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Blog Entries for Wednesday, September 30
Senate Finance Debate
On yet another late night of work in the Senate Finance Committee on health care reform, Senators got into an interesting discussion of the short term time line on this politically explosive issue. Committee Chairman Senator Max Baucus seemed to be saying Wednesday night that his committee would give tentative ...
Same Old Song & Dance
The start of the new fiscal year today for the federal government also brings with it a familiar story of lawmakers and an administration unwilling to make the truly difficult choices on the US budget in terms of cutting spending and earmarks. Once again the tired rhetoric of budget cuts ...
Such Sums As Necessary
Now that Democrats have released their new Cap and Trade/Climate Change bill in the Senate, there are 821 pages to go through, to see what might be stuffed in the complicated legislative text. First, f you want to read the actual bill text, you can download it from Sen. John ...
Health Care Holocaust
It's not often that you can stitch together a story on the health care debate in Congress that includes comparisons to the Holocaust, charges of psychological instability, and oh yeah - a good ole strong dose of politics. But that's what Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) has helped provide us in ...
Senate Cap & Trade Bill
Here is a summary of the new Cap and Trade bill introduced by Sen. Barbara Boxer and Sen. John Kerry. The Democratic plan tracks a bill approved by the House earlier this year, weighing in at 821 pages in all. If you want to read the actual bill text that ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, September 29
Democrats Forge Ahead
Shrugging off action in the Senate Finance Committee on a public insurance option, Democratic leaders in the House made clear yesterday that they are still moving forward on health reform, even if they weren't being specific about when they would reach a final deal. There had been talk that Democrats ...
"Pollution Reduction Bill"
It is known as the Cap and Trade bill, but two key Senate Democrats are hoping to move away from that moniker, as Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer today unveil what Democrats hope to move through the Senate on climate change legislation. The bill has the goal of cutting ...
Public Option Setback
As the Senate Finance Committee battled on Tuesday over a public health insurance option in health reform legislation, it seemed like one of the first times that the panel got to the meat of this health care debate. "I might say, the last four hours has been a good debate," ...
Blog Entries for Monday, September 28
Public Insurance Option
As early as today, the Senate Finance Committee could vote on a plan from more liberal Democrats, to replace health care cooperatives with a government run health insurance option that's designed to compete directly with insurance companies. Liberal Democrats are expected to lose in the committee, as Sen. Max Baucus, ...
Echoes Of Debates Past
I was doing some reading the other day about health care reform when I ran across a mention of a fight in 1997 over reforms in Medicare, which almost sounded like some of the arguments Congress is having today, as well as other debates that haven't surfaced at all. Back ...
Blog Entries for Sunday, September 27
Another Interesting Day
When I left the U.S. Capitol on Friday to go home, I walked down to the train station along with dozens of people who had rallied on the West Front of the Capitol, and some who were protesting that rally. It was all part of a national day of praryer ...
The Unfinished Budget
I was asked a question the other day about when the last time was that the Congress actually got its budget work done on time, before the end of the fiscal year on September 30. That date is coming up this week, and once again, the Congress isn't anywhere near ...
Blog Entries for Friday, September 25
More Health Care
It will be a slow start to the week in the Congress today, but the goal line remains the same for Democrats in the House and Senate - pushing a health care reform bill to the President's desk. Right now, the focus is on the Senate Finance Committee, which will ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, September 24
More Health Debate
The debate on health care reform got a bit animated on Thursday in the Senate Finance Committee, as Senators duked it out again over Democratic plans that Republicans charge will cut Medicare spending by up to $500 billion. Democrats clearly were growing more and more aggravated with that GOP line ...
Congressional Fine Print
It looks like the first spending bill that will be approved for the next fiscal year is the budget for the Legislative Branch. But there were some other things jammed in that bill as well by Democrats. The most interesting item added was a plan to keep the government running ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, September 23
Health Deja Vu
Where was Yogi Berra when I needed him on Wednesday? It was deja vu all over again in the House Energy and Commerce Committee, as lawmakers battled over some unfinished health care reform work from July. Except it was now late September. Back on July 31, when Democrats muscled ...
Medicare Maginot Line
As the Senate Finance Committee works on a health reform bill from Democrats, both parties are doing their best to cast themselves as defenders of seniors, while arguing the other wants to ruin their government safety net. Speaking about one GOP amendment that would have done away with over $500 ...
Slow Walking Reform
It didn't take long for Democrats to accuse Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee of trying to use dilatory tactics to slow down committee action on health care reform legislation. "There is a substantial slow walk taking place," said Sen. Jay Rockefeller, using the Congressional term for delay to characterize ...
House Health Care Action
The Senate Finance Committee isn't the only committee working on health care reform legislation today, as the House Energy & Commerce Committee is also back at work on a bill that was approved in July. Sort of. Back when the panel finished work on the last Friday in July, Chairman ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, September 22
Reading Senate Tea Leaves
It was hard to get a real good grip on what's to come in the Senate Finance Committee on health care reform, as Democrats started sending signals that they are ready to get cracking on the issue real soon. Those messages came from the Senate leadership, which started making noise ...
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