Sentences with phrase «passing health care legislation»

«The collapse of the Senate's healthcare strategy is a near - term negative for the GOP's broader legislative agenda, but we contend that failing to pass health care legislation dramatically increases the sense of urgency surrounding the tax reform conversation,» Boltansky wrote.

Obama had been pushing for both the House and Senate to pass health care legislation before going on their summer break - a goal that has appeared increasingly unlikely due to fierce Republican opposition and cost concerns cited by fiscally conservative Democrats.

It would be a last - ditch attempt to repeal Obamacare before the GOP's power to pass health care legislation through a party - line vote in the Senate expires on Sept. 30.

After multiple incidents of violence and threats directed at the offices and even the homes of some Democrats who voted for the recently passed health care legislation, the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and the head of President Obama's grassroots political operation both sent fundraising messages to supporters that mentioned the recent incidents.

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Cuban did not appear to subscribe to those beliefs himself, criticizing Trump over the failed Republican health care push, for lacking a «foundation» for tax reform, and for struggling to develop relationships with Democrats in order to get future legislation passed in Congress.

The Hill reports that a possible Senate provision would actually gut Medicaid even more than the House - passed American Health Care Act does (and that legislation hacks some $ 830 billion from the health program for the Health Care Act does (and that legislation hacks some $ 830 billion from the health program for the health program for the poor).

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has yet again delayed a vote on the Senate's controversial health care bill — this time, because Arizona Sen. John McCain is recovering from surgery (and without him, there aren't enough votes to pass the legislation).

Delays in passing domestic legislation, including health care, are seen as likely to push back any new fiscal stimulus, which investors had anticipated would boost growth and possibly spur a quicker pace of interest - rate hikes.

After a successful preliminary health care vote on Tuesday, Senate GOP leaders may have a new plan to get their health legislation over the finish line: pass what, in effect, could amount to a blank legislative check.

The resolution, which contains instructions for key health care - related committees to begin drafting legislation to undo the health law, must also be passed by the House of Representatives (and is expected to get a vote there this week).

So I will not feel safe going back to school myself until reasonable mental health care legislation and gun control legislation is passed.

They're getting help from pro-life organizations unhappy with these House members» votes for the health care legislation passed last spring.

(BTW — good news — New South Wales parliament has just passed a Health Legislation Amendment Bill that allows organisations like the AVN to be investigated and disciplined by the Health Care Complaints Commission).

Secondly, the differences between the Democratic Party approach, and the Republican Party approach, and the differences between each State, make it difficult to actually pass legislation on health care, and health care regulation.

Pataki, who repeatedly referred to the health care reform legislation as «Obama care,» said Congress passed it even though a majority of Americans did not want it.

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.

«I will not feel safe going back to school myself until reasonable mental health care legislation and gun control legislation is passed,» Hogg said.

Plus: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a 2,000 page bill combining three different versions of health care legislation passed by the House committees.

The legislation, which passed Saturday evening, would finally bring security and stability to our nation's health care system.

Mr. Cuomo has already campaigned aggressively against the Republican health care legislation, in particular a provision in the House - passed bill that would cost the state more than $ 2 billion.

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.

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.

Speaker Paul Ryan and his top lieutenants decided during a late - night huddle in the Capitol that they still do not have the votes to pass the stalled health - care legislation.

The debate rages on about the wide health - care reform legislation passed last year, but a forum at the Flushing branch of the Queens Library Friday featured no rancor — only people determined to explain the new law and express concerns about its impact.

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.

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.»

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.

Breslin touted an autism law he helped pass mandating insurance companies cover the illness more comprehensively at an earlier age, legislation where higher portions of health insurance premiums pay for actual health care and a life insurance law he said reformed the industry.

In 2011, South Dakota passed legislation requiring that any player who sustains a head injury be removed from the game immediately and not be allowed to return until a health care professional declares him to be symptom - free.

There is a growing possibility that the U.S. will pass no climate change legislation in this session of Congress: the uphill climb is at least as steep, and probably steeper, as it is for health care legislation.

July 31, 2017 • Sarah Kliff of Vox talks with NPR's Audie Cornish about ways the executive branch can undermine the Affordable Care Act, after the Senate failed to pass legislation repealing the health care Care Act, after the Senate failed to pass legislation repealing the health care care law.

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.

Under the hallmark health care legislation passed in 2010, part of the student loan forgiveness program allows borrowers to combine all student loans into a new loan that offers five different income - driven repayment plan.

Recent legislation passed in Wisconsin mandates the level of health care required for dogs in kennels under the auspices of the now 2 year old «Dog Sellers Act.»

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.

Health care «reduced the probability significantly that there would be a second major piece of legislation passed,» he said.

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.

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.

Because of Senator Kennedy's recent passing, Senator Kerry's August hip surgery, and the intensive work on health care legislation particularly on the Finance Committee where Sen. Kerry serves, Majority Leader Reid has agreed to provide some additional time to work on the final details of our bill, and to reach out to colleagues and important stakeholders.

Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec and Ontario have passed legislation to deal specifically with personal health information by public and private sector health care providers and other health care organizations.

WASHINGTON, DC — Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), the nation's leading sexual and reproductive health care advocate and provider, today praised the U.S. Congress for passing legislation that would provide health insurance for more uninsured children and increase health care access for low - income children and families.

John Schlitt, director of the Pew Home Visiting Campaign, a project of the Pew Center on the States, issued the following statement today, commenting on maternal and infant home visiting provisions included in health care reform legislation as passed by the 111th United States Congress.