Sentences with phrase «democratic health care bill»

Pawlenty will also continue his recent attacks on the Senate Democratic health care bill.

In her bid for re-election, Lincoln has found herself the target of large, influential unions upset over her refusal to support legislation that would make it easier for workers to unionize and over her refusal to back a public health insurance option as part of the Democratic health care bill.

Conservatives in the House and Senate remain skeptical that the bill makes sufficient changes to the Democratic health care bill they have spent six years campaigning against.

Not exact matches

Republicans are using what's called «budget reconciliation» to pass their health care bill with a bare majority of 50 votes and avoid a Democratic filibuster.

That faulty diagnosis [that Evangelical progressives are a Fifth Column of sorts in the Democratic Party] seems to be shared in recent speculation that the Stupak amendment — which went beyond the abortion neutrality called for by all the Christian progressives I'm aware of — was added to the House health - care bill as part of a long - standing plan by progressive religious forces.

Planned Parenthood and NARAL both screamed at the passing of the Democratic pro-life Congressman Bart Stupak's amendment, insisting that it would strip women of health care» though, in fact, federal funding of abortions was something the health - care bill would have created.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee last week launched new salvos against Republican Reps. John Faso and Claudia Tenney over their votes in support of the American Health Care Act, the House GOP bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is launching a digital ad campaign against 10 House Republicans who voted for the health care bill.

Still, adding to the political dimension of the vote over the health care legislation, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee blasted Faso's vote for discharging the bill from committee.

Faso, during the meeting, spoke against a Democratic - backed amendment that would have prevented the replacement bill, known as the American Health Care Act, from taking effect until the federal government in the form of the Health and Human Services secretary certifies the number of uninsured people and out - of - pocket expenses would not increase and overall benefits would not declined.

The White House is pursuing a twisting path in Congress this week, yielding to Democratic demands on a major spending bill while aggressively pushing a partisan health - care measure, gambling on a big win on health but risking setbacks on both fronts.

Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney will travel north tonight to attend a forum on the House health care bill being held in the district of his Hudson Valley Republican colleague, Rep. John Faso.

Ironic, if Trump worked with moderate Republicans and Democratic Senators to implement a Health Care bill that lived up to what he promised during the campaign he could have enacted HC reform on Day 1 of his Presidency.

Gillibrand and her Democratic colleagues are still seeking one last GOP vote necessary to pass the 9/11 health care bill, and she is accusing the Republicans of pushing a «pack of lies» about the bill by suggesting it will be a «job killer» and open the door to fraud.

First Democratic Assemblyman David Weprin launched a call recorded for him by John Feal, founder of the FealGood Foundation, who played a key role in getting the 9/11 health care bill passed by Congress.

At 11:30 a.m., Laura Curran, Democratic Candidate for Nassau County executive, will stand with those who would be hurt by the Senate Republicans» health care bill to discuss its impact, South Nassau Hospital, 1 Healthy Way, Oceanside, Long Island.

Iowa Rep. Rod Blum, a Freedom Caucus member and Democratic target, voted for the health care bill.

The constituents, SEIU hopes, will then call their senators in turn, and urge them to take a tone more friendly to the Democratic line as the health care bills come to the Senate floor.

He says the situation reminds him of the statement by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, during passage of the Affordable Health Care Act, also known as Obamacare, who said «We have to pass the bill so we can find out what is in it.»

In the immediate wake of the House's narrow passage of the health care bill last week, the Democratic campaign committees launched digital ads attacking Republicans, even those who didn't vote for the bill.

Gibson has been slamming Murphy for voting «yes» on the health care reform bill — a vote that came only after considerable lobbying by the Democratic powers - that - be, including the president, who had the freshman congressman over for a little Oval Office chat.

1199 SEIU, the powerful health care workers» union, has decided to endorse Public Advocate Bill de Blasio in the Democratic primary for mayor, sources say.

Washington (CNN)- Two senior Democratic sources that former president Bill Clinton will attend the Senate Democrats» weekly luncheon Tuesday to address the caucus on health care.

(Queens, NY)-- House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D - NY) released the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office confirmed today that if a health care bill proposed by President Trump and congressional Republicans were to go into effect, 24 million Americans would lose insurance coverage and premiums for older Americans would be «substantially raised.»

Cuomo, who has also been mentioned as a potential Democratic presidential candidate, for the first time not only said he believes a national program is a good idea, but also that he'd sign a state single - payer health care bill.

And in New York City, Bill de Blasio is now the first Democratic mayor after two decades of Republican reign, thanks in part to early support from the health - care - workers» union, SEIU 1199.

In separate interviews given over the last few weeks, Representatives Tammy Baldwin, the only openly lesbian member of Congress, and Barney Frank — who was heckled with anti-gay slurs during the health care reform rallies — have both signaled that the time is now right to move forward with the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (HR 3017), saying that, having counted the votes, they believe that there is enough support from both Republican and Democratic legislators to pass the House version of the bill.

«Republicans in New York who voted for the House bill sent a clear message that they'd rather be puppets to ultra conservatives in Washington than protect the nearly 3 million New Yorkers who will lose their health care coverage because of this bill,» the email signed by Cuomo sent by the state Democratic Committee states.

Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, criticized an assessment of the House GOP's health care bill by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, while Democratic leaders seized on the findings as proof the plan would do more harm than good.

Former Gov. George Pataki's Revere America Committee has added a second New Yorker — Democratic Rep. Bill Owens — to its list of members of Congress being lambasted in TV ads for voting «yes» on the health care reform bill opponents have taken to calling «Obamacare.&raBill Owens — to its list of members of Congress being lambasted in TV ads for voting «yes» on the health care reform bill opponents have taken to calling «Obamacare.&rabill opponents have taken to calling «Obamacare.»

Republicans present alternative health care, energy, education, and budget bills to the Democratic leadership all the time; and all Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid say in reply is «No».

KINGSTON, N.Y. >> Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney was greeted like a visiting rock star during his «adopt a district» meeting in Kingston with people upset about the Republican health care bill passed by the House.

He said she has «hung Israel out to dry» and has been a «rubber stamp» for Democratic leaders passing legislation that hasn't benefited New York, including a recent bill restructuring health care.

Republicans present alternative health care, energy, education, and budget bills to the Democratic leadership all the time

All the risks the democratic House members might be taking on the health care bill are for NOTHING.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday decried the Republican's health care bill as an «assault on New York,» saying the federal legislation would deprive 2.7 million state residents of coverage and undermine Medicaid funding.

-- First in the 202: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is launching a digital ad campaign against 10 House Republicans who voted for the health care bill.

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A coalition of Democratic activist groups including MoveOn, the SEIU, the Health Care Action Network (HCAN), Progressive Congress, and Democracy for America are mobilizing their supporters to bombard Congress with a hoped - for million messages — calls, faxes, tweets, emails, you name it — all in one day and all in support of passing a reform bill — any reform bill, it appears.

Frelinghuysen, chair of the Appropriations Committee, is a Democratic target this cycle, and he's facing fresh heat for voting for the Republican health care bill last week.

Four Democratic Congress members representing parts of Brooklyn rallied with unions and Mayor Bill de Blasio's head of the municipal hospital system against what they claimed was the deadly threat that Republicans in Washington will go through with longstanding plans to erase President Barack Obama's signature health care bill — and then fail to replace it with a comparable progBill de Blasio's head of the municipal hospital system against what they claimed was the deadly threat that Republicans in Washington will go through with longstanding plans to erase President Barack Obama's signature health care bill — and then fail to replace it with a comparable progbill — and then fail to replace it with a comparable program.

Grimm said his Democratic target, Rep. Mike McMahon, would have been in physical danger had he voted «yes» on the health care reform bill — a move that cost the incumbent congressman the support of the labor - backed Working Families Party and SEIU / 1199.

In March, as Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic House leadership scrambled to find the votes necessary to ensure the passage of the health care bill, one of the most important parts of the political calculus was which of the most vulnerable Democrats would be allowed to cast their votes against the legislation, thereby increasing their chances of reelection in 2010.

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen (Md.) noted at a press conference Thursday that Republicans did their best to link Critz with the health care bill, cap and trade, Obama and Pelosi and failed on all fronts.

Both candidates were already familiar faces on national TV before the campaign: Cuccinelli became a tea party favorite by leading the legal challenge to President Obama's health - care initiative, and McAuliffe was prominent as a fundraiser for President Bill Clinton and Democratic party chairman.

Nonetheless, House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson of Connecticut said Monday after a meeting with rank - and - file Democrats that «the votes are there» to pass the health care bill.

Perhaps more than any other vote, the health care bill epitomized a Democratic Congress that succeeded in passing major legislation but paid a big political price for it on Election Day.

Senate Democratic leaders expect the first test vote on their new $ 848 billion, 2,074 - page health care overhaul bill will come on Saturday evening.

Composed of 58 Democrats and two Independents who caucus with the Democrats, the Senate Democratic Caucus potentially has the 60 votes necessary to break a Republican filibuster of the health care reform bill crafted by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

The House is meeting for a rare weekend session as the Democratic majority tries to pass a health care bill.