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  • Board objects to open enrollment legislation (9 Feb 2010 06:56)

    ... decisions.” The board is specifically referring to Senate Bill 603, sponsored by Sen. Rob Mayer, ... Parents would be responsible for transportation. Similar bills have also been filed in the Missouri House of Representatives - House Bill 1552 and 1553, both ...

  • Capitol Hill Remains Mostly a Ghost Town (9 Feb 2010 12:59)

    ... It's critical that Congress act swiftly on legislation to save and create jobs - but that doesn't mean Members can turn down ...

  • First Lady launches 'Let's Move' campaign against childhood obesity -- David Rogers remembers Jack Murtha, first Vietnam veteran elected to Congress -- Special election May 18 (9 Feb 2010 13:52)

    ... as Obama tears up the House and Senate bills, restarts the legislative process and drops ... point for this meeting is the job-killing bills the American people have already soundly rejected, ... made clear Obama isn’t abandoning the current legislation. ‘He’s been very clear about his support ...

  • Democrats need a health strategy (9 Feb 2010 11:15)

    ... and he acknowledged that Congress might not pass a bill at all this year. It was an ... what it should look like. The House passed a bill that raised taxes on high-income Americans and ... also includes liberals who think the current bills don't go far enough. Democratic strategists are ...

  • Rep. Murtha, a force on Hill, dies (9 Feb 2010 09:07)

    ... Rep. Murtha, a force on Hill, dies The ... funnier, or more revered member of the House of Representatives." Mayor Nutter said he had worked with ... his defense of their role in shaping legislation, and he created an elaborate and subsidized ...

  • US Congressman John Murtha Dead at 77 (9 Feb 2010 01:36)

    ... who during 36 years in the U.S. House of Representatives became one of the most powerful members ... was among the most skillful politicians on Capitol Hill at channeling funds to his local district ... local district through "earmarks" -- provisions in legislation directing that money be spent on specific ...

  • Veteran congressman's death adds to Barack Obama's woes (9 Feb 2010 01:37)

    ... Murtha, aged 77, had been in the House of Representatives since being elected to his Pennsylvania district ... been panicking since losing Ted Kennedy's Massachusetts Senate seat to the Republicans last month. Murtha's ... added: "The problem with the Democrats' healthcare bills is not that the American people don't ...

  • Today's OpEds: Recommendations To Democrats, Cutting Costs, 'Rationing' Health Care (9 Feb 2010 13:31)

    ... reform is a bit mind-boggling. Five separate congressional committees had hearings; each chamber had floor ... If Obama, Reid and Pelosi want to pass a bill this year, they can start by agreeing ... already passed in the House and the Senate (2/8). The Baltimore Sun As we embark ...

  • Rep. John Murtha, influential Pennsylvania lawmaker, dies at 77 | Obituary (9 Feb 2010 06:54)

    ... respected and feared by his colleagues on Capitol Hill as he used his influence to funnel ... items, or "earmarks," that he tucked into bills for the benefit of his 12th Congressional ... who served five years in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives before going to Washington, was a protégé ...

  • Watch out for retroactive US tax legislation (9 Feb 2010 15:36)

    ... senator from the State of Massachusetts, most bills containing tax legislation have come to a standstill. With the ... Representatives being forced to accept the proposed Senate health care bill, the Speaker of the ...

  • Mark Logic Visited by Congresswoman Jackie Speier (9 Feb 2010 13:10)

    ... Mark Logic Visited by Congresswoman Jackie Speier SAN CARLOS, CA--(Marketwire - February ... Legislature, where she authored more than 300 bills that were signed into law by both ... serves on three influential committees in the House of Representatives -- the Committee on Financial Services, the ...

  • Republicans, health groups have dim hopes for Obama healthcare summit (9 Feb 2010 14:50)

    ... along the lines of the House and Senate bills that have already passed, I think the ... will have no practical effect on the legislation or the political landscape, Antos said. Hell ...

  • Dems Ask GOP for Health Policy Ideas (9 Feb 2010 15:43)

    ... meeting with to discuss his stalled healthcare legislation comes as his party unfolds a strategy ... beyond healthcare. In recent days, Democrats on Capitol Hill have pounced on a long-term budget blueprint ... these provisions are in the House or Senate health legislation, according to the Kaiser poll. ...

  • In olive branch from Obama, Republicans see a potential weapon (9 Feb 2010 00:28)

    ... with Republicans to discuss his stalled healthcare legislation comes as his party unfolds a strategy ... beyond healthcare. In recent days, Democrats on Capitol Hill have pounced on a long-term budget blueprint ... these provisions are in the House or Senate health legislation, according to the Kaiser poll. ...

  • Robert Costa: House GOP Responds to Summit Invite (9 Feb 2010 05:17)

    ... majority of Americans oppose the House and Senate health care bills and want them scrapped so we can ... in this discussion? As you may know, legislation has been introduced in at least 36 ...

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