A Diamond-Hard Ceiling
</p> Why, it almost seems as if we’ve come a long way, baby.
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</p> Why, it almost seems as if we’ve come a long way, baby.
Bill Burton said.
</p> Baucus and Dodd each issued statements citing progress at the meeting.</p> “We are in the final stages of this process, and at today’s meeting, we made significant progress.
</p> Pelosi “won’t just take the Senate’s bill,— a Democratic aide said after the call.</p> About 175 Members were on the call, Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (Conn.) said.
</p> The D.C. Council passed a bill last month that would make same-sex marriage legal in the District of Columbia. Mayor Adrian Fenty signed the bill shortly after it passed.
</p> Landrieu dished out $10,000 to Reid, who is facing an increasingly tough re-election this cycle.
</p> The meeting follows a session Wednesday between Obama and top House Democrats to discuss melding the House and Senate bills and a Tuesday session with the president that included top House and Senate
</p> The ad, which will play on national cable television channels for a week, warns of hidden taxes in the health care bill that will increase costs for consumers at the drugstore, at the hospital and
</p> “It will be difficult for any House Democrat who originally opposed the House-passed bill to support anything that resembles the recently passed Senate bill,— Cantor said.
</p> To get a bill passed, it’s clear that the House basically will have to adopt the bill the Senate passed with a bare 60 votes.
“card check— bill ahead of the midterm Congressional elections.
final health care reform deal with the Senate, but it’s not clear whether their wish list will have much of an impact in the face of threats from conservative Senators to withdraw their support for the bill
Bill Ritter (D) announced Wednesday that he will not seek re-election in 2010.
</p> “I think it makes it possible for Dodd and Shelby to implement what they’ve already agreed to,— said Stephen Verdier of the Independent Community Bankers of America.</p> Dodd and Sen.
—</p> But because the Senate was able to pass a health care bill before Christmas, the mood of the party is not completely bleak, Democrats said.
Bill Ritter, have produced spin from the two major parties that, as usual, contains a dollop of truth seasoned by hyperbole.
</p> Health Care for America Now, which has already poured millions of dollars into advertisements that promote health care reform, Tuesday began running ads on cable television that tout the House bill
Ben Nelson (Neb.), saying a Medicaid deal he secured for his home state should be dropped from the final health care reform bill.
</p> Democratic aides had said earlier this week that leaders planned to “pingpong— the bill between the chambers rather than hold a formal conference committee, bypassing a cloture vote in the Senate
President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to boost the White House’s involvement in health care reform negotiations as the House and Senate seek to craft a final bill that can pass Congress this winter.