Tactics on the Hill: An inevitable part of legislative process?
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 20th, 2010 4:44 am by HL
Tactics on the Hill: An inevitable part of legislative process?
If House Democrats pass a health-care bill this weekend, it would be the latest step in a legislative process that has included a Saturday night vote, shortly before midnight, on the original version of the bill in November; Senate approval on Christmas Eve; and a week in which “deem and pass” and “self-executing rule” replaced “reconciliation” as the latest bit of inexplicable arcana from inside the Beltway.
Experts wonder whether U.S. has a real Israel strategy or ‘talking points’
The Obama administration signaled Friday that its 10-day spat with Israel may be nearing an end, with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton declaring to the BBC that the confrontation “is paying off” and would lead to a resumption of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.
Health-care legislation’s insurance subsidies prompt questions of affordability
The final health-care legislation that House Democrats are striving to pass this weekend would give about 19 million Americans subsidies averaging $6,000 to help pay premiums and other insurance charges, an unprecedented government investment in private health policies that leaves lingering questions about whether coverage would truly become affordable.
