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Health Care Reform Bill Passes with Controversial Amendment
By: WordSlinger
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House of Representatives voted to pass the health insurance reform bill around 11:15 Saturday evening. Despite numerous attempts for over 60 years, no chamber of Congress has ever passed comprehensive health reform. History was in the making. Lawmakers in the House chamber voted 220 to 215 to pass this bill. Only one ...
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Pelosi and House Democrats Trot Out Fantasy Health Care Reform
By: CitizensForHonestGovernment
In a scene reminiscent of “The Wizard of Oz”, Nancy Pelosi (“Wicked Witch of the West”) and her “lollipop” representatives came out from behind the curtain, stood on the steps of the Capitol Building, and introduced what can only be described as the Wizard of Oz’s idea of health care reform. This 1,900 ...
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Health reform bill passes by the US house
By: kalex
The Health reform bill passes by the US house by a narrow margin of vote of 220-215.Though the turning the reform bill into law remains not certain. The US house needs 218 democrats for passing the health reform bill and atlast 219 of the democrats voted in favor , though 39 of them are against it.Among the republican only a single personal voted ...
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It's alive! End-of-life counseling in health bill
By: Besooo
WASHINGTON – It's alive. The Medicare end-of-life planning provision that 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said was tantamount to "death panels" for seniors is staying in the latest Democratic health care bill unveiled Thursday. The provision allows Medicare to pay for voluntary counseling to help beneficiaries deal ...
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- News Source: The Hill | about 1 month agoThe language was drafted by Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-Ind.), a pro-life Democrat, in order to soothe concerns among some other pro-lifers that federal money could be used for abortions under the current language of the House healthcare bill. Ellsworth's...
- News Source: Asian Wall Street Journal | about 1 month agoHouse Democrats late Tuesday posted a "manager's amendment" to health-care legislation online, a move that will allow them to bring up the legislation for a vote as soon as Friday. The appearance of the amendment, which contains an array of minor...
- News Source: The Hill | about 1 month agoLawmakers said the abortion compromise may not be included in the final version of the bill to be released as soon as Wednesday, called the “manager’s amendment.” Instead, it may be included in the “rule,” which is done the day before the...
- News Source: CNSNews.com | about 1 month agoHouse Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) dodged a question about whether it is morally right to force taxpayers to pay for any part of a health insurance plan that covers abortion, which the House health care bill does, according to FactCheck.
- News Source: CNSNews.com | about 1 month agoDemocrats are prepared to vote to kill the health care overhaul--which is set to come up in the House on Thursday--unless House Speaker Nancy Pelosi agrees to allow a vote on his amendment which would prohibit and federal dollars from paying for...
- News Source: Tulsa World | about 1 month agoHouse leaders continued to work Tuesday to satisfy demands from some Democrats that health care legislation specifically bar the use of taxpayer money for abortions. Those Democrats say that if House leaders don't accommodate them, they will vote...
- Blog Source: features.csmonitor.comCurrently, a federal law known as the Hyde Amendment already prevents the federal funding of abortion. In the drafting of health reform legislation, members of Congress worked to keep the reform “abortion neutral.” ...
- Blog Source: michellemalkin.comWould abortions be easier or harder to obtain under the health care overhaul legislation that the House of Representatives is likely to consider later this week? It depends on how one interprets the bill. ... That segregated funding, abortion-rights
- Blog Source: stmichaelsociety.comThe manager ' s amendment to H.R. 3962, the House health care reform bill, has been posted on the Rules Committee website and can be viewed here. The manager's amendment does not contain any new language regarding abortion funding, ...
- Blog Source: radioviceonline.comDemocratic leaders early this summer backed a provision that would allow people to use subsidies under the bill to buy insurance plans that cover abortion, but only funds from individual or employer health-care premiums could go toward ...
- Blog Source: hunterforjustice.typepad.comA showdown is shaping up among Democrats as abortion foes press House leaders to change the health care bill to explicitly ban abortion funding, or at least permit a floor vote on the... ... Stupak, who has been at the forefront of a group of several
- Blog Source: www.thehour.comRepresentative Bart Stupak, a Michigan Democrat, was unsuccessful in convincing House committees to restrict abortion funding in earlier deliberations. He has been no more successful in now persuading Speaker Nancy Pelosi to allow ...
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@jackcafferty Should Obama force Congress to vote on health care reform? http://bit.ly/1OF8wF
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@GStephanopoulos AARP Throws Its Weight Behind House Health Care Bill http://bit.ly/1W5kRY
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@ekiely House GOP health care rally set for today. Is the town hall magic back? USA TODAY's On Politics: http://tr.im/Ef2R
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@NYTimesKristof nytimeskristof: The US ranks 31 in longevity, 37 in infant mortality, 34 in maternal mortality. My column on our health disgrace: http://bit.ly/ptNW6
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@ekiely Watchdog CAGW says House health care bill is 'fundamental threat,' urges members to 'stop' it. USA Today's On Politics: http://tr.im/EaMN
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@ekiely AARP will endorse House health care bill. USA TODAY's On Politics: http://tr.im/EawO #HCR
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@GStephanopoulos AARP To Endorse House Health Care Bill http://bit.ly/1Se6RX
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@jacksonjk House set to bring the health care bill to the floor Saturday. Also expecting Obama to come to the Hill before then 2 meet with House Dems.
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@sanjaysood i hope Barack Obama can pass health care this year!
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@jackcafferty What are the chances of health care reform if it doesn't pass this year? http://bit.ly/wVI9k
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