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- AARP, AMA endorse health bill 6:59am Nov 6
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In the hopes of predicting the next defector from the Chamber of Commerce (following the high-profile lead of Apple), we’ve compiled comprehensive political giving info on the business lobby’s 100+ board members. By...
Senator Dodd chose an interesting time to release his financial reform bill...
President Obama snatched up endorsements of the health bill by AARP and AMA and will visit the Capitol today to make one last push to lawmakers. (WSJ) Fourteen people are now charged with insider trading in conjunction with the Galleon Group case...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pushing for a vote on the health bill Saturday. (NYT) Fourteen more arrests have been made in the Galleon insider trading case. (Bloomberg) The Senate unanimously passed legislation yesterday to give tax breaks to big companies hit by the recession, but Rep...
Sen. Harry Reid said the health reform debate may carry on into 2010. (WSJ) House Republicans have drafted their own health bill with no public option that doesn’t require people to have insurance or employers to provide it. ...
Sen. Barbara Boxer has charged the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee with completing a climate change bill before the international summit in Copenhagen in December...
Rep. John Boehner says House Republicans will release their own health bill this week. (WSJ) White House economic adviser Larry Summers will hold a meeting today to discuss the economy...
Chamber of Commerce Chief Thomas Donohue strikes out against Obama’s health care plan. (WSJ) Sen. Tom Coburn, also a licensed family physician, is one of the health bill’s most fervent opponents, leading the Republican opposition in Congress. (N...
The New York Times ran a great story on Tuesday about former AIG chief Maurice Greenberg’s latest venture, the C.V. Starr empire. ...
The Chamber of Commerce has had a challenging couple of weeks. The group has been under from all sides for its stance on climate change and other major policy issues. Change to Win, Eliot Spitzer, and Valerie Jarrett have all gotten in the act...
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats will announce their own health bill today that includes a public option and taxes the wealthiest Americans to pay for it. (Reuters) Under the new financial overhaul bill in Congress, the Federal Trade Commission would have increased authority over banks...
With the inclusion of Sen. Harry Reid’s public plan, Democrats are now divided on the health bill and Reid may not have the 60 votes he needs to pass it through. ...
Sen. Harry Reid confirms he will bring a public option to the Senate floor that states can opt out of. (NYT) Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will kick off a three-day series of hearings as a precursor to a climate change bill...
Senate Democrats are nearing a consensus on the health reform bill that may include a national health plan that states can opt out of, which Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will likely pass back to the Congressional Budget Office today...
The Fed may follow suit with Pay Czar Kenneth Feinberg’s pay cap of bailed-out firms and regulate executive compensation across the board. (FT) GM CEO Fritz Henderson will get a raise this year to $5.45 million. (Bloomberg) Sen. Harry Reid is taking a risk in still pushing for a public option. ...
