Sentences with phrase «health care reform bill passed»

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.

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.

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Now that the health care bill has been defeated, Senate leaders hope to move on to tax reform and to passing a spending bill in order to avoid a government shutdown at the end of September.

If this Republican Congress fails to pass a good healthcare bill, we should prepare for our next opportunity to reform health care — if such an opportunity ever arises.

Dreihaus, part of a group of Democrats that supported a ban on taxpayer funding of abortion yet — when this provision failed to pass — still voted in favor of the final health care reform bill, argued that, given his pro-life beliefs, the ad amounted to defamation.

The answer is the reason this bill should never have been passed» the reason that all of us must urge our senators to stop this kind of health - care reform in the Senate.

Because according to Dick Morris, if we somehow manage to pass a comprehensive health care reform bill, the government will force you to give birth naturally.

With two Republican senators all but locked in against it and Trump exerting pressure on them to pass it, U.S. Senate leaders can not lose another vote on the health care reform bill they plan to unveil today.

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 RepresentatiBill 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 Representatibill that recently passed in the House of Representatives.

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.

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.

After taking a pass on challenging Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand despite the fact that multiple polls showed him to be the Republican most likely to defeat her, Pataki launched a national PAC — Revere America — to spearhead a national petition drive calling for repeal of the health care reform bill.

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.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has insisted the House of Representatives will pass a health care reform bill including a public option.

New York (CNNMoney.com)- The health care bill that faces a crucial test vote in the Senate on Saturday is proof that getting reform passed and getting it right are two very different things.

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.

Trying to pair both tax reform and health care into a potential 2018 reconciliation bill (in order to take advantage of the easier - to - clear hurdle of a simple majority to pass legislation) would not only be complex and messy but, it could also significantly hamper the reform of the tax system that many have called for.

WTF is going on?Well, the short of it is, at face value, that senator Graham has been uneasy about climate legislation for a little while — after health care reform passed, he made comments about energy reform being dead in the water, and long before that he'd drawn fire from his own party for working with Democrats and pursuing a bill that would price carbon.

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.

On health care reform, the president urged lawmakers to pass a final version of the Kassebaum - Kennedy health care bill, which would ultimately increase to 80 percent the tax deduction for health insurance for self - employed workers and their families.