Pelosi Flexes Muscle
</p> Pelosi laid down the gauntlet late Monday, announcing plans to bring the 1,200-plus-page bill to the floor on Friday.
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</p> Pelosi laid down the gauntlet late Monday, announcing plans to bring the 1,200-plus-page bill to the floor on Friday.
—</p> Obama said Tuesday that his “top priority— is controlling health care costs. “If any bill arrives from Congress that is not controlling costs, that’s not a bill I can support,— he said.
</p> “We just completed work on the ’09 supplemental appropriations bill [and] we’re turning our focus to the fiscal year 2010 Defense appropriations bill as well as the 2010 overseas contingency operations
</p> The participants were tight-lipped upon exiting the meeting, revealing few details.
</p> “You guys will be happy to know we have an agreement by now,— Peterson said. “We have something that I think works for agriculture.
</p> The House voted Friday to impeach U.S.
stimulus bill, President Barack Obama’s $3.55 trillion budget proposal and tax increases they believe Obama’s policies will require.
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</p> This is a game, one that minority parties and at times even majority Senators play.
</p> Though the HELP bill has a section reserved for a public plan, the language has yet to be finalized — despite the fact that the committee markup began last week.
—</p> Surrounded mainly by Democrats — even though the vote to approve the bill was overwhelmingly bipartisan — Obama hailed the legislation as a win against special interests that he said for “decades
</p> “You can see him as a big pain in the ass and dragging it out this long, but in the end he’s the guy we need to pass this bill, and she knows that,— said a House Democratic aide.
Just last week, the Senate voted 90-3 to proceed to the largely bipartisan bill.
of each bill.
</p> Whitehouse sits on the HELP panel, which began marking up its health care reform bill Wednesday.
</p> The bill is a top priority for Ensign and Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who co-sponsored the measure that would create public-private partnerships to boost tourism spending nationwide.
—</p> Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), filling in for Byrd, will steer the fiscal 2010 Homeland Security appropriations bill on the floor later this week.
</p> Matt Murphy </p> A Republican state senator is entering the race for the Illinois governorship — the office that Democrat Rod R.
</p> Obama will meet with a bipartisan group of lawmakers Thursday to discuss the issue at the White House.
</p> Tiahrt blasts the federal stimulus plan in the spot, criticizing Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and President Barack Obama for contributing to further economic decline.