Topic: Harry Reid
Vote on latest version of bill could begin Monday, end on Christmas Eve WASHINGTON The Senate today convenes its third weekend session in a row, beginning an around-the-clock effort to overcome Democratic infighting, a wall of Republican opposition and slipping support in ...
A blizzard may be raging in Washington, but on Capitol Hill Senate Democrats appear to have weathered a legislative storm over health care reform.. Nelson's announcement came shortly after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., unveiled a 383-page "manager's amendment," that includes ...
Ho, ho hold that holiday thought.Whatever seasonal spirit resides on Capitol Hill these days has been driven into the shadows by the churlish mood of lawmakers wrestling a last-minute work load and punting a whole other list of difficult issues into next ...
Week of December 14, 2009Health care reform provisions are changing fast as the Senate considers numerous amendments on the floor, and there is no better example of how fast than the much-reported government plan option. Senate leaders announced last week that a ...
Democratic senators were to meet with President Barack Obama at the White House Tuesday to discuss health care reform, amid reports of new compromise likely to infuriate liberal lawmakers.The Senate has been struggling to pass its own version of a health care ...
In health care debate, he shows why he is indispensable in Washington Once again, Harry Reid is demonstrating why his leadership in the Senate means so much to Nevada and to the nation as well.On Tuesday the Senate majority leader announced what ...
In the very near future, Senator Reid is going to follow Speaker Pelosi?s lead and try to pass his Senate version of the liberal utopian health care plan ? a full, unabashed socialist-style takeover of our nation?s health care system. Senator Reid ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democratic healthcare negotiators said they agreed on Tuesday to replace a government-run insurance option with a scaled-back non-profit plan and would seek cost estimates on the deal. "We have a broad agreement," Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid told ...
President Barack Obama encouraged fellow Democrats in the US Senate on Sunday to overcome their divisions and pass sweeping health care reform legislation, in a rare closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill.The president urged lawmakers to " continue forward on this historic opportunity ...
President Barack Obama heads to Congress Sunday to encourage his fellow Democrats to overcome their divisions and pass sweeping health care reform legislation. Senators remained holed up in the US Congress over the weekend to debate the health care overhaul, Obama's top ...