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Partisan squabbling delaying final Senate vote on extending unemployment benefits

Senate Democrats including Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow, far left, use a chart to discuss extending unemployment benefits on Capitol Hill Oct.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, US Politics, Democrat

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Politico

Members fear their jobs are next

Sen. Bob Corker said Friday that incumbents of both parties need to be concerned during times of high unemployment and a shaky economy.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Bob Corker, Shelley Berkley, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Freep.com - RSS

U.S. Senate approves unemployment extension

The U.S. Senate voted unanimously tonight to extend unemployment benefits by as much as 14 weeks to out-of-work Americans, including about 100,000 Michiganders who have exhausted their jobless benefits or would do so by year's end.

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Related Topix: Michigan, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, US Senate, Carl Levin, Democrat

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Vision Monday

Debate Heats Up On Role of Eyecare in Health-Care Reform Proposals

While Congress tackles the final components and language of the nation's health-care reform legislation, the ongoing debate over the role of eyecare in the planned U.S. health-care reforms came into sharper focus late last month when the American Optometric Association and the American Academy of Ophthalmology jointly sent a letter to Sen.

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Related Topix: US News, Medicine, Ophthalmology, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat

Mon Nov 02, 2009

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Sexism in insurers' fine print

Being female should not be a reason to deny health insurance coverage or to charge higher insurance rates.

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Related Topix: Washington, DC, US Politics, Jon Kyl, US News, US Senate, Republican, Democrat, Opinion

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Point of View

The Congressional Scam that Failed

A funny thing happened on the way to one of the biggest scam attempts in history.

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Related Topix: US News, Medicare, Health, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, US House of Representatives, Charles Rangel, AARP

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Naval Affairs

Medicare/TRICARE Reimbursement Bill Fails in Senate

"The Medicare Physician Fairness Act" was defeated last week in the Senate. Sponsored by Senator Debbie Stabenow , the legislation proposed to reverse a 21-percent cut in Medicare and TRICARE payments for doctors that is scheduled to take effective January 1, 2010 , and protect against future cuts in ensuing years.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US Senate, US Politics, Democrat, US News

Fri Oct 30, 2009

NewsBusters.org

ObamaCare: HuffPo Claims Obama Lacks Leadership; Looks to Harry Reid for Salvation

Just from the title of today's Huffington Post cover story, Leaderless: Senate Pushes For Public Option Without Obama's Support , you can see that they have pretty much given up on counting on Barack Obama demonstrating leadership in the fight to pass ObamaCare.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Healthcare Law, Law, US Senate, Democrat

Thu Oct 29, 2009

American Medical Association

Read the post and send us your feedback

As I listened to comments being made by senators over the last few days regarding S. 1776, it became clear to me that the promises made by some people in the past to fix the sustainable growth rate formula have been hollow.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Mark Warner, Joseph Lieberman, Health

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Iobserve

Crunch time nears for health reform, but hurdles remain for Catholics

By Nancy Frazier O'Brien Catholic News Service WASHINGTON - The push is on to get a health reform bill through Congress, and some longtime Catholic supporters of a more accessible and affordable American health system are hoping they are not going to have to push back.

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Related Topix: US News, Abortion, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Bart Stupak, Democrat, US Senate, Barack Obama

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Jewish World Review

Jack Kelly:

The defeat that made Reid look like a putz By Jack Kelly Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive," wrote Sir Walter Scott in his 1808 poem, "Marmion." I doubt Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has read "Marmion." But he now has a pretty good idea of what Sir Walter Scott meant.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Max Baucus, Healthcare Law, Law

Mon Oct 26, 2009

ABC12.com

Big vote expected on Capitol Hill

U.S. lawmakers are preparing for a big vote on Capitol Hill this week. The Senate will decide whether to extend unemployment benefits for millions of Americas.

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Related Topix: US Senate, US Politics, Democrat, US News

Politico.com

Dems push for benefits to kick in by 2010

Senators Debbie Stabenow and Chris Dodd are two of the Democrats pushing party leaders and the White House to speed up key benefits in the health reform bill to kick in by 2010.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Democrat, Christopher Dodd

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Cleveland.com

Public option close to tipping point with state 'opt out,' says Sen. Chuck Schumer

The Senate Finance Committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, second from right, makes a point as he talks about the public option during the markup of health care legislation, Tuesday, Sept.

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Related Topix: US News, Chuck, Comedy, Reality TV, Entertainment, Drama, Television, US Politics, Washington, Washington Government, US Senate, Democrat, Charles Schumer, Kent Conrad

HomeTownLife.com

Mr. Jones goes to Washington for educators' award

North Farmington High School Principal Rick Jones is back from Washington, D.C., having been named Michigan High School Principal of the Year.

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Related Topix: Washington, DC, US Politics, Representative Gary Peters, US News, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Frank Lautenberg

Pravda

Reductions in Medicare Payments to Doctors to Be Halted

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is pushing a health bill to halt scheduled reductions in Medicare payments to physicians.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat

Sat Oct 24, 2009

CNN

Democrats lose vote to stop steep physician payment cuts

Senate Democrats lost a key vote Wednesday on a controversial $247 billion measure designed to ensure that doctors experience no cut in Medicare reimbursement payments over the next 10 years.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, US Politics, Democrat

Campus Life

Healthcare Reform Splits Democrats on Abortion

Pro-life Democrats disagree over whether bills include federal funding for abortion.

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Related Topix: Abortion, US News, Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Barack Obama, Sheldon Whitehouse

Military Officer

Hearing Highlights Military Personnel, Health Costs

Senate Punts on Medicare/TRICARE Fix a ' For Now Despite MOAA's strong push and 16,000 messages from MOAA members, the Senate failed to muster enough votes this week to fix the law that's scheduled to cut Medicare and TRICARE payments by 21% in January 2010 and 40% over the next six years.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat

Fri Oct 23, 2009

MediLexicon

Budget Hawks Block Reid's Push For 'Doc Fix'

Main Category: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Also Included In: Primary Care / General Practice Article Date: 22 Oct 2009 Democrats backed away from an unfunded proposal to increase physician payments from Medicare in the face of opposition from Republicans and some fiscally conservative members of their own ranks, the New York Times reports.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Richard Durbin, Democrat, Republican, Bob Corker, Health, AARP

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