Senate plan is called too empowering to health insurers
Published December 17, 2009 | 
The Senate health-care bill could enable insurers to avoid some of the strongest consumer protections and benefit requirements adopted by state governments, Democratic lawmakers from Maine and California say.
Posted in UncategorizedPelosi says rallying votes for troop surge in Afghanistan will be Obama’s job
Published December 17, 2009 |
President Obama will have to argue his own case to House Democrats as he seeks support for a planned surge of 30,000 troops into Afghanistan, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday, adding that she is finished asking her colleagues to ba...
Posted in UncategorizedFederal Reserve edges away from crisis measures
Published December 17, 2009 |
The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it will shut down some of the emergency triage measures it put in place at the height of the financial crisis but will leave interest rates near zero out of continuing concern about the weak U.S. economy.
Posted in UncategorizedAt Copenhagen, both rich and developing nations offer concessions
Published December 17, 2009 |
COPENHAGEN -- As President Obama prepared to visit the historic climate conference here, there were signs Wednesday of a break in the impasse between rich and developing nations.
Posted in UncategorizedHouse passes temporary measures to end 2009
Published December 17, 2009 |
The House pushed through a last-minute flurry of legislation Wednesday, including a $636 billion Pentagon funding bill, a short-term rise in the nation's debt limit, and an extension of unemployment and health benefits for millions of jobless American...
Posted in UncategorizedHouse narrowly approves Democratic jobs plan
Published December 16, 2009 |
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the House Wednesday muscled through a year-end plan to create jobs, mixing about $50 billion for public works projects with another almost $50 billion for cash-strapped state and local govern...
Posted in UncategorizedU.S. to give $1 billion for forest preservation
Published December 16, 2009 |
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsak announced Wednesday the United States would provide $1 billion over the next three years to preserve tropical forests overseas.
Posted in UncategorizedHouse passes defense spending bill
Published December 16, 2009 |
The House on Wednesday passed a major bill that provides more than $100 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and also extends programs that provide unemployment insurance and health care for people who have lost jobs in the recession.
Posted in UncategorizedPublic cooling to health-care reform as debate drags on, poll finds
Published December 16, 2009 |
As the Senate struggles to meet a self-imposed, year-end deadline to complete work on legislation to overhaul the nation's health-care system, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds the public generally fearful that a revamped system would bring hi...
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