Burris Acts as Senate’s Outsider
what appears to be an uncompromising stance on the bill: He will oppose it — and may even support a filibuster — if the measure does not include a robust public option.
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what appears to be an uncompromising stance on the bill: He will oppose it — and may even support a filibuster — if the measure does not include a robust public option.
</p> We have to find ways to do this on a national scale.
Bill Owens (D-N.Y.) was sworn into office Friday, he became the first Democrat to represent the 23rd district of New York since the 19th century.
</p> [IMGCAP(1)]In the midst of the madness, Wilson’s staff busily scurries about in an attempt to maintain some semblance of order. </p> Such is the life of a Wilson staffer.
We are now depending on Members of Congress to prevent further environmental degradation when they address the climate change bill this winter.
</p> Today, U.S. negotiators haven’t forgotten what happened in the ’90s.
</p> Clearly, a new approach is needed.</p> I applaud my colleague, Rep.
</p> “It could have been a pipe bomb,— says the Army infantryman.
</p> Rep.
</p> AARP, the nation’s largest senior citizens organization and a key stakeholder in the health care debate, on Thursday endorsed the House’s reform bill.
</p> Kyl, speaking at a news conference with Cantor, said Senate Republicans do not plan to follow the House GOP by offering an alternative bill.
</p> The bill, which sailed through the House on a vote of 403-12, grants 14 weeks of unemployment benefits and a total of 20 weeks to hardest-hit states.
</p> An amendment by Sen.
Called “House Call,” attendees were urged to visit their Members’ offices to make their opinions known on the health care bill.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that no decisions have been made yet on whether to include additional language on abortion in the Democratic health care bill or on whether to allow a vote
With a House-approved bill, but a Senate bill that will only have a chance to reach the floor in 2009 if Congress is kept in session until Christmas to resolve budget and health care matters.
Charlie Crist (R) for endorsing the stimulus bill — one day after the governor denied in a CNN interview that he ever backed the $787 billion spending legislation.
Removed demonstrators had started ripping up pages of the health care reform bill, chanting, “We won’t pay for murder,— in an apparent reference to controversy over abortion funding.
</p> Obama will say that “there are a lot of critical provisions and lots of things in the bill that are important components of health reform,— said one White House official.
Charlie Crist for endorsing the stimulus bill — one day after the governor said in a CNN interview that he never backed the $787 billion spending legislation.