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Published: 07/31/09

Health Marathon: An Inside Look At How Congress Is Deciding Your Care

By  Jill Lawrence - Politics Daily
Health Marathon: An Inside Look At How Congress Is Deciding Your Care

The third and last House committee considering health reform was entering the endgame, or so its members hoped, and chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) opened by sharing some advice he gave a congressman before Thursday's work session. "I told him not to make any appointments before 1 a.m. Friday morning," Waxman said. ...

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Published: 07/29/09

House Dems Strike Health Care Deal, But Senate 'Not Even Close'

By  Patricia Murphy - Politics Daily
House Dems Strike Health Care Deal, But Senate 'Not Even Close'

Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.), the lead health care negotiator for the conservative Blue Dog Democrats, announced Wednesday that five moderate Democratic members of a key committee have struck a deal on health care reform with Democratic leaders. The Blue Dogs had been threatening to derail the bill without concessions from party leaders on the cost and size of the measure. Earlier this week, Ross and his group of Blue Dogs gave a list of 10 items to the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), that they wanted to see changed in the existing House ...

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