The American Medical Association is supporting the latest version of a Senate health care overhaul as the legislation moves toward a final vote Christmas Eve.
The organization has been pushing for an overhaul and has worked with the Obama administration and with Democratic congressional leaders.
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Democratic leaders expressed confidence Monday that their pre-dawn victory on a procedural vote paves the way for passage of their health care overhaul bill before Christmas. But Republicans appear unlikely to expedite the process, at least for now.
“Members on both sides of the aisle are eager to share the holidays with their families,” noted Majority [...]
President Barack Obama on Monday heralded a Senate vote that moved a bill on his signature healthcare reform closer to passage and congratulated lawmakers for defying special interests.
The vote by Democratic senators defeated delaying tactics by their Republican Party opponents as they sought to move the bill to a final vote by Christmas Eve.
Senate Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., says it is “entirely up to” Republicans whether the Senate has to return to Washington between Christmas and New Years to clear an increase in the debt ceiling.
The House passed the unpopular increase in the debt limit on Dec. 16 by 218-214.
But this week or next, he said, [...]
President Barack Obama is hailing a Senate vote to propel health care legislation toward final passage, calling it a “big victory for the American people.”
Obama said the Senate showed it could stand up to special interests and move the nation closer to a health insurance overhaul for families.
By the thinnest possible margin, all 58 Democrats [...]
Senate Democrats won a crucial test vote on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, putting them on track for passage before Christmas of the historic legislation to remake the nation’s medical system and cover 30 million uninsured.
The vote came shortly after 1 a.m. with the nation’s capital blanketed in snow, the unusual timing made necessary [...]
President Barack Obamas top domestic goal, remaking US health care, cleared a key Senate hurdle Monday with no room to spare and seemed all but sure to pass by his self-imposed Christmas deadline.
“Whats really killing more and more Americans every day is complications from our health care system,” Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said [...]
President Barack Obamas top domestic goal, remaking US health care, cleared a key Senate hurdle Monday with no room to spare and seemed on track to pass by his self-imposed Christmas deadline.
All 40 Republicans voted against the measure, but acknowledged that for the moment they lacked the power to kill the sweeping proposal, which was [...]
The Department of Defense says it’s making improvements to make it easier for service members and their families to register to vote when they move to a new base.
The changes were announced Friday by Sens. Chuck Schumer and John Cornyn, the top members from their respective parties on the Senate Rules Committee, which has jurisdiction [...]
The U.S. Senate is poised tomorrowto take an early morning vote that will lead toward passage ofthe most sweeping overhaul of the nations health-care system inmore than four decades.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid plans to win finalpassage by Dec. 24 now that he secured the vote of his partyslast holdout, Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson.
