House passes temporary measures to end 2009
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 17th, 2009 5:35 am by HL
House passes temporary measures to end 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 Americans.
House narrowly approves Democratic jobs plan
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 governments.
Senate plan is called too empowering to health insurers
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.
At Copenhagen, both rich and developing nations offer concessions
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.
