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Senate Health Care Bill to Cost $849 Billion
Read moreBreaking news: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is finally in the midst of unveiling the health care reform plan that will be brought to the Senate...
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CRFB on Capitol Hill
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, will testify today before the Senate Budget Committee on proposals to...
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Stop Us Before We Spend Again
Read morePresident of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Maya MacGuineas, testified before the Senate Budget Committee on proposals to form a...
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Homebuyers Credit Will Likely be Extended
Read moreThe Senate has reached a consensus on the issue of extending the homebuyer’s tax credit, first implemented in the stimulus bill. The tax credit was...
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Update on Senate “Doc Fix” Legislation
Read moreThe Medicare physician payment bill (S 1776) sponsored by Senator Stabenow was defeated yesterday by a Senate vote of 47-53, as twelve Democrats along...
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Say 'Bayh' to the Debt?
Read moreThis week, Senator Bayh (D-IN) and nine other Democratic senators sent a letter to Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) expressing concern over the size of the U...
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Senate Finance Committee Passes Health Care Bill
Read moreThe Senate Finance Committee voted this afternoon 14-9 to pass the America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009 out of Committee. Republican Olympia Snowe was...
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Cost of the Finance Committee Health Care Bill
Read moreToday the Congressional Budget released their analysis of the amended version of the America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009, the health care reform...
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This Week's Finance Committee Markup
Read moreThe Senate Finance Committee wrapped up work today on the markup of their Health Care Reform legislation, America’s Healthy Future Act. After moving...
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Finance Committee to Continue Work on Health Bill Next Week
Read moreThis has been a big week in the Senate Finance Committee regarding work on the health care reform bill. The Committee endued many all-day sessions...
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Chairman's Mark of Finance Committee Bill, and Proposed Amendments
Read moreToday, the Senate Finance Committee is continuing to mark-up the Committee’s health care reform bill. In total, the Committee is considering 564...
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CBO Releases Analysis of Finance Committee Health Care Reform Bill
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released the preliminary analysis of the completed specifications for the Finance Committee’s Chairman’s...