Topic: U.S. Senate
"As health (care) reform shifts back to the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid is facing dissent FROM FELLOW DEMOCRATS, WORRIED that he has NO FINAL BILL, NO Democratic concensus on the way ahead and NO guarantee (that) he'll finish by year's end" ...
Today the deciding vote by the senior Republican Senator from Maine, Olympia Snowe,supported the health care overhaul bill at the Senate Finance Committeehearing. She was praised as being "extraordinarily diligent" byPresident Obama during the recent press conference with Spanish Primedescribed her as ...
"Panel chairman Max Baucus AND TWO OTHER DEMOCRATS joined with all of the committee's Republicans to vote against BOTH measures". "While Baucus said he was voting against the policy because it couldn't pass the Senate "at this point", Schumer says HE SEES ...
This article may be outdated because it was writtenprior to President Obama's signing of Health Care Reform Bill in March2010. The Democratic Senators wanted to pass the Senate health care reform bill before Christmas. "Little did Burris knew at the time that ...
No sooner had President Obama signed the last piece of the health care reform package on March 30 than he hit the road, traveling to a number of states to sell the public on the new health care law of the land. ...
The US Senate fight over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul claimed a foreign policy casualty Wednesday, with Republican tactics forcing the cancellation of a hearing on North Korea.The Senate Armed Services Committee had been scheduled to question senior US military officials ...
The Democrats' powerful 60-seat majority in the U.S. Senate lasted just more than six months -- from the July 7, 2009, swearing-in of Sen. Al Franken (D, Minn.) to Massachusetts state senator Scott Brown's Jan. 19 victory over state Attorney General Martha ...
Obama, Democrats seek to regain footing after GOP claims Kennedy's Senate seat in Mass.Republicans are rejoicing and Democrats reeling in the wake of Scott Brown's stunning victory over Martha Coakley in a special Massachusetts Senate election that Brown insists was not simply ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Affluent investors turned bearish in December as their attention moved from the economy to concerns over health reform and fears the wealthy may be asked to pay more taxes.The Spectrem Group's affluent investor confidence index, which measures sentiment ...
His errant no vote reflects worries as colleagues cast ayes WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid could not sleep.It was the night before the final Senate vote on the health care bill. Reid of Nevada, the clerk called.No, Reid said.Gasps filled the ...
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Alaska Senate
In this Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 picture, Alaska Republican U.S. Senate ...AP News - -
Tax Cuts
Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., speaks and Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, left, and ...AP News - -
ADDITION Tax Cuts
Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks back to his office ...AP News -
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