Tag: U.S. House of Representatives
The Constitution Stunt
The new Republican House has already decided that it’s first stunt is to read the Constitution out loud. The Republicans want to convince us that they are the one, true party of the Constitution. I agree with Greg Sargent’s take – that we should use this as an opportunity to talk about the Constitution instead […]
Deem and Pass Is Out
After spending a week getting themselves all riled up about “Demon Pass”, it seems the procedural maneuver has been ruled out: House leaders have decided to take a separate vote on the Senate health-care bill, rejecting an earlier, much-criticized strategy that would have permitted them to “deem” the unpopular measure passed without an explicit vote. […]
The Bill
Yesterday, Nancy Pelosi and the House Dems got the CBO score on healthcare reform back and posted the bill online for 72 hours for review. The Healthcare and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 is posted here [PDF]. Speaker Pelosi’s website has some good links to summaries, the CBO scoring and other info on the bill
House Health Care Bill Revealed
Nancy Pelosi is holding a press conference to announce the House health care reform bill. The bill is called “The Affordable Health Care For America Act, ” H.R. 3962. Click through for a review of some key provisions.
End of the 2Q Fundraising
Today, June 30, is the end of the 2nd quarter and the last day to give for donations to appear in the 2Q fundraising reports (federal candidates). I know it’s not an election year, but fundraising reports, especially in the early race are used as a gauge of strength of a candidate. There are two […]
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