Though expected by Senate watchers to be a sideshow and forum for Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to voice his criticism of the nation’s top education bill, the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing today instead crystallized key provisions of the legislation meant to replace No Child Left Behind (NCLB). More…
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is expected to combat what he regards is an example of government overreach by flooding the mark up session of the country’s main education law with amendments on Wednesday.
During a blogger’s conference hosted by Heritage Foundation he said:
“Our Republican platform with Ronald Reagan More…
A new report from the Government Accountability Office outlines the safety concerns connected with U.S. government oversight of foreign medications and medicinal components. It’s a situation that U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, says Congress needs to address.
Just two days after the U.S. Senate rejected a bill that would have ended billions in tax breaks and subsidies for the nation’s top oil and gas companies, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., today introduced a bill aimed at “removing barriers to American onshore oil and natural gas production.”
Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, or HELP, held a hearing to weigh the costs and benefits of funding certain ailing pension funds. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) has proposed legislation to aid some pension funds fed by multiple employers, such as some Teamsters benefit plans. Sen. More…
Forget auditing the Fed or breaking up the banks. Before senators address those proposed amendments to Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) financial regulatory reform bill, they need to decide whether to adopt Sen. Richard Shelby’s (R-Ala.) amendment on consumer protection.
It has been a sticking point for months. Republicans want to More…
Here’s a quick wrap-up of today’s health care news.
The White House says that Sen. Mike Enzi’s (R-Wyo.) comments on health care reform might mean the now famous bipartisan “Gang of Six,” leading the charge on a bill in the Senate Finance Committee, could be down to five. Judging More…
Good catch by Matthew Yglesias: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), the key Republican players in the Senate’s health care tussle, are telling reporters that a health care bill that fails to get 75 to 80 votes will, in Enzi’s words, “fail because the American people More…
Even as some Republican leaders are blasting the co-op insurance model as the first step toward socialized medicine, others appear ready to embrace the strategy as a more conservative alternative to the creation of a government-backed insurance plan. Here’s Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), a member of the More…
As select members of the Senate Finance Committee race to finalize their health reform bill before August recess, it’s worth noting just how few Americans those lawmakers represent.
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