Finance panel at odds over preemption
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 21st, 2009 4:36 am by HL
Finance panel at odds over preemption
Members of the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday continued to wrangle over a provision that would allow state governments to protect bank customers by imposing restrictions that go beyond existing federal laws.
Liberals increase pressure for public insurance plan in health bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid is facing intensifying pressure from liberal lawmakers to revive a proposed government insurance plan before health-care reform legislation reaches the Senate floor, amid signs that moderate Democrats may be warming to the idea.
The Democrats’ fickle-and-dime health strategy
“Iwill not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits, either now or in the future — period,” President Obama told Congress in a health-care address last month.
