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Loud Calls for a Senate Hearing on New Mammogram Guidelines

By | 11.24.09 | 12:59 pm

A bipartisan group of 22 senators representing are calling on the leaders of the chamber’s health committee to examine the new breast cancer screening guidelines that have ignited a recent firestorm on and off Capitol Hill.

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Franken: From the Front Lines of Controversy to, Well, the Front Lines of Controversy

By | 06.30.09 | 5:53 pm

Al Franken, soon to be the junior senator from Minnesota, is no stranger to controversy after spending the last eight months fighting Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) over the results of last November’s election. But if Franken thinks he’ll find things any more restful in Washington, he should think again.

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Finance Panel Delays Health Reform Markup For Weeks

By | 06.17.09 | 12:17 pm

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?”

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