Speech Earns Much Praise, Leaves Many Questions
</p> Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) indicated that the president’s new specificity would aid him in pushing a bill that has been stalled for months.
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</p> Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) indicated that the president’s new specificity would aid him in pushing a bill that has been stalled for months.
</p> Kennedy advocated a larger research budget than Nixon’s and enhanced status for the National Cancer Institute — ideas Nixon agreed to support as long as Kennedy’s name was not on the bill.
</p> “We don’t think a comprehensive approach is the way to go,— McConnell said.
But, after an intense lobbying campaign by the manufacturers of biologics, new amendments to the Senate and House versions of the bill made it much more difficult for makers of generics to enter the market
medical malpractice reform in a health care bill.
</p> Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman released a poll on Wednesday showing him competitive with state Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava (R) and attorney Bill Owens (D).
</p> “I read the bill Democrats passed through committee in July,— said Boustany, a member of the House Ways and Means Committee.
But he erased little of the ambiguity surrounding how much he wants this to be part of the health bill, noting that it is only “means— to an end.
</p> </p> Three for the Road. GOP fundraising and consulting firm The Catalyst Group has picked up three new clients and support staff for the 2010 cycle. </p> In addition to signing former Rep.
—</p> </p> Why Is Short-Termism a Problem?
</p> That would mean Sen.
“I do believe we can have a health care reform bill that includes a public option that is acceptable to people who don’t want a public option.
And without a bipartisan bill to point to, Senate Democratic leaders are preparing to hew closely to the president’s outline, sources said.
</p> </p> Hatching Anew. The House passed a bill Tuesday that would require Washington, D.C., to operate under a local version of the Hatch Act rather than the federal statute.
—</p> </p> EFCA Battle Resumes. “Card check— advocates are coming together to storm Capitol Hill on Thursday.
</p> “We need to get as much significant health care reform to the president’s desk that we can,— she said.
—</p> Another liberal Democrat, Rep.
—</p> Transparency, Coster added, would reveal “how much the PBMs launder the drug money.—</p> Mark Merritt, who leads the PCMA, says that’s simply ridiculous.
</p> “If he was successful in blocking the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, then absolutely the city would be less safe,— Richmond said, pointing to Cao’s vote on the bill, which passed the House