Capitol Briefing Archive: Health Reform
The House health care debate: What to watch for
The House begins debate Saturday morning on a massive health-insurance overhaul, with a final vote likely to come in the evening. In the intervening hours, there will be several key moments that will provide a foreshadowing of the final outcome. Here's an insider's guide to those moments.
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Paul Kane
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November 7, 2009; 6:00 AM ET |
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Democrats to resolve abortion impasse on the House floor
Updated 1:29 a.m. By Lori Montgomery House Democratic leaders agreed Friday night to settle an impasse over abortion by letting the entire House vote on a proposed solution, a risky decision that could determine the fate of their trillion-dollar overhaul of the nation's health care system. Under the agreement, anti-abortion...
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Lori Montgomery
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November 7, 2009; 1:07 AM ET |
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Nine arrested in Hart Building ahead of health care protest
Updated 12:51 p.m. By Philip Rucker As thousands of activists converged on the lawn of the Capitol for a midday rally against Democrats' health-care reform legislation, Capitol Police arrested nine protesters Thursday morning in the Hart Senate Office Building. The protesters were arrested about 10 a.m. on the seventh floor...
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Philip Rucker
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November 5, 2009; 11:53 AM ET |
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AARP endorses House health-care bill
By Lori Montgomery The AARP, the nation's largest and most influential association of older Americans, endorsed the House health-care bill Thursday morning and vowed to lobby House members in advance of Saturday's historic vote. AARP vice president Nancy A. LeaMond said the House package, which would spend more than $1...
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Lori Montgomery
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November 5, 2009; 11:44 AM ET |
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Budget analysts say GOP bill would do little to expand health insurance coverage
By Lori Montgomery The long-awaited Republican entry in the health care debate received its assessment late Wednesday from congressional budget analysts, who concluded that the proposal would barely dent the ranks of the uninsured. The measure would cover only 3 million additional people at a cost of $60 billion through...
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Lori Montgomery
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November 4, 2009; 10:44 PM ET |
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House releases final bill--vote possible by weekend
House leaders released the final version of their nearly 2,000-page health package late Tuesday, clearing the way for a vote by the full chamber as soon as this weekend.
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By Lori Montgomery
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November 4, 2009; 6:37 AM ET |
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