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Open Left - Front Page: House will vote on health care reform this weekend
Corrente: The HR3962 rule for Saturday debate
C-SPAN Recent Video: House Rules Cmte. Meeting on Health Care Legislation
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Read the healthcare bill? http://bit.ly/4CeiAk Let me know if you finish it. Good luck, it's longer than Lord of The Rings. 18 days ago |
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RT @sfpelosi: hey GOP - follow link to read the bill & manager's amendment yoy say you can't find. http://bit.ly/NrlyL 22 days ago |
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RT @lmlTN: @baxterblogs Text of the Bill http://bit.ly/4ASrNM /thanks. 22 days ago |
House will vote on health care reform this weekend
Open Left - Front Page —
The House Committee on Rules has set the mark-up of the House health care reform bill for 2 p.m., this Friday. Having posted the manager's amendment (aka, final changes to the bill) last night, this means that a vote is likely to take place on Saturday evening. This is because the Committee on Rules must pass the bill before it goes to the floor, and also because the Speaker had promised 72 hours between posting the final version of the bill and the vote on the bill.
A spokesperson for Speaker Pelosi confirms this likely timeline: ...
The HR3962 rule for Saturday debate
Corrente —
Here . I've been involved in RL today, so I'm not clear whether these rules can still be changed by the Saturday vote , or not. However, although I see a Boehner substitute amendment, I don't see a Weiner substitute amendment. And a quick search of the Dingell Manager's amendment PDF yields nothing on ERISA, which is the concern of the Kucinich Amendment. So, it looks like Pelosi reneged on her commitment to Weiner, and stiff-armed Kucinich. Oddly, or not, I can't find a single Google news story on any of this, let alone anything at the Access List blogs. Single payer ...
House Rules Cmte. Meeting on Health Care Legislation
C-SPAN Recent Video —
[image] C-SPAN Video [image] Health Policy [image] House Rules Cmte. Meeting on Health Care Legislation Friday The House Rules Cmte. met to discuss the rule for floor debate on the health care bill. Washington, DC [image] watch House Rules: Now on C-SPAN2 watch Rules Cmte.: Part 1 visit House Rules Website visit CBO Website
House Narrowly Passes Historic Health Care Bill, Long Road Ahead for Reform
Politics Daily —
... House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called passage of the bill "an historic moment for our nation and for America's families," while Republicans warned that the bill will raise taxes, increase insurance premiums and make cuts to Medicare. An enormous round of applause broke out throughout the House chamber when the crucial 218th vote was cast to ensure the bill's passage. ...
