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(CBS) The entire Senate will finally have a chance to deliberate health care reform legislation, after the Democrats on Saturday managed to eke out 60 votes to move their bill forward. Full Article at CBS News
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Once we might have called upon Congress when reason and responsibility demanded initiative. Full Article at The Hill
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A copy of the Congressional Budget Office summer update on the Budget and Economic Outlook is seen in Washington, August 25, 2009. View Photo »
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The Congressional Budget Office revised its estimate of the House health care bill Thursday, saying it would shrink the deficit by $139 billion in the first decade, $30 billion more than earlier estimates and $9 billion more than the Senate bill unveiled Wednesday by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
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McMahon, one of five Republicans running to unseat Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd in Connecticut in 2010, Brought her campaign to New Haven Saturday. Full Article at New Haven Independent
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November 20, 2009 -- Washington, DC -- The Senate is poised to begin debate on the newly introduced Senate version of the health care reform package, the Patient Protection and Affordability Act. Full Article at All American Patriots
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November 19, 2009 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Kay R. Hagan (D-NC) today issued the following statement on the Senate health care reform bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Full Article at All American Patriots
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Douglas Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget Office, listens during the "U.S. Overview: When Will Growth Resume?" panel at the 2009 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California April 27, 2009. View Photo »
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) made a late change to his bill by adding an extra Medicare payroll tax, which would generate $54 billion over 10 years according to the Congressional Budget Office
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Democrats moved one step closer to passage of their $2.5 trillion government-run health care boondoggle on a straight party-line vote Saturday night, proving once again that there are no “moderate” Democrats in Washington, D.C. today. Full Article at Human Events Online
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Several news organizations report on new taxes in the Senate health bill and how they differ from those in the House-passed measure. Full Article at Medical News Today
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WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 26: Former Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin (R) answers questions during a forum hosted by the Congressional Health Care Caucus with Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) (L) and America's Health Insurance Plans President and CEO Karen Ignagni on Capi...
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Reid says the 2,074-page bill would expand health insurance coverage to 31 million more Americans. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has estimated the cost of the plan at $849 billion over 10 years, though Republicans argue it's much more. A House bill was passed nearly two weeks ago
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If you have insurance you get taxed. If you don’t have insurance you get taxed. If you need a lifesaving medical device like a stint or a diabetic pump you get taxed ... The Congressional Budget Office says and the Joint Tax Committee says that these taxes imposed on others will be passed through.
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When you take away the budget gimmicks used in the early years of the implementation that make the total cost look smaller, the truth is glaring and the Congressional Budget Office agrees: This plan will increase federal spending and health costs, not lower them
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The Congressional Budget Office revised its estimate of the House health care bill Thursday, saying it would shrink the deficit by $139 billion in the first decade, $30 billion more than earlier estimates and $9 billion more than the Senate bill unveiled Wednesday by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) made a late change to his bill by adding an extra Medicare payroll tax, which would generate $54 billion over 10 years according to the Congressional Budget Office
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I'm encouraged by the projections from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office that show this bill would cut the budget deficit by $127 billion over the first 10 years and by as much as $650 billion in the second decade ... It also achieves the goal of covering more people by extending guaranteed c...
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Imagine if the Congressional Budget Office analyzed the Congressional Budget Office ... They'd say there was no way this would work. That it was a totally feckless institution. The director is chosen by the Congress. The director can be fired by the Congress. The budget is controlled by the Congress. An...
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Once the (Congressional Budget Office) releases its cost analysis of (Majority Leader Harry) Reid's bill within a few days, for example, the Nevada Democrat plans to file the first procedural motion to bring the Senate bill to the floor next week
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Reid still has not finalized the Senate version of the legislation. He is waiting for additional analysis by the Congressional Budget Office, with an eye toward keeping the 10-year cost of the bill at the roughly $900 billion suggested by Mr. Obama. Some lawmakers and White House officials have voiced i...
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Once the bill's been approved by the Congressional Budget Office, we have, I believe, the assurance of 60 Democrats to move forward to floor debate ... During the course of that we'll try to find the sweet spot where we find 60 people to pass the bill.
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This is no small matter ... To insist that members vote on this legislation without having cost estimates of Medicare and Medicaid impacts … or an estimate of premium impacts from the Congressional Budget Office seems premature and unwise.
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Now, on the other side of the aisle, Republicans have gotten favorable reports from the Congressional Budget Office on the cost of their health care bill. GOP lawmakers say that means premiums for millions of families will be almost $5,000 lower under their plan, compared to the cheapest plan in the Dem...
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In our number five story on the countdown tonight, the Congressional Budget Office finds that it would leave 18 million people uninsured and the government-run health insurance plan will probably charge consumers premiums that are quote, ‘Somewhat higher, higher than average premiums for the private pla...
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The Congressional Budget Office offers an independent analysis
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The House legislation aims to provide health insurance of one form or another to almost all Americans at an expected cost just below $900 billion over 10 years, without increasing the federal budget deficit for at least 20 years, House Democrats said. Pelosi (D-Calif.) was awaiting official data Wednesd...
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I think we would disagree and I think elements of the Congressional Budget Office would disagree with [Lieberman's] analysis
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The pace of the negotiations is picking up. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), who is representing the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said the merger group hopes to send a package to the Congressional Budget Office soon.
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I hope to get something to the (Congressional Budget Office) soon, but that's a relative term
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The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the Energy Department could hand out more than $130 billion to nuclear and fossil fuel energy projects ... That's a lot of money. But what is even more alarming is that CBO's calculation is based solely on pending Energy Department loan guarantee applicatio...
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I have found, in the health care legislation that we have done — let's not set any deadlines. I'm going to do it just as quickly as I can, with the legislation being as quality as it can be ... I hope to get something to [the Congressional Budget Office] soon.
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Medicaid, one of the fastest-growing government programs for two decades, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program would grow from about 50 million people today to more than 60 million in 2019, according to data from the Congressional Budget Office and Kaiser Family Foundation. That would be th...
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I'm still struggling with affordability. The Congressional Budget Office has produced charts showing that the American people will achieve savings, but we have to make sure that is the case.
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Since the time we voted on this bill until today, we’ve had new issues develop, we’ve had new scores from the Congressional Budget Office which is the non-partisan expert agency that reviews our legislation ... We felt it was important to talk about the issues. We’ve had some new developments, new infor...
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A House-passed bill that targets climate change through a cap-and-trade system of pollution credits would slow the nation's economic growth slightly over the next few decades and would create 'significant' job losses from fossil fuel industries as the country shifts to renewable energy, the head of the ...
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Douglas W. Elmendorf, director of the Congressional Budget Office, said his agency had not estimated the impact of the bill on overall national health spending, public and private, and could not say whether it would ‘bend the cost curve,’ as Mr. Obama and lawmakers want.
SOURCE: ARRA News Service
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