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House passes $447 billion spending bill
11 hours ago ago from Open Your Eyes News
Reuters The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a $447 billion bill that boosts funding for a large part of the U.S. government and reflects priorities of Democrats who control Congress and the White House. Read Article
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13 hours ago ago from POLITICAL INACTION
So, to allow healthcare reform to get to this point, the White House had to make a deal with the devil: Big Pharma. The White House agreed to oppose reimportation of drugs from Canada, which got Big Pharma to come out in support of reform, instead of running $150 million in ads against it. Now, that deal is putting a halt to any and all reform because an amendment is being offered on reimportation, and it is going to get 60 votes to pass. The ...
Related contentHouse Democrat Ed Permlutter Has Lots Of Reasons To Support Big Banks
6 hours ago ago from 24 hours Breaking News Updates
Rep. Ed Perlmutter pushed and pushed and pushed for an amendment to exempt some of the country's biggest banks from supervision by a new consumer-protection agency. The Colorado Democrat's office says it was to create a more targeted approach that goes after the biggest of the big banks. But the financial regulation bill being debated in the House already limits its examination authority to the 2 percent of the nation's banks with more ...
Related contentDems to lift debt ceiling by $1.8 trillion, fear 2010 backlash
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DAVID ROGERS Politico In a bold but risky year-end strategy, Democrats are preparing to raise the federal debt ceiling by as much as $1.8 trillion before New Year’s rather than have to face the issue again prior to the 2010 elections. “We’ve incurred this debt. We have to pay our bills,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told POLITICO Wednesday. And the Maryland Democrat confirmed that the anticipated increase could be as high ...
Related content2nd bombshell of the afternoon. White House shuts down Senate health care debate in effort to kill drug importation amendment on behalf of Big Pharma
13 hours ago ago from AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth
Hey, the White House finally woke up. It seems their friends in Big Pharma almost had something included in the bill that they didn't like. So the White House is working with a Democratic Senator to shut down the entire Senate debate on the bill until the offending amendment, that Big Pharma doesn't like, is killed. From Ryan Grimm at Huffington Post . The White House, aided by Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), is working hard to crush an amendment ...
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House prepares bills on debt ceiling, jobs
2 minutes ago ago from Washington Post - U.S.
House Democrats are readying a package of bills for next week that will likely include a significant increase in the federal debt ceiling and tens of billions of dollars for job creation , hoping to clear the decks of two key issues before Congress adjourns for the year. House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) said Friday that leaders were planning to raise the nation's credit limit by at least $1.8 trillion, a much larger increase ...
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