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Reid pushes for votes on health-care bill

The first test for the bill, which would extend coverage to 31 million more Americans while reducing federal deficits by $130 billion over the next decade, will come Saturday evening. That is when Democratic leaders hope to keep together all 60 of ...

From LORI MONTGOMERY AND SHAILAGH MURRAY, The Washington Post,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Congressional Budget Office,  Joe Lieberman,  John D. Rockefeller IV

With House plan OK'd, Senate Dems unveil their version of health reform

WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid presented an $849 billion health-care overhaul package on Wednesday that would extend coverage to 31 million Americans and reform insurance practices while adding an array of tax increases, including a ...

From SHAILAGH MURRAY AND LORI MONTGOMERY, AZ Central.com,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Harry Reid,  Sherrod Brown,  Kent Conrad,  Nancy Pelosi

Senate announces $849 billion health-care bill

Democratic leaders were jubilant that early estimates from congressional budget analysts indicated that the Senate bill would cut federal deficits by $127 billion over the next decade. That projection represents the biggest cost savings of any ...

From SHAILAGH MURRAY AND LORI MONTGOMERY, The Washington Post,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Sherrod Brown,  Kent Conrad,  U.S. Republican Party,  Mitch McConnell

Release of Reid's health-care bill could come as early as Wednesday

Reid would not confirm that he had received commitments from all 60 members of the Democratic caucus to overcome GOP procedural objections and bring the legislation to the Senate floor, saying only, "I feel cautiously optimistic that we can do that. I ...

From SHAILAGH MURRAY AND LORI MONTGOMERY, The Washington Post,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Blanche Lincoln,  Congressional Budget Office,  Olympia J. Snowe,  Mary Landrieu

Report: Bill would cut senior care

The report, requested by House Republicans, found that Medicare cuts contained in the health package approved by the House on Nov. 7 are likely to prove so costly to hospitals and nursing homes that they could stop taking Medicare altogether. Congress ...

From LORI MONTGOMERY, The Washington Post,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: White House,  U.S. Republican Party,  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Congressional Budget Office

House Democrats promise health-care victory as Republicans remain opposed to bill

Hours after President Obama exhorted Democratic lawmakers Saturday to heed the call of history, House leaders vowed to deliver a late-night victory on a broad restructuring of the nation's health insurance system aimed at ensuring that every American ...

From LORI MONTGOMERY AND SHAILAGH MURRAY, The Washington Post,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  Nancy Pelosi,  Kevin Brady

Abortion amendment faces vote

Updated 1:29 a.m. House Democratic leaders agreed Friday night to settle an impasse over abortion by letting the entire House vote on a proposed solution, a risky decision that could determine the fate of their trillion-dollar overhaul of the nation's ...

From LORI MONTGOMERY, The Washington Post,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: White House,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Planned Parenthood,  Bart Stupak

Democrats round up health bill votes

House Democratic leaders pushed with mounting confidence Friday toward a historic vote on expanding the nation's health-care system, and President Obama joined an intense last-minute lobbying campaign to pick up the last few votes needed to secure the ...

From LORI MONTGOMERY AND SHAILAGH MURRAY, The Washington Post,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: White House,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  Henry A. Waxman

AARP endorses House bill

The AARP, the nation's largest and most influential association of older Americans, endorsed the House health-care bill Thursday morning and vowed to lobby House members in advance of Saturday's historic vote. AARP vice president Nancy A. LeaMond said ...

From LORI MONTGOMERY, The Washington Post,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: AARP,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Chris Van Hollen,  Wall Street Journal

Limiting defections is critical

Although confident of victory, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) and other Democratic leaders were working to contain defections to the roughly 25 Democrats viewed as "hard no" votes. There will be 258 Democrats in the House by the time the health ...

From SHAILAGH MURRAY AND LORI MONTGOMERY, The Washington Post,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Nancy Pelosi,  Barack Obama,  AARP

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