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Marriage Equality in New Jersey
8 hours ago ago from Metrosectional
Following the defeat of the marriage equality bill in the New York state legislature, gay marriage advocates have shifted their attention to New Jersey where state legislators are working hard to put a bill on Governor Jon Corzine's desk before he is replaced with Chris Cristie who has said that he would veto any form of the bill if given the opportunity. New Jersey's marriage equality bill was expected to be put to a vote last Thursday ...
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8 hours ago ago from Capitol Alert
After marathon talks, a compromise bill to compete for federal Race to the Top funds will be unveiled today in the Senate education committee. The measure, Senate Bill x5 4, is expected to be acted upon by the Senate today but not by the Assembly until lawmakers reconvene in early January. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and Assembly Speaker Karen Bass are preparing a joint statement said Alicia Trost, Steinberg's ...
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8 hours ago ago from Capitol Alert
Today's game plan includes a final push from the Senate to take up the "Race to the Top" bill approved by the Assembly last week. What's at stake? Up to $700 million in federal stimulus funds that the state's schools could win through the Obama administration's "Race to the Top" competitive grants. A rival Senate-passed bill was killed in the Assembly Education Committee last week. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who backed the ...
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23 hours ago ago from The Latest News, Analysis & Commentary Regarding Health Savings Accounts
From USA Today : First the plan was to get a health care bill passed by August . Then the deadline was Christmas . More lately, Democratic congressional leaders have been talking about getting a health care bill on President Obama's desk for him to sign before the annual State of the Union address. But as the Senate bogged down in more parliamentary infighting over the legislation, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hinted even that's ...
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15 hours ago ago from Blue Bluegrass
Unless there is a massive compromise and overhaul during House/Senate negotiations which then only requires a bare Senate majority that restores the bill, the Senate should kill the so-called health care reform bill. When in the name of health care reforms the government empowers the insurance companies to have increased mandatory customers who nonetheless [...]
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Chris Weigant: It Didn't Have To Be This Way
23 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
It didn't have to be this way. It really didn't. The epic struggle for healthcare reform is entering its final days in Washington. And the Democrats (being Democrats) have managed to snatch political suicide from the jaws of legislative victory. But, I keep thinking, it didn't have to be this way. If we had had some real leadership from two key Democrats named Obama and Reid, we wouldn't be where we are now. Democrats have now positioned ...
Related contentSenate panel OKs compromise on Arizona land swap
12 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Senate panel OKs compromise on Arizona land swap WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Senate panel approved a compromise bill on Wednesday that gives the secretary of agriculture authority to approve a land exchange near Superior that could clear the way for North America's largest copper mine. The compromise would require an environmental study before Resolution Copper Co. could proceed, an element that conservation groups said was lacking in earlier ...
Related contentReid Fights for 60th Vote on Health Bill
22 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid struggled to win over the last Democratic vote on health-overhaul legislation as uncertainty grew about whether the measure can be brought to a vote before Christmas. After more than two weeks of debate, Mr. Reid (D., Nev.) remained a vote short of the 60 votes needed to ensure passage of the White House-backed initiative. The focus Wednesday was on Sen. Ben Nelson, the conservative ...
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9 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Va. House leaders push Webb, Warner on health bill RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The Republican speaker of Virginia's House of Delegates and its chief budget writer are pressuring Virginia's Democratic senators to oppose the Senate health reform bill. They're part of a Republican full-court press on Virginia's two moderate senators, Jim Webb and Mark R. Warner, as President Barack Obama and Majority Leader Harry Reid seek the 60 votes needed to ...
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3 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Ben Nelson (D., Neb.) said Thursday that a proposed compromise on abortion language in health-care overhaul legislation doesn't go far enough and wouldn't secure his vote on the bill, possibly dashing hopes to pass the bill by Christmas. Mr. Nelson told a Nebraska radio station Thursday that new compromise language intended to stiffen restrictions barring the federal funding of abortion "isn't sufficient." Mr. Nelson ...
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