Tag: Joe Lieberman
Will Dems push climate change bill next in wake of Gulf...
Kerry-Lieberman climate bill calls for disclosure of fracking chemicals
Sportsmen, Colorado conservationists question some aspects of climate bill
New offshore drilling would amount to roughly 1 percent of demand
Number of military gays fired in 2009 dips to record low...
Aspen Chamber, U.S. Chamber still clashing over climate change bill
Udall: DADT waste of time, energy, money
Udall co-sponsors bill to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Senate passes historic, if diluted, health reform bill
WASHINGTON-- Senate Democrats on Thursday approved the best health care reform bill they could manage: a sweeping $871 billion proposal designed to extend coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and slow the growth of runaway costs. It was at once a monumental achievement, which if signed into law would represent the most expansive overhaul of the nation’s dysfunctional health care system in generations, and a disappointment to many liberals who’d hoped the reforms would go further to rein in the medical-services industries most responsible for the skyrocketing expenses.
The hard bargains and steep costs of passing health reform
Unveiling a modified health reform bill on Saturday, Senate Democratic leaders appear to have cobbled together the 60 votes they’ll need to pass the most expansive overhaul to the nation’s health care system in generations. But winning that support comes at a steep cost.