Topic: Steny Hoyer
The US House of Representatives opened a historic debate Saturday on remaking US health care, with President Barack Obama set to make a rare in-person appeal for his top domestic priority.Obama hoped to bring the full persuasive power of the US presidency ...
Democrats introduced a resolution Tuesday seeking to reprimand Republican Joe Wilson for shouting " "It's a resolution of disapproval, this resolution is not about the substance of an issue but about the conduct that we expect of one another," he said.Wilson has ...
Senate Is Next Venue for Beltway Duel Over Child Health Care LegislationThe Senate is the next stop for legislation to expand children's health coverage, revised by Democrats but rejected by President Bush as little changed from their earlier offering."You can put lipstick ...
The Senate is the next stop for legislation to expand children's health coverage, revised by Democrats but rejected by President Bush as little changed from their earlier offering."You can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig," said Texas ...
In a deepening conflict with the White House, Democrats pushed a revised children's health bill through the House on Thursday but lacked the votes to overcome a threatened second straight veto by President Bush.The vote was 265-142 on a bill so politically ...
Democrats Unyielding on Children's Health Plan Cost; Administration Makes New OfferHouse Democrats, convinced that President Bush blundered by vetoing an expansion of a children's health care program, plan to approve a very similar bill this week even as the administration offered new ...
House Democrats, convinced that President Bush blundered by vetoing a children's health bill, plan to approve a very similar bill this week and practically dare him to veto it again.The revised bill would lower the number of adults and higher-income families potentially ...
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