House Democrats Get Small Victory on Health Care
Dan Lungren (Calif.) said the same provision was approved in committee and included in the House-passed health care reform bill.</p> And some Republicans who opposed the measure, including Rep.
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Dan Lungren (Calif.) said the same provision was approved in committee and included in the House-passed health care reform bill.</p> And some Republicans who opposed the measure, including Rep.
</p> Bill Flores, a wealthy businessman from Bryan, also is a serious contender for a runoff spot despite entering the race late.
</p> Long overdue progress for workers came to a screeching halt because the U.S.
</p> But what if you had bought a car — new or used — from your Congressman?</p> This cycle there are four Republicans who own large car dealerships running in higher-profile Congressional races.
Cox has reportedly also hired three other former top McCain advisers: media consultant Fred Davis, former spokesman Danny Diaz and pollster Bill McInturff.
The bill is designed to help encourage foreign travelers to come to the United States.</p> But Reid insisted Tuesday that the tourism bill is part of Democrats’ jobs agenda.
</p> Pelosi also isn’t about to hold up the bill over the lack of a public option prized by liberals.
</p> Republicans, who have criticized Reid for shutting them out of the jobs bill, said they are willing to accept a time agreement only if they can offer amendments on the floor.
) in favor of a trimmed-down bill.
</p> “I think the public option can pass in the House, but it’s not in the president’s proposal,” Hoyer told reporters Tuesday, noting he supported the provision as a money-saver in the House bill.
</p> The Senate is poised to vote Wednesday morning on final passage of a $15 billion jobs package, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday evening.
</p> Snowe is one of just two Republicans in Congress to vote in favor of a Democratic health care bill at some point in the process and was a key GOP negotiator throughout much of last year until bipartisan
</p> Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said he expects Reid to try to push a health care bill using reconciliation.
</p> [IMGCAP(1)]This could not be further from the truth.
</p> [IMGCAP(1)]Let’s start with some plain reality: The plan that Obama has put up on the White House Web site, while basically built on the Senate-passed bill as amended by the House and refined by
</p> McCotter wrote that Republican attendance at the summit would give the administration credibility it did not deserve.
But she made it clear that the president moved the bill substantially in the House’s direction.
Obama’s $950 billion bill largely follows the Senate’s approach to health care reform, and while the White House sought to include provisions that would appeal to House Democrats, it remains unclear whether
</p> Lieberman has opposed the policy of not allowing openly gay personnel to serve in the military since it was implemented in 1993 under President Bill Clinton.
</p> The Democratic team for President Barack Obama’s Thursday bipartisan health care summit is set.