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

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

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.

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.

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

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

"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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.