Sentences with phrase «needed health care vote»

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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.

All eyes in Washington today will be on whether the U.S. Senate can mount the needed votes on health care reform.

An attempt to suspend standing orders and allow an emergency motion on the Health and Social Care Bill was approved by a majority of conference representatives but failed to get the two - thirds majority needed (235 voted to suspend standing orders...

Senate Democrats have only a one - vote majority, so Skelos» Republican votes may be needed if some Democrats refuse to support Paterson's health - care cuts.

«Many Republican senators whose votes are needed to pass this have expressed concerns about deficit, have expressed concerns about health care now being thrown into this again,» Higgins noted.

And not even one of the most ill - conceived Republican inspired votes in Congressional history «to attach a bill to delay Obama - Care» for a year with this nation's need to pass a budget has stopped Health - Care Exchanges from opening nationwide today.

First, four Republican senators said Thursday that they oppose the larger health care bill that includes the Collins - Faso amendment, meaning the legislation is short of the votes it needs to pass.

Washington (CNN)- Five more House Democrats said Tuesday that they will vote against Senate health care legislation, which puts opponents of reform just 11 votes shy of the 216 needed to prevent President Obama from scoring a major victory on his top domestic priority.

WASHINGTON — Upstate New York homeowners would get a huge tax break — and House Republicans would get a few more much - needed votes for their health care plan — thanks to an amendment that Rep. Chris Collins got added to that GOP health legislation this week.

As majority leader, Reid is charged with getting the 60 votes needed to pass health care in the Senate.

And the theory we were hearing from Albany staffers was that Chuck Schumer and company would get the votes Obama needed on health care and New York would be rewarded with Race to the Top funding.

Yesterday, the U.S. senate voted in favour of a new health care bill, and while there are still plenty of hurdles legislators need to overcome, it looks as though a major change is coming to the way our southern neighbours pay for the doctor.

The carbon cap might have passed in the fall of 2009, if Obama had made it and not health care his top priority, and if the Senate majority had been willing to use the maneuver known as reconciliation, so that 51 rather than 60 votes were needed.

To protect patients» access to Planned Parenthood's health services, reproductive rights supporters need to get out the vote to elect leaders who will protect access to care.

As for spending $ 122million on a postal vote when it could be spent on health care or something Australia actually needs... That wanton waste horrifies me.