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Jamie Dupree's Washington Insider Archive for Saturday, December 19, 2009
Ne-braska Health Details
I'm not saying it was done on purpose. But the fact that the one mention of the state of Nebraska (the home state of Sen. Ben Nelson, the final Democrat to back the health care bill) was hyphenated, made me wonder. What am I talking about? Well, if you search ...
Abortion Fight Continues
While Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) did his best to convince reporters on Saturday that his deal on abortion funding language in a new Democratic health amendment would end controversy on that issue, it seems far from over, and will likely spice up House-Senate negotiations on health care. All eyes quickly ...
Sunday Health Care
If Democrats want to finish the health care bill in the Senate before Christmas, they can do that. But it will take every available minute from now until the time most of you are eating your dinner on Christmas Eve. The Senate returns to session on this Sunday at 1pm, which ...
Thumbs Down on Abortion Deal
While Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) cut a deal with Democrats on abortion restrictions in a new health care bill, the deal is not being embraced by one major anti-abortion group. Here is a release from the National Right to Life Committee, expressing their opposition to the language in the new ...
CBO on Health Deal
The Congressional Budget Office is out with its budget analysis of the updated Democratic health bill, which says the plan would reduce the federal deficit over the first ten years by $132 billion. Critics will argue that's because the bill simply brings in more tax revenues, and they certainly have ...
Health Care Goodies
Here is one provision of the changes made in the health care bill that won over the support of Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska - extra money in federal health matching funds. This is on page 98 of the amendment submitted today by Democrats. = Notwithstanding subsection (b) and paragraphs ...
Health Deal Details
Here are some of the details as laid out by Democrats on the changes being proposed to health care legislation before the U.S. Senate. This should give Democrats 60 votes to break a filibuster against the bill. These details come from the office of Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid. Note ...
Health Care Changes
Here are the health care changes released by Democrats on this Saturday, which will win the support of Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) and provide the decisive 60th vote in the Senate for approval. You can also download the entire pdf file (383 pages) at http://bit.ly/5w4Vrp . - IN THE SENATE ...
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