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Politicos react to passage of health care reform bill
The health care bill will now head to the Senate. Published Nov. 9, 2009 at 10:24 a.m. Tags: health care bill , tammy baldwin , paul ryan , jim sensenbrenner , steve kagen , gwen moore , derrick plummer , tom petri , ron kind , bruce josten The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representative approved a landmark health care reform bill Saturday ...
Representative Ahn "Joseph" Cao of Louisiana has several times before threatened to defect from the Republican party line on important votes, only to allow himself to be bullied, browbeaten or bribed into the blind obedience that Republican party leaders insist on .
House Passes Historic U.S. Health-Care Bill
Close NOVEMBER 8, 2009, 1:01 P.M. ET WASHINGTON -- The House narrowly passed its sweeping health bill late Saturday, marking the biggest victory yet for Democrats in their drive to create near-universal health insurance.
House passes historic health bill
'Today, as we all know, is an historic moment for our nation and for American families,' Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on the House floor hours before the vote.
Wisconsin House delegation reflects divide over health care reform
U.S. Reps. Steve Kagen and Tom Petri agree on at least one fundamental principle driving the debate over health care reform: Americans want it.
Wisconsinites Paying More To Get Less With Health Care Overhaul
Earlier today, Congressmen Tom Petri , Paul Ryan and Jim Sensenbrenner highlighted why Speaker Pelosi's $1.2 trillion, 1,990 page health care overhaul is a bad deal for Wisconsinites.
After months of evasion, it looks like House Republicans are finally ready to unveil their own health care bill.
Gifted: Lawmakers push for lobby reform at the StatehouseA
It happens often. From professional sporting events to cross-country trips to fancy restaurants, when our state lawmakers arena t in the statehouse, they are wined, dined, whisked away and wooed, by anyone and everyone fighting for a special interest.
My colleague Howard Gleckman has summarized the tax plan that Congressman Paul Ryan presented at the Tax Policy Center on October 29.
Petrash: Remember the 3 a.m. White House phone call?
Back during the election campaigns much was being said about whom people wanted to be on our end of the White House phone when it rang at 3 a.m. The implication of the statement was we wanted a decisive, knowledgeable, experienced leader to deal with the potential foreign threats America faces daily.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Your 1,990 Page Health Care Bill
WASHINGTON Congressmen Jim Sensenbrenner and Paul Ryan will share the House Majority's massive health care overhaul with their constituents this weekend.
Representative Paul Ryan , one of Congressa TM most interesting members, was the guest at this morninga TMs session of TPCa TMs Tax Reform 2.0 series.
Ryan, Democrats fire political salvos in recent ad wars
A recent newspaper advertisement stating Rep. Paul Ryan "voted to end Medicare" is patently false, the Republican congressman says.
Republicans Split with Big Business
Take health-care reform. From the time the bill hit Congress, Republicans found themselves opposite big industry interests.
Democrats working to keep seats
Democrats in the Oklahoma Senate are recruiting a slate of energetic and motivated candidates for next year's legislative elections in hopes of hanging onto the seats of four term-limited Democratic senators, the Senate's incoming Democratic leader said Tuesday.
Retired banker from Cordell becomes 62nd Republican in state House of Representatives.
New Republican state Rep. Todd Russ says his top priorities as a lawmaker will be jobs and Oklahoma's economy.
Tight credit grips small businesses
Jeff Baum says customers can't get loans to buy airplanes from his Watertown aviation company.
In a move with potentially major implications for the 2010 and 2012 elections and the future of campaign finance rules, the Federal Election Commission on Thursday voted not to challenge an appeals court panel's ruling that could free outside groups to spend huge sums of cash unburdened by contribution limits.
Representative Ryan: 900 Words of Silence
Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan on the pages of TheJournalTimes.com tells us about Inflation's Looming Shadow.
What has it come to when you start getting anxious over a new budget document released by a federal agency like the General Accountability Office , which some readers, of a certain age, will remember as the former General Accounting Office? Maybe I have been living in Washington too long.
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