Florida’s Wasserman Schultz Targets Money Close to Home
</p> Debbie Wasserman Shultz (Getty) </p> Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is paying attention to her own back yard in deciding how to distribute money from one of her campaign committees.
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Chairmen Plot Moves on Climate Bill
</p> Rangel has also made it clear that he considers a health care overhaul bill his panel’s main focus in the coming weeks.
Details of Kennedy Health Bill Beginning to Emerge
</p> Kennedy’s bill is scheduled to be merged with similar legislation being written by Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.).
Meat Industry Wants to Take Bite Out of Safety Bill
</p> “Right now, this is a bill we just don’t support,— said Colin Woodall, executive director of legislative affairs for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.
Low Expectations Greet Appropriations Season
</p> But aides say the plans for a quick finish could slip, especially as lawmakers grapple with untangling the increasingly knotty war supplemental bill and an ever-growing policy agenda that includes
Democrats’ Agenda Shaky
</p> The first week after the Memorial Day recess saw a major split emerge between conservative and liberal Democrats over health care, a war supplemental spending bill punted for another week amid internecine
Office Space: Hinojosa’s Happy Family
</p> “My youngest of five children — Karén — was going to celebrate her fourth birthday, and Bill Clinton was coming into town,— Hinojosa said.
The Rose Garden: Earmarks Won’t Spur Appropriations Vetoes
</p> [IMGCAP(1)]Members love nothing more than to load up the earmarks in Washington and send them directly home to their districts and states, all neatly tucked away in a mammoth appropriations bill
Campus Notebook: CVC’s Rainy Day
</p> Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) offered an amendment to the bill — which unanimously passed — that also gives the GAO the temporary authority to audit credit facilities of the Federal Reserve.
K Street Files: Fundraisers Target iPhone
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said last week that the “cash-for-clunkers— bill backed by automakers will hit the House floor sometime before Friday.
Dodd Reaching Out Via YouTube and Twitter and Digg, Oh My!
</p> ”</p> On Friday morning, Dodd, in his role as a senior member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and chairman of its Subcommittee on Children and Families, launched
FedEx Fights Back
</p> UPS, whose employees are unionized, said the bill would simply level the playing field between the two companies.
Obama Seeking U-Turn on Detainees
—</p> Last week, the White House tried to nudge both the House and Senate to backtrack on provisions in the nearly $100 billion supplemental war spending bill that bar the administration from releasing
It’s Time to Change The Tone of Our Politics’ Coverage
</p> Their answer: talk radio on TV.
Ways and Means Republicans Move to Ensure Climate Votes
</p> Although Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) had promised the committee would mark up the bill before the June 19 deadline, Republicans were worried that Rangel could let it slide in
Baucus Says Senate Health Bill Will Likely Include Public Plan
</p> “I think a bill that passes the Senate will have some version of a public option,— Baucus said, two days after receiving a letter from President Barack Obama that labeled a public plan one of his
Reid Calls Immigration Reform No. 3 Priority
</p> Reid’s urgency to pass immigration legislation appears out of step with President Barack Obama and House Democratic leaders, who have largely steered clear of giving a time frame for moving a bill
Bigby: Massachusetts’ Rate of Uninsured Has Fallen Since Reform Passed
As the nation waits with bated breath for the details of a national health care reform bill, a careful look at Massachusetts’ historic efforts to obtain near-universal coverage provides valuable insights
Waters: Telemedicine Boosts Access to Needed Care
</p> This legislation is considered to be the most comprehensive and expansive telemedicine bill introduced this session of Congress.
Card Check Supporters Form New Coalition
</p> More than 1,000 business people have endorsed the “card check— bill as part of the coalition’s efforts to pressure Congress to pass the legislation.