Monthly Archives: July 2009

31 July

A House Divided

Facing the August recess and constituents who have a wide range of opinions on health care, the House and Senate attempts to pass comprehensive health care reform hit major road blocks yesterday. The much-rumored dissension on the Blue Dogs deal on HR 3200 ...

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Category: Economic RecoveryTags: Blue Dogs, Grassley, healthcare, Waxman

29 July

Breaking: House Compromises, Finance Scores

Update: After protests by some of the Energy & Commerce Committee's liberal members forced a cancellation of Wednesday's mark-up, chair Henry Waxman has rescheduled the mark-up for Thursday.  This was after a lengthy session reviewing the proposed ...

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Category: Economic RecoveryTags: Baucus, Blue Dogs, healthcare

29 July

Are Co-ops the New AHPs?

Key Senators negotiating aspects of the Finance Committee health care reform bill spoke to the media yesterday and gave further details on the still-unfinished legislation.  Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND) gave further details on the bill's "co-op" proposal, and ...

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Category: Economic RecoveryTags: AHPs, CHOICE Act, co-ops, Conrad, healthcare

28 July

No Public Plan or Mandate in Finance Bill

Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) emerged from a bipartisan conference yesterday to confirm that the Senate Finance Committee negotiators will not include two major components of the Democratic health care plan in their bill: the creation of a government-run ...

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Category: Economic RecoveryTags: Baucus, co-ops, healthcare, mandate, Snowe

27 July

The Consumer Financial Protection Agency and Associations

In light of the economic downturn and its connection to the housing market, the high rate of foreclosures and other financial practices, the Obama administration proposed in June a new federal agency to regulate the consumer marketplace in a variety of ...

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Category: Economic RecoveryTags: AAJ, consumer protection, economy, US Chamber