Health Care and Student Loan Reconciliation Bill Signing
President Obama spoke about the passage of the health care and student loan reconciliation bill before signing it into law. The makes changes to the recently passed health care law and allows the...
View ArticleHouse Session
The House debated and passed health reform legislation by a vote of 220-215. One Republican, Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA), voted for the bill and 39 Democrats voted against the legislation.
View ArticleSenate Session
The Senate resumed consideration of health care legislation. Several amendments were considered, including one to allow citizens to buy prescription drugs from other countries and bring them into the...
View ArticlePresidential Remarks on Health Care Reform
President Obama spoke about health care reform. This was his third trip in a week to bolster support for reform legislation. In his remarks he talked about a woman from Strongsville, Ohio, who was...
View ArticleHealth Insurance and Contraceptive Services
Ed Whelan talked about the Obama administration ruling on a provision of the 2010 health care law that requires church-affiliated employers to cover contraceptives and other preventive services in...
View ArticleBudgetary Impact of Health Care Legislation
Senate Republicans talked about the Congressional Budget Office's analysis of the health care proposal currently under debate in the Senate.
View ArticleHealth Care Law Contraceptive Rule
Students enrolled at Catholic universities spoke in support of the Obama administration ruling on a provision of the 2010 health care law. It required church-affiliated employers to cover...
View ArticleSenator Burris on Health Care Debate
Senator Roland Burris talked about his views on inclusion of a public health insurance option in health care legislation making its way through Congress. He responded to telephone calls and electronic...
View ArticleAndrew Breitbart on Current Events
Andrew Breitbart talked about current events, including health care reform, the political divide, and the ACORN story. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.
View ArticleSingle-Payer Health Care Legislation
Senator Sanders spoke about his views on health care legislation being considered in Congress. He is a strong proponent of a single-payer, government-financed health care system, and has introduced the...
View ArticleMorning Hour
During Morning Hour, any member may speak for up to five minutes on any topic. When no additional members seek recognition, Morning Hour concludes.
View ArticleHealth Care Reform
Betsy McCaughey talked about health care reform. She argued that the options advocated by Democrats in Congress would reduce the quality of health care for everyone. She said that the current health...
View ArticleSenate Session
The Senate health care debate is temporarily on hold as Senators debate the FY 2010 Defense spending bill. Throughout the day, Senators may continue to speak on health care legislation and the Senate...
View ArticleSenate Session
The Senate continued a second day of debate on health care reform legislation. They voted 60-39 to move forward with further debate on the bill.
View ArticleSupreme Court Health Care Law Oral Argument, Day 2
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the second of the four cases challenging the 2010 health care law law. The case, [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services v. Florida], focused on the...
View ArticleSenate Session
The Senate debated the $636 billion Pentagon spending bill. The measure also carries short-term extensions of unemployment benefits, highway and transit funding, key pieces of the anti-terror PATRIOT...
View ArticlePresidential Remarks at Democratic Health Care Meeting
President Obama visited Capitol Hill to meet with House Democrats. He talked about the state of health care in the United States.
View ArticleWhite House Health Care Summit, Part 2
President Obama held a bipartisan meeting at Blair House on health reform legislation. Attendees included House and Senate leadership, chairs and ranking members of committees overseeing health...
View ArticleHealth Care Reform Legislation Markup, Day 1, Part 2
Committee members resumed debate on various revisions and amendments to health care reform legislation. Among the issues addressed were the estimated $1 trillion cost of the proposal, provisions to...
View ArticlePresidential National Address to Students
President Obama addressed students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia, on the importance of taking responsibility for their success in school. He spoke of difficulties in his own...
View ArticleHealth Care Bill Signing Ceremony
President Obama spoke about the passage of the health care bill before signing it into law. Members of the audience included health care advocates, members of Congress, medical professionals, family...
View ArticleWhite House Health Care Summit, Part 1
President Obama held a bipartisan meeting at Blair House on health reform legislation. Attendees included House and Senate leadership, chairs and ranking members of committees overseeing health...
View ArticleSenate Health Care Legislation Markup, Day 7, Part 4
The Senate Finance Committee continued its seventh day of debating amendments to the health care bill. Amendments focused on government financing, affordability, and restrictions on insurance...
View ArticleRepresentative Weiner on 2010 Health Care Law
Representative Anthony Weiner talked about the 2010 health care law on the anniversary of President Obama signing it into law. Representative Weiner, who advocated for a single payer health care...
View ArticleThe State of Public Finance
Financial analysts spoke to governors about the state of public finance and managing state budgets during the economic recovery. This was the second-day of a three-day meeting for the nation's governors.
View ArticleTea Party Movement
Dale Robertson talked about the role, mission, and goals of the TeaParty.org political movement, and the previous day's Prayer Vigil and Tea Party Healthcare Protest in Washington, D.C. He also...
View ArticlePresidential Town Hall Meeting on Health Care
President Obama participated in a town hall meeting on health care at Portsmouth High School in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In his remarks he outlined his case for health care reform and addressed...
View ArticleConstitutionality of Health Care Law
Witnesses testified about the constitutionality of the 2010 health care law. The hearing took place two days after U.S. District Court judge Roger Vinson ruled the law was unconstitutional. It was the...
View ArticleSupreme Court Health Care Law Oral Argument, Day 1
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the first of the four cases challenging the 2010 health care law. [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services v. Florida] examined the Anti-Injunction Act...
View ArticleWomen's Health and Contraception
Georgetown Law Center student Sandra Fluke testified about women's health and contraception. She had been blocked from testifying at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee the previous week...
View ArticleFreedomWorks Rally
FreedomWorks held a rally on the west front of the U.S. Capitol to protest health care reform legislation, tax policy, and other economic concerns. Several members of Congress, representatives from...
View ArticleWhite House Daily Briefing
Mr. Gibbs briefed reporters and answered questions on a number of issues including health care reform and a Senate Finance Committee vote on a version of health care reform.
View ArticleMitt Romney on Health Care Policy
Mitt Romney spoke about health care policy. He focused on differences between the health care plan he passed while he was governor of Massachusetts and the 2010 health care law, which he said he would...
View ArticleState of the American Health Care System
Dr. Atul Grover talked about the Affordable Care Act, the health care law, and the U.S. health care system. Other topics included the shortages of physicians across the country, where the shortages of...
View Article2010 U.S. Census
Robert Groves talked about conducting and evaluating the U.S. 2010 Census. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.
View ArticlePolitical News Review with Senator McCain
Senator John McCain talked about foreign affairs including Iraq and Iran and domestic issues like health care. He responded to telephone calls and electronic correspondence.
View ArticleWhite House Daily Briefing
Mr. Gibbs briefed reporters and answered questions on a number of issues including health care reform proposals, aid to the auto industry, the release of photos depicting detainee treatment during the...
View ArticlePresidential Health Care Address
President Obama outlined his plan for health care reform before a joint session of Congress. In his remarks he acknowledged the fierce debate that had ensued during the congressional August recess...
View ArticleSenate Session
The Senate health care bill faces its first challenge in a late-night procedural vote. Yesterday, Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) said he's prepared to vote for the bill after reaching a compromise on...
View ArticleReaction to Senate Health Care Vote
Telephone lines were open for reaction to Senate passage of its version of health care legislation by a 60-39 vote. Live Senate floor speeches by Majority Leader Reid and Minority Leader McConnell were...
View ArticleHouse Speaker News Conference
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave her weekly legislative briefing to the press. In her remarks she welcomed health-care legislation released by Senate Finance Committee as a step forward. But she also...
View ArticleHouse Session
The House has passed the Senate version of health care legislation by a vote of 219 to 212. The House has passed both the Senate health care legislation and the reconciliation bill. The reconciliation...
View ArticlePresidential Remarks at House Republican Conference
President Obama spoke to House Republicans at their retreat in Baltimore. In his remarks he said he welcomed disagreement and debate, but called for genuine bipartisanship and asked for constructive...
View ArticleUpdate on the Health Care Law
Julie Rovner talked about the scheduled October 1, 2013, launch of online insurance exchanges, also known as "marketplaces", as part of the federal health care law, and she responded to telephone calls...
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