Senate Session
The Senate approved Majority Leader Reid’s Managers Amendment with a vote of 60-39.
View in Congressional Chronicle534 viewsThe Senate approved Majority Leader Reid’s Managers Amendment with a vote of 60-39.
View in Congressional Chronicle534 viewsSenator Jeff Bingaman, member of the Finance and HELP Committees and the Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman, talked about the current debates on health care and climate change. He…
92 viewsThe Senate held its 15th day of health care debate. Senator Bernie Sanders entered an amendment for a single-payer system by expanding Medicare to everyone. Senator Coburn requested that…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,000 viewsThe Senate proceeded with debate on amendments to H.R. 3590, the health care bill. The previous day, the Senate passed an amendment providing preventive health services for women and…
View in Congressional Chronicle509 viewsThe Senate began debate on comprehensive health care reform legislation.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,288 viewsFollowing opening remarks at a day-long conference on renewable energy. Senator Bingaman and Ms. Browner spoke about energy and global climate change legislation being written by the Senate.…
251 viewsThe Senate convened for a period of morning business with two hours of tributes to Senator Robert Byrd. Thereafter the Senate resumed consideration of David Hamilton to the U.S. Circuit…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,291 viewsSenate Democratic Party leaders spoke about health care legislation to reporters and answered questions following policy luncheons.
841 viewsThe Senate convened for a period of morning business and thereafter returned to debate on the fiscal year 2010 Defense Programs Conference Report.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,182 viewsThe Senate Finance Committee held its eighth and final meeting on its health care bill. Debate focused on Congressional Budget Office scoring of the legislation, the failure of the…
1,885 viewsThe Senate Finance Committee continued its seventh day of debating amendments to the health care bill. Amendments focused on government financing, affordability, and restrictions on…
1,693 viewsThe Senate Finance Committee continued its seventh day of debating amendments to the health care bill. Among the issues addressed in this session were negotiating with insurance companies…
247 viewsThe Senate Finance Committee continued its seventh day of debating amendments to the health care bill. Among the issues addressed in this session were negotiating with insurance companies…
566 viewsThe Senate Finance Committee continued its seventh day of debating amendments to the health care bill. Members considered a number of tax-related provisions including amendments to block…
481 viewsThe Senate Finance Committee continued its seventh day of debating amendments to the health care bill. Amendments focused on government financing, affordability, and restrictions on insurance…
19,612 viewsThe Senate Finance Committee continued its sixth day of debating amendments to the health care bill. Most of the amendments dealt with financing issues, including Medicaid expansion and the use…
211 viewsThe Senate Finance Committee continued its sixth day of debating amendments to the health care bill. Amendments considered dealt with different aspects of financing fees, Medicare reimbursement,…
966 viewsThe Senate Finance Committee continued its sixth day of debating amendments to the health care bill. Among the amendments considered were provisions to prohibit federal funding of abortion,…
731 viewsThe Senate Finance Committee continued its sixth day of debating amendments to the health care bill. Most of the amendments dealt with financing issues, including Medicaid expansion and the use…
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