Sentences with phrase «landmark health care legislation»

Republican challenger Dr. James Milano is demanding that U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D - Bayside) explain his vote on the landmark health care legislation from March with his constituents, accusing the congressman of supporting the slashing of $ 500 billion in Medicare benefits.

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Washington — Central New York's three Democratic congressmen stood with their party Saturday night and voted for the landmark health care reform legislation that narrowly passed the House of Representatives.

McMahon was one of only 34 Democrats — and the only one from the city — to vote against President Barack Obama's landmark health - care legislation.

Vice President Biden christened the just - passed health care bill with some more «salty» language, whispering to President Obama at a news conference that the passage of the landmark legislation was a «big f *** ing deal.»

July 31, 2014 • A 91 - 3 vote in the Senate will send the landmark VA legislation, meant to address widespread problems in the VA health care system, to President Obama for his signature.

The legislation, Intro 655, introduced by Council member Jessica Lappin, reflects a landmark plan developed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, City Council Member Jessica Lappin, the New York City Department of Health, Animal Care & Control of NYC, the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals, and the ASPCA.

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.