On Thursday, President Barack Obama held a White House summit on health care reform. At the summit, President Obama made his intentions clear that an overhaul of the nation’s healthcare system should be completed by the end of this year. The President addressed a room full of lawmakers, healthcare providers, labor unions, and [...]
Continue reading...9. March 2009
The Fiscal 2009 Omnibus Appropriations (H.R. 1105) bill stalled once again in the Senate on Thursday night. The chamber’s plan to return on Friday to complete work on the $410 billion dollar spending bill was stopped short by the inability of Democrats to secure enough votes to invoke cloture and limit debate on the [...]
Continue reading...4. March 2009
On Tuesday, February 24, 2009, President Obama addressed Congress and the Nation to announce an overall plan to spend $634 billion on healthcare reform. The President’s address simply provided a general overview of his budget that will be released in its entirety later this spring. Given that this was just an overview, no specific traumatic brain [...]
Continue reading...4. March 2009
On February 25, the House passed the FY 2009 omnibus spending bill covering the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Education. These agencies are currently being funded at 2008 levels under a continuing resolution that is set to expire on March 6, 2009. The Senate is [...]
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9. March 2009
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