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</p> “Because they lack the bargaining power that large businesses have and face higher administrative costs per person, small businesses pay up to 18 percent more for the very same health insurance plans
</p> “We’re pushing to include everyone in the health care bill. Everyone,— said one CHC member.
</p> Ultimately, the president is likely to get a health care bill that he will sign.
</p> “We’re going to keep working until the bill is done; that does not necessarily mean we’re going to work in session,— Hoyer said.
</p> After all, Democrats have passed feel-good bills, such as a credit card consumer protection measure, equal pay legislation, a bill to regulate tobacco products and an expansion of children’s health
</p> And yet, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the drug industry’s trade group, opposes the main Democratic bill in the House, which Obama has endorsed.
</p> Thompson said the administration’s delay “undermines our role in the world.— </p> Liberal Democrats are also expected to raise concerns about the $128.2 billion contained in the bill for fighting
</p> A visibly angry Rep.
The public got a glimpse of a House Republican health care reform bill Friday at a press conference, although Members carted the legislative blueprint away afterward without giving copies to the press.
</p> “PTL BluDogs Keep barkin Pelosie bill is Govt takeovr of healthCare Breaks Obama promise ‘keep what u hv’ Puts Wash Burocrats in chrg MUSTSTOP,— Grassley said in his Twitter post.
</p> Moreover, the gambit buys time for Oberstar to press his six-year transportation overhaul, also known as the highway bill, by throwing off a plan advancing in the Senate that would extend the current
addition to the bill.
</p> [IMGCAP(1)]Sebelius, who is pushing for health reform on Capitol Hill, was spotted on Thursday night popping into Senate-side liquor store Schneider’s.
For example, one bill he lobbied for finally passed Congress in a compromise that created the National Zoo, a more popular possibility among Members, and opened the door to a commission that established
</p> </p> Michele Bachmann is one of several Republicans getting help from Washington (Getty Images/Alex Wong) </p> Modeled after the Democrats’ successful Frontline program to defend vulnerable incumbents
House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) told reporters Friday he is prepared to bypass his committee and go straight to the House floor with a health care reform bill if he can’t get
“The House bill brought to light just how bad this legislation would be to the economy and their bottom lines.
Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) added language into the Senate omnibus appropriations bill that terminated the Department of Transportation’s cross-border trucking pilot program with Mexico.
</p> House Republicans released a four-page outline of their ideas five weeks ago, promising to release details and a bill. </p> But Republicans have yet to do so.
</p> “It depends on the Finance Committee. I hope that they can move to this quickly,— Durbin told reporters.