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Jamie Dupree's Washington Insider Archive for July 2009
Blog Entries for Friday, July 31
Health Bill Approved
In a big victory for the White House, the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a major set of changes to the health care system in America, voting 31-28 in favor of a bill that was forged after days of high stakes negotiations involving all wings of the Democratic Party. ...
Pelosi v Insurance Industry
In recent days, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has made no bones about who will be the target for Democrats as the health care debate heats up in August: the Health Insurance Industry. "They know the glory days are over," the Speaker said at a news conference last Friday before Democrats ...
Cash For Clunkers
Here is the text of the bill that is being rushed through the Congress today to replenish money for the Cash for Clunkers program. As indicated below, the money comes from already approved funds for an Energy Department program that was intended to help car companies develop more fuel efficient vehicles ...
Health Care Legalese
As the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a health care bill last Friday night, that panel made its share of changes and additions to the overall health legislation. Two other committees in the House have done the same. But don't hold your breath on seeing those amended plans in ...
Democratic Warning Flags
As Democrats focus on the fight ahead on health care in the U.S. House, they have only one number in their heads: 218 votes, a majority needed for approval of the bill. Can they fashion a majority in the House on health care? Of course they can. Could they suffer ...
No Cash For Clunkers
The news flash was certainly a jolt to the mental solar plexus on Thursday night, as the popular Cash for Clunkers program has run out of money, after only being in operation for a week. Yep, you read that right. The program, which offered consumers vouchers of either $3,500 or ...
House Health Rundown
I will assume for this blog entry that you weren't sitting around last night watching The Deuce and its coverage of the health reform debate in the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee. So I'll try to fill in some of the blanks for you. With four of the committee's ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, July 30
Health Care Slog
There were mixed signals again on Thursday for Democrats in the Congress, as the House Energy and Commerce Committee moved ahead on a health reform bill, while bipartisan negotiations in the Senate ground to a halt. On what should have been a day of smiles after a deal with more ...
Liberals Issue A Threat
A day after House Democratic leaders cut a deal with Blue Dog Democrats, there were even more public headaches for Speaker Nancy Pelosi, as dozens of more liberal lawmakers publicly threatened to vote against a health care bill unless changes sought by moderates are reversed. "We expect the bill will ...
House Dems Head Home
With the U.S. House now out of session after Labor Day, Democrats seem certain to be in for what could be a feisty series of district town hall meetings, which seem likely to focus on health care reform. "That's what we're going to be talking about," says Blue Dog Rep. Dan Boren (D-OK), who ...
Defense Budget Earmarks
The U.S. House is set to vote on a $636 billion defense spending measure today that is chock full of almost 1,100 earmarks, which spend about $2.7 billion in all. If you can't access the list, then you can find it at http://bit.ly/iFhBp One item in here that was found by ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, July 29
Back From The Brink
Just when it looked like things might really go off the road and into a Legislative Ditch, Democrats cut a deal with the moderate Blue Dogs to keep health care reform going in the House. President Obama went out of his way to thank "some" Blue Dogs for helping in ...
What's Next
The deal between Blue Dogs and House Democratic Leaders is but one step in a very tricky dance that may or may not lead to approval of health care reform legislation in Congress. If Democrats can hold their members in line, then the next move is up to the House ...
The Blue Dog Deal
Okay, so by now you've heard that Democratic Blue Dogs cut a deal with their party leaders on a health care reform bill. But what would the changes do? One provision addresses the point at which businesses would be exempted from rules that would require them to provide health insurance ...
Let's Make A Deal
Democrats took a somewhat rocky first step to get a health care reform bill back on track in the House, as their party leaders struck a deal with more moderate Blue Dog Democrats. But as soon as details of their deal filtered out, it drew sharp opposition from more liberal ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, July 28
More Health Care Details
Everytime I think that I have just about squeezed everything I can from the Democrats' health care bill, I find a few more things to mull over. One thing that is clear from the fine print of this bill is that the Democratic plan looks to find ways to pare ...
Health Care Setback
It's all but official at this point. The U.S. House will not be voting on a health care bill until after lawmakers return to work in September. Democratic leaders haven't admitted that in public, still talking about possibly voting this weekend, but that's the longest of long shots. While Blue Dog ...
Health Care and Seniors
About the time of President Obama's town hall meeting on Tuesday sponsored by the AARP, I got a couple of emails about whether the Democratic plan is "better" for seniors or not. While I will leave that judgment to the politicians, it's clear that both parties are already involved in ...
What About A GOP Plan
As Democrats struggle to forge a deal on health care legislation in Congress, there are a lot of lawmakers pointing the finger back at Republicans, asking where is the GOP plan on health reform? "We continue to work on our bill," said House GOP Leader John Boehner earlier this week, adding ...
Blog Entries for Monday, July 27
Democrats On The Rivet
Democratic leaders in Congress are doing their best to keep health care reform on track, but even their public statements are starting to show that a vote this week in the House is a long shot. On Monday, with no signs of any deal among Democrats, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and ...
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