Giuliani's comment about Bill Owens» vote on
the House health care reform bill was in error.
As night fell on the Capitol Saturday, some key Democrats were still undecided about
the House health care reform bill backed by their party's leadership.
Not exact matches
The failure of Trump to get a
health -
care reform bill approved in the
House led many to doubt he would be able to enact tax cuts and infrastructure investment projects in due course.
The fate of
health care reform in the Senate is uncertain, with members of both parties saying major changes need to be made to the
House version of the
bill before the Senate can vote.
ALBANY, NY (11/08/2009)(readMedia)-- On the heels of an historic late night vote in the
House of Representatives for a good, balanced
health care reform bill, the New York State AFL - CIO expressed its appreciation of those in the New York Congressional delegation who voted in support of HR 3962, the Affordable Health Care for Americ
health care reform bill, the New York State AFL - CIO expressed its appreciation of those in the New York Congressional delegation who voted in support of HR 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America
care reform bill, the New York State AFL - CIO expressed its appreciation of those in the New York Congressional delegation who voted in support of HR 3962, the Affordable
Health Care for Americ
Health Care for America
Care for America Act.
Talking about the
Bill Owens, the Democrat who won the special election, Giuliani erroneously said Owens had voted against the Democratically sponsored health care reform bill that recently passed in the House of Representati
Bill Owens, the Democrat who won the special election, Giuliani erroneously said Owens had voted against the Democratically sponsored
health care reform bill that recently passed in the House of Representati
bill that recently passed in the
House of Representatives.
[The new charge, they said, would actually be listed on county property tax
bills as the «Faso - Collins federal tax» — named after New York GOP Reps. John Faso, of Columbia County, and Chris Collins, of Erie County, whose plan for the cost shifts were included in both the Senate and
House versions of federal
health care reform bills.]
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.
Freshman Rep. John Faso is among the Republican
House members who ventured out onto a limb for the
health care reform bill, and now many have to pay a political price with nothing to show for their efforts.
All eyes will be on D.C. — again — today, to see if the Trump administration and
House Speaker Paul Ryan manage to cobble together enough support for the Republican
health care reform bill to pass it.
(CNN)-
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent a clear message Thursday to congressional negotiators on the
health -
care bill - dropping the public option would destroy any chance for comprehensive
reform.
Washington Post: GOP lawmakers, candidates pledge to repeal
health -
care legislation Even as
House Democrats search for the votes to send a
health -
care reform bill to President Obama, dozens of Republican lawmakers and candidates have signed a pledge to back an effort to repeal the measure, should the GOP take control of either chamber of Congress after this fall's elections.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has insisted the
House of Representatives will pass a
health care reform bill including a public option.
WASHINGTON (CNN)- As a
health care reform bill sponsored by Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus got a cool reception from Republicans and some Democrats on Capitol Hill Wednesday, President Obama quietly held a White
House meeting with two Senate sponsors of a rival
health care proposal.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reiterated on a conference call Wednesday that her goal is to get a final
health care reform bill to President Obama's desk before his State of the Union address.
WASHINGTON (CNN)- The fight over
health care reform took center stage on Capitol Hill on Friday, as the
House Democratic leadership stepped up its push for passage of a
bill before the August congressional recess.
White
House spokesman
Bill Burton said Obama «thanked members of the Senate for their hard work so far and encouraged them to continue forward on this historic opportunity» to pass
health care reform legislation.
I mean, will having another Democrat in the
House really change the fact that, as of now, Speaker Pelosi is bringing a weak
health care reform bill to the
House floor and that Majority Leader Reid is bringing an even weaker one to the Senate floor.
(CNN)- The
House squeaked out its version of
health care reform and now President Obama is putting pressure on the Senate to do the same so he can sign a
bill before the end of the year.
The
bill also prohibits the NIH from funding research that compares the relative effects of treatments on patients, part of a broader move by the
House to thwart Obama's
health -
care reforms.
For example, the proposed
health care reform bill passed by the U.S.
House funds
health care reform by making large employers pay toward their workers» coverage and adds a modest surtax on the wealthiest Americans.
And with the lack of Republican support for the stimulus
bill, the relatively small (partisan) margin by which the
House passed Waxman - Markey, the then - upcoming challenges of
health care and financial regulatory
reform dominating the legislative calendar, and concerns voiced about climate legislation by moderate Senate Democrats, success in the Senate was always a long - shot.
But despite having a climate
bill in hand, the White
House decided to put its muscle into passing
health care reform.
Rather than press forward with a climate
bill in the Senate last summer, after the
House had passed landmark legislation to curb carbon pollution, the administration repeated many of the same mistakes it made in pushing for
health care reform.
The first tranche of
reforms to the regulation of healthcare professionals promised by the government in its white paper, Trust, Assurance and Safety: the Regulation of
Health Professionals, is to be delivered shortly by the
Health and Social
Care Bill, which at the time of writing this column was at Committee stage in the
House of Lords.
With concern escalating across the country over proposed restrictions on private
health insurance coverage of abortion included in the
health care reform bill passed by the
House last week, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D - NY) and other women leaders in denouncing this anti-women's
health amendment passed by the
House.