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Senate Budget Committee

Deficit Commission Gains Traction In White House

Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Social Security, National Debt, Deficit Panel, Kent Conrad, Spending, Judd Gregg, Deficit Commission, Medicare, Democrats, Senate Budget Committee, Republicans, Politics News

A bi-partisan commission that would tame the federal deficit by limiting cost-cutting decisions to a select number of lawmakers is gaining traction in...

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Senate GOPers: We'll Block Health Care Under Reconciliation

The Hill | Alexander Bolton | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Judd Gregg, Robert Byrd, Senate Budget Committee, Healthcare Reform, Ted Kennedy, George W. Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News

Sen. Judd Gregg has hundreds of procedural objections ready for a healthcare plan Democrats leaders want to speed through the Senate....

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Grassley 'Getting Reamed Out' By GOP On Health Care

Washington Post | Ezra Klein | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Judiciary Committee, Senate Finance Committee, Chuck Grassley, Gop, Healthcare Reform, Senate Budget Committee, Republicans, Politics News

Most of the commentary on Chuck Grassley's truculence and back-pedaling has focused on his potential primary challenge and fear of the Iowa electorate...

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At Least We All Now Know What the Health Care Reform Debate Is About

Stanton Peele | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Douglas Elmendorf, Harry Reid, Health Care Rationing, Congressional Budget Office, Nancy Pelosi, Managed Care, Senate Budget Committee, Obama Administration, Politics News
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The following five developments made clear that America is not prepared for what it must do in regard to health care reform.

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Conrad: Public Plan Doesn't Have The Votes In Senate

The Washington Post | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kent Conrad Healthcare, Public Health Insurance Plan, Kent Conrad, Senate Budget Committee, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare, G-11, Politics News

Earlier today, Sen. Kent Conrad, the North Dakota Democrat who chairs the Senate Budget Committee, introduced a "potential compromise" on the public p...

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Geithner Defends Spending Plan, Says Increases Are Short Term

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Timothy Geithner, Senate Budget Committee, Spending, Tim Geithner, Obama Spending Plan, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Confronting misgivings, even in his own party, President Barack Obama mounted a stout defense of his blueprint to overhaul the econ...

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