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Senate Votes To Debate Health Care Reform Bill
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Submitted: 34 hours ago
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WASHINGTON (AP)-- Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of…
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Senate Health Care Bill Offers Less Immediate Help Than House Version
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Submitted: Nov 19, 2009
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If the Senate has its way with health insurance reform, Sandra Ingram, a 63-year-old cancer patient undergoing intensive chemotherapy treatments in Iowa, would lose her health…
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GOP Needs Six Weeks To Debate Health Care Bill That All Republicans Will Oppose
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Submitted: Nov 20, 2009
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) argued last Sunday that Republicans deserve at least six additional weeks to consider health care reform before letting the…
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Massive bill steals show in health care debate
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Washington Times -
Submitted: 40 hours ago
- Just before Sen. John Ensign took the Senate floor Friday evening to blast Democrats' health care bill, a Senate staffer lugged a two-foot tall tower of papers to his desk to make sure it showed up in every camera angle… » See more
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Senate health care bill creates new marriage penalty
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Washington Times -
Submitted: Nov 20, 2009
- Senate Democrats' health care bill would create a new marriage penalty by imposing a tax on individuals who make $200,000 annually but hitting married couples making just $50,000 more. That's one of 17 new taxes imposed by… » See more
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Democrats: Health care bill saves money and jobs (AP)
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Yahoo! News -
Submitted: 18 hours ago
- AP - Two Democratic senators say the health care overhaul bill now going to the Senate floor for debate is a key to saving jobs and reducing the spiraling American budget deficit. » See more
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Reid lays out $849B Senate health care bill
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Submitted: Nov 18, 2009
- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled an $849 billion health care bill Wednesday that advanced President Obama's broad vision ... » See more
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Gaps for consumers in Democrat health care bills (AP)
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Yahoo! Finance -
Submitted: 2 hours ago
- For consumers, the health care bills taking final shape in Congress don't rate close to a perfect 10. The Democratic measures would leave 12 million or more eligible Americans uninsured. » See more
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Gaps for consumers in Democrat health care bills (AP)
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Yahoo! News -
Submitted: 11 hours ago
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AP - For consumers, the health care bills taking final shape in Congress don't rate close to a perfect 10.
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Key senators seek changes on US health care bill (AFP)
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Yahoo! News -
Submitted: 33 hours ago
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AFP - Key Democratic allies in the US health care battle warned Sunday that a Senate bill required major changes if it was to earn their support and give President Barack…
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Mitchell Bard: It's Too Early to Celebrate the Senate Health Care Vote
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Huffington Post -
Submitted: 32 hours ago
- I swear, I find no no joy in being Debbie Downer. I really wish I could celebrate the Senate's 60-39 vote to begin the debate on health care legislation, narrowly holding off the blocking tactic of the Republicans. I am 100 percent… » See more
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Lieberman Pressured By Yalies To Back Health Care Reform
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Submitted: Nov 19, 2009
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The local campaign pressuring Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) to support health care reform accelerated on Thursday, after a group of more than 650 Yale University students, faculty…
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Sen. Jeff Merkley: The Republican Plan to Block Health Care Reform
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Huffington Post -
Submitted: Nov 19, 2009
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Last night, we took a huge step forward towards passing health care reform. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled details of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care…
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Health bill could get 34-hour reading in Senate
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Washington Times -
Submitted: Nov 19, 2009
- UPDATED: The Senate debate on Majority Leader Harry Reid's health care bill will kick off Friday on the floor and rage until an 8 p.m. Saturday vote that will test the Democrats' 60-member supermajority. That is, unless… » See more
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Nelson might not back next step for health bill (AP)
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Yahoo! News -
Submitted: 20 hours ago
- AP - A moderate Democratic senator who voted to allow debate over a health care bill says he might not support the bill in its next hurdle in the Senate. » See more
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