GOP Banks on Health Unity
</p> Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) sounded an optimistic note Tuesday about the chances for unveiling a bipartisan health care bill this week.
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An Ad Blitz That Really Worked?
“We obviously are deeply disappointment that the provision will be in the HELP bill,— LeaMond said. “Obviously we have a number of concerns, but this is a major concern for us.
Hearing Probes Deadly Metro Accident
</p> So far, Congress appears likely to satisfy that request: House appropriators have tagged $150 million for Metro in the fiscal 2010 Transportation and Housing and Urban Development spending bill.
K Street Files: Out of Tune?
</p> The RIAA, led since 2003 by Republican Mitch Bainwol, a former aide </p> to then-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), supports legislation that would compel broadcasters to pay performance
Heard on the Hill: Doctor of Love
Mike Pappas (R-N.J.), who sang “Twinkle, Twinkle Kenneth Starr,— a ditty to the independent prosecutor who investigated former President Bill Clinton.
Democrats Seek Handle on Health
at the heart of the bill.
Grassley: Finance Hopes to Release Health Care Reform Bill on Thursday
his original plan to mark up a bill in June.
Congressional Insider Trading Targeted
</p> Still, the bill, which has two other co-sponsors, faces significant hurdles, including being referred to four other committees, according to opponents of the legislation.</p> Rep.
Road Map: Leaders Eyeing One More Week in August
—</p> Democratic aides agreed that both their intraparty talks and those they are having with a handful of Republicans were productive last week. And they said they are closing in on a bill.
House Democrats Launch Internal Web Site
</p> Staffers are also excited at the prospect of putting Members’ ideas for a bill in one place.
Appropriations Panel Routinely Destroyed Old Earmark Requests
</p> In 2007, the House adopted new rules requiring that each earmark be identified in the bill with the name of the Member requesting it and that the request letters identifying the recipient be made
Blue Dogs Targeted in Pro-Reform Ads
Healthy Economy Now, a coalition of groups supporting the push for health care reform, is dropping $7 million on a new television ad campaign to build momentum for a reform bill and to keep six moderate
White House Urges Senate to Meet Health Bill Deadline
</p> Congress will “come back with a lot to do in a short period of time,— Gibbs said. But, he argued, “we’ve made a lot of progress.
Heard on the Hill: And No Autographs, Either
</p> </p> Delivering the News. GOP staffer Matt Lira was completely naked the first time he met Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas).
Kirk Faces Criticism After Out-of-the-Gate Stumble
</p> “I was not on the call, but my understanding was that it not go well,— an Illinois Republican said.
Middle East Conundrum
</p> In their introduction, Ross </p> and Makovsky note that the Bush administration has diminished America’s stature in the Middle East, but they do not restrict their criticisms to the cadre of neoconservative
Heavy Lift for Health Care
</p> Beyond delaying the bill, Democratic leaders are taking steps to reassure their rank and file that they have registered their concerns.
Campus Notebook: The Unknown Slave’
</p> It’s the second recent bill that aims to honor slaves in the CVC. A bill from Rep.
Hill Awaits Obama on Health Care
The president has demanded that a bill land on his desk by Oct. 15, but delays are putting that deadline in jeopardy.</p> “Well, we jumped in with both feet.
Lobbyists Can’t Ignore Possible Passage of Health Care Bill in Reconciliation
</p> A budget reconciliation bill in the Senate would require a simple 51-vote majority, vastly easier to obtain than the usual 60 votes needed to break a filibuster.