynch ripped the Senate health care bill and doubted whether it could be fixed.</p> “I just think it’s a very poor bill,” Lynch said.
health care reform bill.
</p> Senate Budget Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) said Thursday that it is unlikely the Senate will be able to pass a health care reconciliation bill unchanged from what the House passes.
</p> Republicans have spent days hammering Democratic leaders for hinting that they may use a procedural tactic to “deem and pass” the Senate health care bill in order to avoid having some of their vulnerable
</p> Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) said a preliminary review of the Congressional Budget Office analysis of the bill revealed a proposal that might affect Social Security.
</p> The 24-page CBO report, labeled as a preliminary estimate, said that the reconciliation package of “fixes” shrinks the deficit by $20 billion more than the Senate-passed bill in the first decade
</p> Members voted 222-203 to pass a previous question on a rule that was unrelated to the health care reform bill — a move that effectively blocked the Republican resolution that would have forced the
</p> Kaptur said she remains undecided on the bill and has a host of concerns beyond abortion language, but she said she is talking to leadership and trying to find a way to support the bill.
</p> His announcement came as the full Congressional Hispanic Caucus announced its endorsement of the health care bill.
</p> Conrad told reporters that he has instructed his staff to ask the House to remove a provision from the bill allowing the state-owned Bank of North Dakota to continue receiving federal student loan
</p> His announcement came as the full Congressional Hispanic Caucus announced its endorsement of the health care bill.
</p> “Today, I made a recommendation that the AFL-CIO give our active support to the president’s health care bill and the AFL-CIO executive council overwhelmingly agreed with that recommendation,” AFL-CIO
</p> The health care budget reconciliation bill appears to have a special carve-out for one of its most ardent critics — Senate Budget Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.).
With the health care reconciliation package unveiled Thursday, Senate Republicans began scouring the legislation for rules violations that could derail the bill — and they believe they’ve found the first
The bill is the first in a series of proposals that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has lumped into a jobs agenda.
</p> The Rules Committee posted the 153-page bill — which includes fixes to the Senate health care package and attaches student loan legislation — on its Web site, a move that starts the 72-hour clock
</p> Ventura told Roll Call on Wednesday that the call volume is roughly 10 times what the switchboard usually receives.</p> “This doesn’t surprise me.