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8 hours ago ago from WashACE Blog
Although the U.S. Senate appears ready to pass its version of health care reform by the arbitrary Christmas deadline, there s still a long journey ahead. The Heritage Foundation s Foundry blog highlights the six key issues the House must cave on before the bill becomes law. Including differences in tax provisions, employer/individual mandates, Medicaid expansion, and abortion, the issues are not trivial. Nonetheless, Heritage notes: For ...
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1 hour, 45 minutes ago ago from The Morning Delivery
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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The U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote on its healthcare legislation tomorrow morning, Christmas Eve. After clearing several procedural hurdles this week, senators will hold a final vote on the reform bill at 7 a.m. EST. If the legislation is passed, the Senate bill will then have to be reconciled with the House bill (see Nov. 7 th post below) before a final bill can make its way to the president. Congressional leaders are ...
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Very early Monday morning, just after 1 am, the Senate, by a vote of 60 to 40, the minimum required, ended a Republican filibuster of the health-care bill. There is a deep partisan divide on Capitol Hill, with no Republicans, not even the few moderates left (like Snowe and Collins from Maine) coming over to the Democrats, but there is also, as we have come to see all-too-visibly in recent months, and even more so in recent days, a deep ...
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