Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) just announced that he has a “rough draft” of an energy bill, and he hopes to introduce it the week after next. Speaking to reporters in the Capitol, he said the bill has four titles:
- Oil spill response
- Clean energy job creation More…
There is unemployment, and then there is long-term unemployment. As Congress grapples this month with ways to tackle the nation’s jobless crisis, many economists are hoping lawmakers recognize the distinction.
Not only is there often a stigma associated with being out of work for long stretches, but the long-term unemployed More…
Over a complete Republican boycott, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed its climate bill last week by a vote of 11-1. The lone dissenter was Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) — a name you’ll be hearing a lot more if you’re keeping tabs on the climate debate. Baucus More…
With so much speculation on whether Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) will support the health reform bill finalized by the Senate Finance Committee last week, the world might be surprised to learn that some panel Democrats are also wary of the legislation. Yet Sens. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) More…
Citing time restraints, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) just announced that the controversial public option amendments being offered by Sens. John Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) will be pushed to next Tuesday, when lawmakers return to Washington after a long weekend.
The health reform bill More…
Here’s a quick wrap-up of today’s health care news.
More reactions to the Baucus bill today. Four key moderate senators — Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and the most key moderate senator, Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) — penned a statement praising Baucus’ efforts. “We are encouraged More…
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) has, for months, bent over backward to piece together a health reform proposal capable of winning at least some GOP support, which will be necessary to defeat a likely Republican filibuster. In the process, however, he’s alienating some members of his own caucus. More…
After all the threats, tirades and political posturing surrounding the importance of winning a bipartisan health reform bill, it appears that the legislation being drafted by leaders of the Senate Finance Committee, headed by Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), is on its way to attracting no Republicans after all.
Or so More…
The New York Times today does a nice job pointing out some of the limitations of the co-op coverage model being pushed by “Gang of Six” member Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) as an alternative to the government-backed option preferred by the White House and Democratic leaders. More…
Remember just a few weeks ago when Sens. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.), the upper-chamber leaders on health care reform, announced their intention ‘[to] report similar and complementary legislation that can be quickly merged into one bill for consideration on the Senate floor before the August recess?”
Good More…
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