New York: Club, Thompson Back Hoffman in Special
</p> Lost in the internecine Republican warfare Monday was the fact that attorney Bill Owens, the Democratic nominee in the special election, began airing his second TV ad of the campaign.
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</p> Lost in the internecine Republican warfare Monday was the fact that attorney Bill Owens, the Democratic nominee in the special election, began airing his second TV ad of the campaign.
</p> The biggest uncertainty involves how fast the Congressional Budget Office can score the budgetary effect of the bill.
</p> The final bill totals $4.7 billion, which will fund Congressional office budgets, legislative branch agencies and other Congressional expenses.
</p> The House bill also sought two more 737s than the military was requesting for its passenger service, at a cost of $200 million.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is eyeing Senate health care bills for ideas as she aims to slash the cost of the House health care bill to $900 billion over the next decade.
</p> Dan Seals, the losing Democratic nominee in 2006 and 2008, sent out a fundraising e-mail touting the backing of ex-Rep.
</p> Hoyer on Thursday ripped into a bill sponsored by Rep.
</p> Hoffman’s ad is the third to hit the airwaves this week.
The poll of 300 likely voters, taken Sept. 17 by Basswood Research, showed Scozzafava preferred by 20 percent of the voters, and Democratic nominee Bill Owens and Hoffman each taking 17 percent, with 45
—</p> Virtually no one believes Baucus will fail to push a reform bill out of his committee, despite heartburn among some liberals over the Montana Democrat’s more centrist approach.
</p> “Right now, I don’t believe leadership has the votes to pass [the bill] in its current form,— said Rep.
—</p> White House and senior Senate Democratic aides view the Baucus bill as the primary template for a final Senate bill, with provisions from legislation passed over the summer by Health, Education,
</p> “It’s contingent upon a good bill,— Tauzin said of his group’s continued support of health care reform.
</p> Rep.
—</p> “And just from the questions and comments, I could tell that they got it,— he said.</p> But this year, “nobody who read my book would have written the Baucus bill,— Reid said.
—</p> Daschle later expanded on his reconciliation predictions at Wednesday’s panel, saying, “It is possible that [Democrats] might reach that 60-vote threshold— to pass a health care bill.
Attorney Bill Owens, the Democratic nominee in the special election to replace former Rep.
Bill Stouffer (R) officially threw his hat into the ring Wednesday for the opportunity to take on 17-term Rep. Ike Skelton (D) in 2010.
</p> What changed? </p> NRCC spokesman Andy Sere this week pointed to successful candidate recruiting and a worsening political environment for Democrats in Tennessee.