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Blog Entries for Wednesday, March 17
From The Mailbag
I get a lot of questions from listeners each day, whether in comments on this blog, via email, Twitter or Facebook about the ongoing health care debate and the process involved in the House and Senate. So let's try to answer some of those queries. I've gotten most of these ...
Congressional Budget Office
Most people outside of Capitol Hill probably had never heard of the Congressional Budget Office before the current health care debate, but now its budgetary projections have taken on landmark importance in the halls of Congress. First, how about an official description of the work done by CBO:"CBO's mission is ...
Senate Earmark Backers
I'm a day late, but it is still a good story to explore, as earlier this week 15 GOP Senators joined with most Democrats to block an earmark ban offered up by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC). The plan would have established a moratorium on earmarks in both Fiscal Year ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, March 16
Still Waiting On Details
It's almost midnight on Tuesday night as I write this, and no matter how many times I hit the F5 key and refresh on the website of the House Rules Committee and the Congressional Budget Office, I'm getting nowhere. I'm not alone, as a lot of Democratic members of Congress ...
Health Rules Politics
Still short on votes for health care reform, it became obvious on Tuesday in the halls of the Capitol that the only hope for Democrats to get health legislation through the House is to use a parliamentary maneuver which would not allow for a direct vote on a Senate passed ...
Those Pesky Undecideds
The numbers of on-the-fence Democrats on health care reform are dwindling each day, as Democratic leaders put the squeeze on rank and file members of the House. But how many of these undecided lawmakers are truly undecided? As I wrote earlier this week, it is difficult not to laugh out ...
Jobs Bill Boost
While the evolving battle over health care reform continues to grab the spotlight in the Congress, Democrats will chalk up a legislative victory today with final approval of a $15 billion jobs bill. The plan is much smaller than what most Democrats had wanted, but in the aftermath of the ...
House Rules Precedents
Democrats are giving more signals today that they plan to avoid a direct vote in the House on a Senate passed health care bill. The following historical rundown was sent to reporters this morning about the parliamentary precedents involved. Not to get too technical, but the basics here are that ...
Blog Entries for Monday, March 15
The Abortion Divide
Democrats in Congress are still looking for the magic formula to get a majority in the House to vote in favor of a Senate passed health care bill, as the focus is again on pro-life Democrats who are threatening to derail the health bill. When you think about it, maybe ...
Health Care Machinations
Democrats took one step forward Monday and prepared to do battle with Republicans over both the details of health care legislation and the procedural fights that it will take to get that matter to the House floor in coming days. "I have no intention of not passing this bill," said ...
Jobs Bill Update
The Senate on Monday night paved the way for final approval of a package of tax cuts for businesses that hire jobless workers, setting the stage for Wednesday approval of the $15 billion jobs creation measure. The three Republican Senators from New England again provided the crucial votes to invoke ...
Wall Street Reforms
As promised, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) unveiled a new bill that presents some of the most sweeping financial market reforms since the aftermath of the Great Depression, all an effort to prevent another Wall Street Collapse, like that one that hit the U.S. economy in 2008. "Let me be clear ...
New Health Bill, Part 2
Things suddenly got busy on Sunday night with the release of the legislative language of a health care reconciliation bill from Democrats. But after 90 minutes of full throttle evaluation of the 2,309 page measure, it's clear this is just Step 1 of Health Care Hell Week. In other words, ...
Blog Entries for Sunday, March 14
Health Care Undecideds
It's all about numbers as Democrats get ready for a make or break vote in the House on President Obama's drive for health care reform, as a number of lawmakers remain on the fence about the details of a controversial health care measure. Looking through the lists of Democrats who ...
Health Care Rules
Republicans spent the weekend blasting Democrats over the "Slaughter Solution", as rumors persisted that Democrats might try to use an obscure procedural maneuver to push a pair of health care bills through the House in coming days. At issue are the resolutions from the Rules Committee that set the parameters ...
Waiting On CBO
When I left the Capitol on Friday, the release of a Congressional Budget Office report on the final plans of Democrats on health care reform seemed imminent. But despite madly checking my blackberry all weekend, I'm still waiting. And so is every member of Congress. No CBO review means that ...
Wall Street Reform
Yes, there is work in the Congress happening on something other than health care reform legislation, as today's focus for business writers in Washington, D.C. will be on the unveiling of a new Wall Street Reform bill by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd. This financial reform effort is designed ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, March 11
Health Care & Student Loans
So what does a major health care bill and a package of student loan reforms have in common? Well, they might both be stuffed into the same budget reconciliation bill that Democrats hope to approve this month on health reform. Yep, you read that right. Democrats are seriously considering the ...
Health Care Vote Count
As Democrats try to finish hammering out their health care bill, the vote counting is already at a fever pitch in the U.S. House, as lawmakers and reporters alike try to figure out where things stand on health care reform legislation. One of the best lists being updated daily is ...
House Rules on Health
There is already a lot of discussion on the rules that Democrats might use in order to bring a health care bill to the floor of the House, and whether it's fair or not. So why don't we start talking about how things might work. Word got out yesterday that ...
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