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</p> [IMGCAP(1)]Now that Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) has introduced a bill to regulate the financial services industry and work begins to refine it, I hope
</p> [IMGCAP(1)]But we saw one seriously odd couple — Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) appeared to be deep in conversation with Fox News lightning bolt, talk-show host Bill O’Reilly.
</p> Champions like Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) are working hard to add these commonsense pro-consumer financial planning regulations to the bill.
</p> But the numbers tell no such story.
</p> Rep.
</p> During an interview on Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Obama said the strategy being considered by House Democratic leaders — passing a rule that deems the Senate bill passed and then sends
</p> The letter was not available before press time, but Senators and aides said it would put Senators on record as supporting a number of principles the reconciliation bill is expected to address.
Senate Democrats are circulating a letter intended to assuage nervous House Members who are wavering on supporting a health care reconciliation bill, but without an actual bill to peruse the letter may
</p> Senate Democrats hailed the passage of Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) $17 billion jobs bill Wednesday, saying the victory underscores the majority’s focus on job creation.
</p> Reid declined to address questions about whether Senate Democrats would take steps to guarantee to their House counterparts that they would pass a reconciliation bill, assuming it first passes the
</p> “It’s tough, it’s a big bill, it’s a complex bill, people have a lot of different ideas,” committee spokeswoman Kirstin Brost said.
</p> The black community won’t be reaping many benefits from the $17 billion Senate jobs bill on its way to the president’s desk, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said Wednesday.
</p> The resolution, which requires the House to take an up-or-down vote on the Senate-passed health care bill, will be introduced by recent party-switcher Rep.
</p> Oberstar supported the original House health care bill that passed last fall and had been one of the Democratic holdouts to the Senate-passed plan because of its language on abortion.
to smooth over fractures in her Caucus over abortion provisions in the health care reform bill.
</p> Murphy is among a handful of Members who Obama has individually summoned to the White House in the past week to discuss their position on health care reform.</p> Meanwhile, liberal Rep.
</p> Burn!</p> Campbell said he spoke to Hoyer on Tuesday night, but the pair couldn’t reach an agreement. Campbell added that if he had time to properly whip the bill, he could have stopped it.
</p> “Members who submitted requests for the FY ’11 Appropriations process and/or the FY ’11 National Defense Authorization bill should work with the Committee contact [person] and withdraw those requests
The article includes the switchboard number and a link to a National Republican Congressional Committee list of Congressmen that should be targeted as potential swing votes on the health care reform bill