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  • Capitol Hill jobs you have never heard of (16 Mar 2010 13:30)

    ... to push it through has thrust the Senate parliamentarian into the spotlight. Never heard of ... 51 votes instead of 60 to advance legislation in the Senate. With reconciliation a likely ... has the task of reading aloud 1,000-plus-page bills when lawmakers request it. The Senate and ...

  • At The Capitol / Ruling to influence Pawlenty's future, debate on budget (16 Mar 2010 03:37)

    ... When Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty and the Democratic-controlled Legislature ... the governor against a Minnesota House and Senate with Democratic majorities. Pawlenty signed major spending ... with Democratic majorities. Pawlenty signed major spending bills but used a line-item veto to block ...

  • Right-Wing Media Attack "Slaughter Solution", But GOP "Set New Records" For Its Use (16 Mar 2010 15:25)

    ... a way of making technical corrections to bills. But, as the House became more partisan ... such device to make substantive changes in legislation while ensuring majority passage. When Republicans were ... -- about to rule that they actually passed a bill they never voted on." On March 13, ...

  • Crucial Week for Obama, Congress on US Health-Care Reform (16 Mar 2010 15:35)

    ... other Americans facing hardships because of medical bills they cannot pay, is the reason to ... $875-billion version of health-care reform the U.S. Senate approved last December. It will then be ... elections in November. Republicans say passing the legislation would cause a public backlash that would ...

  • Obama woos wavering Democrats on health vote (16 Mar 2010 15:58)

    ... of Florida. Both voted "no" when the legislation passed the House of Representatives on the ... passage in January, after both houses approved bills and lawmakers began working out a final ... to approve the measure passed by the Senate, despite misgivings on key provisions. That would ...

  • 'The Time Has Come!' Says Rep. Smith on Bill Combating Internet Censorship (16 Mar 2010 14:02)

    ... Global Internet Freedom Caucus and introduced two bills regarding Internet censorship and surveillance by repressive ... Global Internet Freedom Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives was now a registered Congressional member organization, ... Radio Free Asia. The aim of this legislation is to help Internet companies doing business ...

  • Will this be the week congressional Democrats reverse their fortunes? (16 Mar 2010 00:32)

    ... powerful figure enmeshed in an ethics scandal (Rep. Charles B. Rangel/Rep. ), another lawmaker embroiled ... but with it have pushed through the House of Representatives long-delayed legislation that would increase funding for Pell Grants, ...

  • With Financial Reform Bill, a Test for Congress (16 Mar 2010 03:36)

    ... 15, 2010 at 5:16 a.m. WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats will press forward this week on legislation to overhaul the nation’s financial system in ... said last week: “If the senators can pass a bill of this substance out of committee in ...

  • Democrats more hopeful on health-care vote: Obama delays trip to aid with passage; bill could reach House next week (16 Mar 2010 06:17)

    ... perhaps Friday or next Saturday, on the legislation that passed the Senate on Christmas Eve, and (D-Calif.) said she ... Republicans are blocking a host of major bills and where action looms once the House ...

  • Senate unveils plan aimed at averting future financial crises (16 Mar 2010 00:10)

    ... after Wall Street's brush with apocalypse, the Senate on Monday began to rewrite the nation's ... narrow its differences with a bill the House of Representatives passed in December. "We don't have many ... had much input into the legislation. Dodd's legislation - 1,336 pages in the online version ...

  • Senate Financial Reform Bill Boosts Fed (16 Mar 2010 00:18)

    ... new bill to be unveiled Monday by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd. In a ... them were approved in December by the House of Representatives. The Senate has yet to act. Dodd ... in December by the House before unified legislation could be sent to Obama to be ...

  • Quick Fact: Hemmer uses poll to falsely portray Senate health bill as funding abortion (16 Mar 2010 16:25)

    ... poll, the following image appeared on-screen: FACT: Senate bill does not allow federal funding for ... healthcare reform? In November 2009 the U.S. House of Representatives passed healthcare reform with an amendment that ... this year if he votes for healthcare legislation that includes federal government funding of abortion? ...

  • Senate Democrats Introduce Financial Reform Bill (16 Mar 2010 01:55)

    ... protect the economy from excessive risk. The legislation would give the Federal Reserve Bank the ... contended that Dodd was trying to quickly pass a bill through committee before attention in the Senate returns to health care reform. , R-Tenn.: ...

  • Remember the financial crisis? Senate unveils its fix (16 Mar 2010 00:12)

    ... after Wall Street's brush with apocalypse, the Senate on Monday began to rewrite the nation's ... its differences with a bill that the House of Representatives passed in December. "We don't have many ... had much input into the legislation. Dodd's legislation — 1,336 pages in the online version ...

  • Health Care Supporters to rally outside Rep. Chris Carney's Shamokin office (16 Mar 2010 12:37)

    ... city today as focus continues on U.S. Rep. Chris Carney's position should legislation be voted on later this week. Local ... care reform votes are likely in the House of Representatives by the end of this week." Carney ...

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