Monthly Archives: September 2009
Finance Committee to Vote on Health Bill Next Week
Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) said tonight that the “Senate Finance Committee will not vote on its healthcare reform bill until next week,” The Hill reports. Baucus said he discussed this timetable with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) Wednesday evening. … Continue reading
Filed under Health
McCain C-17 Defense Amendment Defeated
An amendment offered by Senator John McCain (R-AZ) to the 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 3326) has been defeated by a vote of 34 to 64. The vote actually occurred on a motion to waive a budget point … Continue reading
Filed under Defense
Senate Passes 2010 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill, Continuing Resolution
Senators have passed the final conference report to the 2010 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act (H.R. 2918) by a vote of 62 to 38. Prior to that, members also voted to waive rule-related points of order against the measure by a … Continue reading
Filed under ACORN, Appropriations, Conference Reports, Continuing Resolution, Postal Service
Finance Committee Restores Abstinence Education Funds in Health Bill
The Senate Finance Committee “voted Tuesday night to restore $50 million a year in federal funding for abstinence-only education that President Barack Obama has pushed to eliminate,” the AP reports. The 12-11 vote by the Senate Finance Committee came over … Continue reading
Filed under Health
Dodd Seeks Consolidation of Financial Regulators
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) said today that “while the current financial regulation reform before Congress may not create the single regulatory agency he favors, he sees the U.S. moving toward a consolidation of its financial oversight regime,” … Continue reading
Filed under Banks, Wall Street
Congress in Your Pocket
