dailykos.com - 1/14/2009
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And not a moment too soon. People are hurting all over. From the NY Times : WASHINGTON — With enthusiastic support from President-elect Barack Obama, the House on Wednesday passed a bill to expand the Children’s Health Insurance Program. President Bush twice had vetoed similar ...
kaisernetwork.org - 1/12/2009
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kaisernetwork.org —
[Jan 12, 2009] House lawmakers say they will
vote on Wednesday or Thursday on a stand-alone SCHIP
expansion that will provide Democrats on Capitol Hill "an early session victory" and give President-elect Barack Obama "a high profile bill" to sign into ...
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Capitol Hill Watch | Lawmakers Set To Vote on SCHIP ...
washingtonpost.com - 1/12/2009
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washingtonpost.com —
When Bill Clinton's health-care proposal was foundering in
the summer of 1994, a group of senators suggested
that the administration put off trying to get universal coverage and insist instead on insuring all children. The idea was to make, at least, ...
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Heath-Care Reform: Start With SCHIP
kaisernetwork.org - 1/14/2009
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kaisernetwork.org —
[Jan 14, 2009] The House on Wednesday is
expected to pass legislation (HR 2) reauthorizing and expanding
SCHIP to cover an additional 4.1 million children, the Washington Post reports. The measure, which will cost an estimated $33 billion, would ...
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Capitol Hill Watch | House Scheduled To Vote on SCHIP ...
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Roscoe G. Bartlett Votes Against Maryland Again With SCHIP
Oliver Willis —
... Yet again, Maryland’s sole Republican in congress has voted against SCHIP. Luckily he was in the extreme minority as the bill passed overwhelmingly. The people of Maryland have got to keep asking: why does Roscoe G. Bartlett keep voting against us? As ...
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SCHIP: Stalled Again
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SCHIP Reaches President's Desk
thepage.time.com 2/4/2009 —
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Stimulus Passes House With Zero Republican Votes
openleft.com 1/29/2009 — The stimulus bill just passed the House. Only eleven Democrats voted against it. Notably, zero Republicans voted in favor of it.
Cool. While we will need two Republican votes to pass the stimulus through the Senate, I'm glad no Republicans supported ...
House passes Obama's economic stimulus bill
breitbart.com 2/13/2009 — WASHINGTON (AP) - Handing the new administration a big win, the House Friday passed President Barack Obama's $787 billion plan to resuscitate the economy. The bill was passed 246-183 with no Republican help. It now goes to the Senate where a vote ...
Senate votes to ban inauguration ticket scalping —
Reuters: Politics 1/14/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate has passed a bill outlawing the sale of tickets to President-elect Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony, which are being handed out for free, threatening offenders with a $100,000 fine and a year in jail.
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Obama sees Senate backing Geithner for Treasury —
Reuters: Politics 1/14/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday predicted that Timothy Geithner, his pick for Treasury secretary, would win Senate approval despite a controversy over back taxes and the immigration status of a former housekeeper. ...
House gives Obama jump-start on health reform —
Reuters: Politics 1/15/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to expand a children's health program and raise cigarette taxes to pay for it, giving President-elect Barack Obama a jump-start on a campaign promise to insure more Americans. ...
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