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Rep. George Miller, Chairman of the Education and Labor Committee, delivers a rebuttal to the proposed Republican amendment during the floor debate on H.R. 3...
Setting the Record Straight on Our Health Care Legislation
huffingtonpost.com 30 days ago — Like millions of Americans, I was thrilled by today's unveiling by Speaker Pelosi of the House health care reform bill, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. I was proud to stand with the Speaker and my Democratic colleagues in support of this ...
CBO Scores Boehner Amendment to HR3962
angrybear.blogspot.com 24 days ago — by Bruce Webb Last evening the CBO Director Blog announced the release of a score of the Boehner amendment: A Preliminary Analysis of a Substitute Amendment to H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act . The results are not impressive: (as always click to enlarge) The amendment ...
Action alert: health care reform
nwprogressive.org 23 days ago — On Saturday, the U.S. House of Representatives is poised to vote on HR 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. This evening, I received an urgent message from the Thurston County Democrats regarding Congressman Brian Baird and his position ...
Help Ensure Health Care Reform Includes LGBT Families!
queersunited.blogspot.com 23 days ago — We are at an unprecedented point in the process of national health care reform: the House of Representatives plans to vote TOMORROW, November 7, on its reform bill, the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962). It is crucial for LGBT families that this bill passes with a strong ...
House Passes Historic, Bipartisan Health Reform Legislation
thinkprogress.org 21 days ago — Moments ago, the House of Representatives passed the Affordable Health Care for America Act by a vote of 220-215 , with one Republican — Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA) — voting for the measure. Once the bill reached 216 votes, the chamber erupted ...
How PelosiCare Will Bankrupt Health Insurers Inside A Year
directorblue.blogspot.com 21 days ago — Buried deep inside the 2,200 pages of H.R. 3962 ("The Affordable Health Care for America Act", A.K.A. "PelosiCare") is section that mandates the profit margins for health insurers.‘SEC. 2714. ENSURING VALUE AND LOWER PREMIUMS. ‘(a) In General- Each health insurance issuer that offers health ...
The House Passes Comprehensive Health Reform Bill With a Single Republican Vote
librarygrape.com 21 days ago — Well, mark this one down for the history books. I totally wasn't even paying attention but the House's health care bill passed - with a single Republican vote: Moments ago, the House of Representatives passed the Affordable Health Care for America Act by a vote of 220-215 , with one Republican ...
The Affordable Health Care for America Act
themoderatevoice.com 21 days ago — Yes, it’s an historic achievement :
Health-care reform passed the House, quite literally, at the eleventh hour. It passed with a slim, two-vote margin. But it passed. That is more than has ever happened before. More than Truman or Nixon or Carter or Clinton managed. More than Rayburn ...
In 220-215 Vote, House Passes Bipartisan Health Reform Legislation
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org 20 days ago — Moments ago, the House of Representatives passed the Affordable Health Care for America Act by a vote of 220-215 , with one Republican — Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA) — voting for the measure. Once the bill reached the needed threshold of 218 ...
The Fuck You Act
powerofnarrative.blogspot.com 19 days ago — The lies begin with the name itself. The bill is titled: Affordable Health Care for America Act . In fact, the bill's primary purpose has absolutely to do with providing "affordable health care." The purpose is to extract as much money as possible ...
HR3962 as Passed: the importance of close reading
angrybear.blogspot.com 17 days ago — by Bruce Webb H.R.3962: Affordable Health Care for America Act (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House) . Back in July I singled out what I thought was the single most important provision of the House Tri-Committee Bill in a post called Sec 116: Golden Bullet or Smoking Gun . Yesterday I ...
House Passes the Affordable Health Care for America Act —
Blog For Arizona
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Hours after President Obama exhorted Democratic lawmakers to "answer the call of history," the House hit an unprecedented milestone on the path to health-care reform, approving the Affordable Health Care for America Act late Saturday night that seeks to ...
C Street abortion ban: the revenge of "The Family"? —
Blog For Arizona
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
The Affordable Health Care for America Act was supposed to be the first time since Medicare was enacted in 1965 that health care was reformed to move the country closer to universal medical coverage for all of its citizens.
Instead, the bill was hijacked by ...
The truth never annoys the Hell out of me —
Buckeye State Blog - Comments
Well, the House health reform bill known as The Affordable Health Care for America Act was approved by the U.S. House. Known to Empty Rhetoric Republicans as the Government Takeover of Health Care and known to Dangerously Delusional Democrats as Meaningful Health Care “reform” finally ...
House Passes the Affordable Health Care for America Act —
Blog For Arizona
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Hours after President Obama exhorted Democratic lawmakers to "answer the call of history," the House hit an unprecedented milestone on the path to health-care reform, approving the Affordable Health Care for America Act late Saturday night that seeks to ...
Health Care Reform: Historic Legislation —
Huffington Post
Members of Congress are rarely presented with an opportunity to support the passage of truly historic legislation. Today was such a day, and H.R. 3692, Affordable Health Care for America Act, such an opportunity. Against an organized, scorched earth campaign of misinformation and fear mongering, ...
Obama Statement On House Passage Of Health Care Reform —
Oliver Willis
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 7, 2009
Statement of President Barack Obama on House Passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act
Tonight, in ...
President Obama's response to House bill passage —
Daily Kos
Statement of President Barack Obama on House Passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act Tonight, in an historic vote, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would finally make real the promise of quality, affordable health care for the American people. The Affordable ...
Pelosi Confident She Has the Votes for Health Care Reform —
The Note
ABC News' John R. Parkinson reports: Speaker Nancy Pelosi just appeared on the House floor, indicating Democrats have the votes to pass health care reform tonight. “Today the call will be answered, today we will pass the Affordable Health Care for America Act,” Speaker Pelosi said. “This ...
House health care deliberations thread —
MyDD
The House of Representatives is debating HR 2962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act today. In a nice touch, Representative John Dingell (MI-15) is presiding over the chamber. He was one of the architects of the original Medicare bill. President Barack Obama went to the Capitol this ...
Handy Dandy Widget or Hoozy-Whats —
Rum, Romanism and Rebellion
Steny Hoyer’s office has made available this handy-dandy internet gizmo that will answer some questions about the what effect the health care bill (called the Affordable Health Care for America Act, HR3962 ) will have on you. All indications are that the bill will come to a vote tomorrow. ...
Liveblogging the House Rules Committee: HR 3962 (Part 2) —
Firedoglake
The Rules Committee began meeting today at 2pm to discuss the House health care reform bill, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, HR 3962. It is airing live on C-SPAN 2 .
Part 1 of the liveblog can be found here . Additional coverage from David Dayen can be found here and here .
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White House praises House bill —
News
The White House issued a release officially backing the House healthcare bill today. Read the full statement below: The Administration strongly supports House passage of H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, a bill that represents a critical milestone in the effort to reform ...
AARP backs House Dem health bill —
First Read
From NBC's Joel SeidmanAARP, the 40-million member group representing seniors, has endorsed the House Democrat's health-care overhaul bill, which is headed for a floor vote Saturday.
"We started this debate more than two years ago with the twin ...
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