Search the Roll Call archive by keyword, date, Congress, section, or tags.
</p> With the president already helping negotiate the bill, Gibbs suggested that the White House would not insist on an actual conference committee if Democrats decide to hash out differences informally
Bill Ritter (D) will not seek a second term this fall, according to Democratic sources briefed on his decision.
</p> CQ Politics does not include any Texas race among its four dozen most competitive House contests — those rated as tossups or as Leans Democratic or Leans Republican.
</p> Under the legislation passed last year by the House and the bill still being debated in the Senate, American energy producers would have to obtain permits to emit greenhouse gases, primarily carbon
</p> And the job seemed to mesh with Dorgan’s reputed ambition to one day follow in Daschle’s footsteps and become the party leader.
The drafting of this health insurance reform bill has set new standards for transparency.
—</p> “In addition,— Smittcamp said, “he carries into Congress his 16 years of seniority.
Tuesday to discuss the health care bill with committee chairmen.</p> Republicans have noted that Democrats have avoided conferences with regularity in order to avoid conference committees.
</p> The PCCC announced Wednesday it was hitting Sanders with 10,000 robocalls per day urging voters to demand that the Senator withhold his vote for any bill that does not include a public insurance
</p> According to the Rasmussen survey, Reid’s health care bill is opposed by 64 percent of Nebraskans.
</p> It is running statewide on both cable and network television.</p> Martha Coakley (D), Brown’s opponent in the Jan. 19 election, has been on the air for months.
</p> Feingold, who is running for re-election in 2010, strongly supports the public option.
</p> On the health care front, Democrats in both chambers conceded Sunday that key provisions in the Senate health care reform bill will largely trump those in the House bill in final conference negotiations
</p> One Florida GOP operative agreed that that’s probably the right move for now. </p> “Allen Boyd is a very good fit for that district,— the operative said.
To offset the tab, Senate Democrats proposed a steep levy on high-cost insurance plans, while the House bill includes a tax on wealthy wage earners. </p> Rep.
.) $871 billion health care reform bill, voting to end the third and final GOP filibuster to the measure that’s set for approval on Christmas Eve.
—</p> The bill, without a public option, also has been branded “a wet sloppy kiss to the insurance industry.
</p> Following a two-hour series of votes to clear the last remaining hurdles to passage of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) health care reform bill, most of the chamber’s 60 Democrats gathered
The Senate on Wednesday agreed to further accelerate its schedule to complete work on Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) health care reform bill, deciding by unanimous consent to hold a vote on final
</p> The constitutional point of order, authored by Sens. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and John Ensign (R-Nev.), was defeated on a 60-39 vote, with Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) not voting.