The U.S. Senate passed the Budget Control Act of 2011 on Tuesday, after the bill was approved Monday by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.
Forty-five Democrats, 28 Republicans and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman voted in favor of the bill. Nineteen Republicans, 6 Democrats and independent Sen. Bernie
Here’s a quick wrap-up of today’s health care news.
After a tumultuous week that saw the release of Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus’ (D-Mont.) long-awaited “Gang of Six” compromise health care reform bill, all eyes turn to gang-member Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), who is almost certainly the only Republican More…
Here’s a quick wrap-up of today’s health care news.
Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today presented his long-awaited proposal to overhaul health care. While Baucus calls his $856 billion plan (though in a letter to Baucus, the Congressional Budget Office estimated the bill would cost More…
Not that anyone thought the reaction to the Senate Finance Committee’s long-awaited health reform bill would be any different, but the flurry of criticism from both sides of the aisle in the wake of today’s unveiling of the $856 billion proposal is indication that this debate is just More…
Led by chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), the Senate Finance Committee has just released its highly anticipated “Gang of Six” compromise health care reform bill. The full text is available here (PDF). More on this to come.
Here’s a quick wrap-up of today’s health care news.
President Obama gave a speech today in support of health care reform at a General Motors plant in Lordstown, Ohio, in which he offered the autoworkers a novel argument for reform — as Republican National Committee Chairman Michael 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…
As leaders of the Senate Finance Committee continue to haggle in search of a bipartisan health reform compromise, liberals are quickly taking issue with a preliminary proposal being floated this week — and not just over the absence of a public option.
One provision, More…
The statement from Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) following today’s health policy teleconference with other “Gang of Six” members relays precisely nothing new. In its entirety:
Today’s call was a productive one. We addressed a number of issues at hand and the next steps moving forward. Health reform
Arguing that the town hall forums of August have “changed the direction” of the health care reform debate, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), said Thursday that he nonetheless expects a bill to pass before Christmas — though it “may be kind of miniature to what we’re talking about.”
Grassley, More…
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