U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 21: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (C) speaks at a news conference as Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) (R) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) look on following the Senate's cloture vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Senate approved the motion to bring the bill to a full debate on the floor of the Senate by 60-39 vote.
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Senate votes to debate health care overhaul
...is aiming for final passage before Christmas.The House passed a $1-trillion health bill two weeks ago; the $848-billion Senate version represents the work of two committees and hundreds of hours of hearings and deliberations, against a backdrop of fervent... |more
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Senate vote under way on 1st test of health care
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has begun voting on whether to move ahead on a sweeping health care bill.The roll call began with many of the 100 members seated in their chairs and rising to vote. Such formal voting is common with Supreme Court |more
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Comparison of Democratic health care bills
...comparison of the health care bills before Congress:___The Senate Democratic bill (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act):WHO'S COVERED: About 94 percent of legal residents under age 65 — compared with 83 percent now. Government subsidies to help buy... |more
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Health care bill faces a crucial Senate vote
...them pay a fee if the government ends up subsidizing employees' coverage.Another difference is in how they're paid for. The Senate bill includes a tax on high-value insurance policies that's not part of the House bill, while the House would levy a new income... |more
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GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care
..."does not determine what services are covered by the federal government."Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus said the Senate health care bill he authored "doesn't do one single thing to change current law related to the way coverage decisions are... |more
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Crist faces a tougher primary as luster dulls
The next day, Crist was honored at an Arizona fundraiser hosted by former Gov. Fife Symington. Then on Saturday, he lunched at a fundraiser at the home of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in Los Angeles. Crist's next public appearance as the governor of the 9 m ago |more
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US Senate votes to debate Obama's healthcare bill
Senators voted 60-39 to formally debate Obama's top priority plan to extend healthcare coverage to some 31 million American uninsured and bar insurers from denying coverage to those with existing illnesses. The House of Representatives had narrowly 29 m ago |more
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Chuck's wagon rolls
Late one August night in 1998, as Charles Schumer was driving back to his hotel after a dozen campaign events in western New York, he spotted a minor league baseball stadium. The Buffalo Bisons were in extra innings, and the stands were packed. “You 40 m ago |more
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With Landrieu's help, Senate votes to move forward with health-care debate
...from hiking premiums between the time health-care reform passes Congress and when it would take effect. Key provisions of the Senate legislation wouldn't take effect until 2014. Landrieu has been targeted by groups on both sides of the issue and has spoken... 5:37 AM |more
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Scott Brown: the right stuff
...well as for all Massachusetts residents seeking an alternative — to break the stranglehold of a single political party. “This Senate seat doesn’t belong to any one person or political party,” he says. “It belongs to the people, and the people deserve someone... 4:52 AM |more
