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Senate Passes Health Care Bill 60-39
15 hours ago ago from Dredd Blog
I just watched what is being called an historic vote in the U.S. Senate. The President of the Senate, Vice President Joe Biden, presided over the proceedings. All Senate Democrats voted for the bill, and all Republicans who were present voted against the bill. Now, since the Senate version just passed is different from the House version that passed a while back, the two bills go to a conference committee in January, where the ...
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4 hours ago ago from Albany Watch
There are positives and negatives regarding the health-care bills passed by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, according to Gov. David Paterson. They would greatly reduce the number of uninsured in the country, but New York doesn't get a fair deal when it comes to Medicaid funding, the governor said. The Senate bill would add about $1 billion in Medicaid costs to the state each year and require a reduction in payments to ...
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8 hours ago ago from The Financial Physician
The political process in this country is totally corrupt. The Senate passes health care reform strictly on party lines even though the majority of Americans are against it. Politicians do not care what us lowly peasants think, they know best. Welcome to Socialist America. Senators prostitute themselves for huge payoffs to their state, betraying their values. The restructuring of one sixth of the American economy is pushed through so fast as ...
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Democrats pushed sweeping health care legislation to the brink of Senate passage Wednesday, crushing a year-end Republican filibuster against President Barack Obama's call to remake the nation's health care system. The 60-39 vote marked the third time in as many days Democrats have posted a supermajority needed to advance the legislation. Final passage, set for about dawn on Thursday, was a certainty, and will clear the way for talks ...
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Senate Health Care Bill Clears Final Vote Before Passage
23 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
WASHINGTON Exultant Senate Democrats pushed President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul past a final procedural hurdle Wednesday, setting up a Christmas Eve vote to pass the legislation extending coverage to 30 million Americans. Democrats voted 60-39 to end a GOP filibuster and move to a final vote Thursday. All 58 Democrats and two independents hung together against unanimous Republican opposition. It was the 24th day of ...
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19 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
So if everything goes according to plan, and the Senate approves the health care reform bill on Christmas Eve morning, what happens next? Since both the House and Senate have passed different versions, this historic piece of legislation must be reconciled between leaders of both houses before it's ready to be presented to the president. The Constitution, after all, requires that the House and Senate approve the same bill or joint ...
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Existing users please login User Name: Password: Remember me on this computer Home / Markets / Industries / Government Thursday, December 24, 2009 Federal Debt Limit Hike Wins Final Congressional Approval  Reuters  WASHINGTON--A divided U.S. ...
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17 hours ago ago from Washington Post - Business
CONGRESS Deal in works for Senate financial reform bill The Senate banking committee is making meaningful progress toward drafting a financial reform bill acceptable to members of both parties, and a deal could be struck before the Senate reconvenes in January, the lead negotiators said in a joint statement Wednesday. The committee's chairman, Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.), and the ranking Republican, Richard C. Shelby of Alabama, ...
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