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Student Loan Reform: What’s It Doing in the Health Care Debate?
The White House and Democratic leaders are considering wrapping a student loan reform bill into the reconciliation “fix it” bill the Senate plans to pass for health care reform. At least nine senators, however, now oppose the plan, complicating Democrats’ plans to finish health care reform as quickly as possible. Why would Democrats
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House Dems Scramble to Get Enough Votes for Health Care
The fate of the Democrats’ comprehensive health care overhaul could rest in the hands of a few undecided congressmen, new reports reveal, with the finally tally shifting ever so slightly — but very significantly — every day.Congressional leaders are working furiously behind the scenes
Stupak ‘optimistic’ on abortion language
A Democrat opposed to abortion rights, who has led the charge against the Senate healthcare bill, softened his tone Monday, suggesting the impasse over abortion funding can be resolved. Rep. Bart Stupak (Mich.), who has repeatedly made threats to whip votes against healthcare legislation if it even indirectly
Obama Targets Insurance Companies in Last-Ditch Pitch for Health Care Bill
President Obama ratcheted up his attacks against insurance companies Monday in a last-ditch attempt to get a reluctant America and skittish Democrats behind his top priority, health overhaul legislation. Obama contended that insurers have calculated that they will make more money by denying coverage
Illinois Democrat Lipinski Will Switch from Yes to No if Health Bill Lacks Stupak Amendment
Add Congressman Dan Lipinski of Illinois to the coalition of pro-life Democrats standing firmly with Bart Stupak in the fight over taxpayer-funding of abortion in the health care bill. Asked if the congressman is “open to voting for a health care bill that lacks the Stupak amendment,” Lipinski’s
McCain calls for new ‘Gang of 14’ to stop Obama’s push on healthcare reform bill
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is seeking bipartisan support to block Senate Democrats from using special parliamentary tactics to pass healthcare reform. The Democratic strategy of using reconciliation to pass changes to the healthcare bill is reminiscent of Republican attempts to force President George
Yes, the Senate health care reform bill will subsidize abortions
Obama’s implied directive to his duplicitous mouthpieces Sebelius and Pelosi: Say anything-just get this health care bill passed. The two ladies have been spreading the lie that the bill doesn't include federal funding of abortion. The Senate version of the bill doesn’t contain
Stupak: 12 previous health bill supporters could flip over abortion
The Senate’s healthcare bill would lose 12 Democratic votes in the House, Rep. Bart Stupak D-Mich. said Wednesday.
Obama: Health care debate is over
President Barack Obama urged Congress Wednesday to vote “up or down” on sweeping health care legislation in the next few weeks, endorsing a plan that denies Senate Republicans the right to kill the bill by stalling with a filibuster. “I don’t see how another year of negotiations
Hoyer: ‘We’ll See’ If Abortion Compromise Possible on Health Care Bill
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said it remains to be seen whether he and other Democratic leaders can work out a compromise with pro-life Democrats on language that would prevent federal (taxpayer) funding of abortion in a health care reform bill. Hoyer, speaking to reporters at his weekly
