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House
passes amendment prohibiting abortion funding
Posted: November 7th, 2009 10:30 PM ET
Washington (CNN) - The House of Representatives on Saturday night
passed an amendment to pending health care legislation that prohibits
federal funds for abortion services in the public option and
in the insurance "exchange" the bill would create.
The vote passed 240-194.
The amendment was introduced by anti-abortion
Democrats. Its consideration was considered a big win for them
and for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which used its
power - especially with conservative Democrats in swing congressional
districts - to help force other Democratic leaders to permit
a vote that most of them oppose.
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VIDEO:
House Passes Health Care Bill
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Health
Care Reform Passes the House
House Democrats narrowly clinched a landmark victory on a sweeping
health care overhaul Saturday night, voting 220-215 to deliver
President Obama a key win on his top domestic priority, Roll
Call reports.
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Contact: Stephanie Lundberg
202-225-3130For Immediate Release
November 07, 2009
Hoyer Delivers Opening Statement on
Affordable Health Care for America Act
WASHINGTON, DC - House Majority Leader
Steny H. Hoyer (MD) delivered the opening
statement of general debate today on the Affordable Health
Care for America Act. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery:
Soon, each one of us is going to look into his or her conscience
and vote on this bill. And when the time comes, I dont
know if any words of mine will sway you. But I know that the
most powerful arguments for this bill arent being spoken
on this floorthey are being lived, right now.
In the anxiety of the family that
finds itself paying more and more each year for health insurance
that grows weaker and weaker.
In the frustration of the small business
owner weighing the choice of dropping her employees coverage
against the threat of being driven out of business by her competitors.
And in the fury of the patient who
learns that an insurance company bureaucrat has deemed him too
sick for the coverage he paid for.
They are our families, our neighbors,
our fellow citizens. They are waiting for health insurance reform
that is more affordable, more secure, more just. Their stories
will be with me when I vote.
Because I want to say to every American
facing down illness: never again will you be denied coverage
because you have diabetes or asthma, or because you are pregnant,
or because you have anything else your insurer decides is a pre-existing
condition. Never again will your coverage run outnor
will you find that coverage you thought you paid for was actually
not there at all. And never again can insurance companies drive
out competition and set premiums as high as they likebecause
there will be a public insurance option and a transparent marketplace
to keep them honest.
I want to say to our middle-class
families: you will have coverage you can depend on. Even if you
change your job, or lose your job, or decide to start a business,
youll be able to find affordable coverage in a competitive
marketplacean Insurance Exchange that offers you a choice
of good policies at fair rates. In fact, according to an MIT
analysis, buying coverage on the Exchange will bring your premiums
down by a great deal, even without affordability credits. If
your family makes $90,000, youll save more than $1,200
each year. If your family makes $60,000, youll save more
than $5,000. And if your family makes $38,000, youll save
more than $9,000.
I want to say to our seniors: you
count on Medicare, on a federal program, for dignity and peace
of mind in your golden years, and that wont change. Today
we will vote to protect your access to your doctor, to encourage
Medicare physicians to cooperate on higher-quality care, to keep
your Medicare solvent for longer, and to bring an end to the
donut hole that leaves prescription drugs unaffordable
for so many.
I want to say to our small businessmen
and women: I know your premiums keep going up, and that
each year they make it harder to stay in business, to compete
with big business and with foreign firms. You deserve a fair
playing fieldand in the Insurance Exchange marketplace,
youll be able to buy coverage at the low group rates youve
been denied.
I want to say to the 35 million Americans without insurance,
who are forced to skip check-ups and preventive care, who are
forced to turn to the ER as the first and only line of defense,
who live sicker and shorter lives: you will have what every man,
woman, and child has, in every other industrialized country in
the worldhealth coverage you can afford and that you can
count on.
And to every American who is rightly
worried about our mounting deficits and debt, I can tell you
this: this bill does not add to the deficit over the next ten
years, and is likely to reduce deficits further in the next decade.
This bill means health care that is more fiscally sustainable,
for years to come.
That is what this bill, the Affordable
Health Care for America Act, can achieve for our country. It
isnt a simple bill. It isnt a perfect bill. But it
is the product of months and months of debate and scrutinyand
it is the right response to this time of economic insecurity
in which we have been called to lead.
If we miss this chanceor if
we vote for a Republican plan that does nothing to expand coverage,
weakens insurance for millions who have it, and continues to
allow millions of Americans to be denied affordable coveragewe
will find ourselves back here again.
But by then, premiums will eat up
even more of our families budgets; health care will consume
even more of our economy; and even more Americans will have died
needlessly. If we miss this chance, this challenge of nearly
a centurys duration will go on haunting us.
And the years between this chance
and our next one will be filled with stories that are unworthy
of America at its best. Stories like Lindas, who wrote
to the New York Times of the anguish she felt, suffering from
abdominal cancer and standing in the hospital just feet away
from the drugs that could help save her lifedrugs her insurance
company was denying her.
Stories like Deamonte Drivers,
a 12-year-old boy from Maryland who died when bacteria spread
from a tooth abscess to his brainwho died for a lack of
access to the dental care he needed, a lack of $80 to get that
tooth pulled.
We can be better than that. We must
be. Americans rightly want to know whats in this bill for
thembut there is also something important in this bill
for us, as a people. A system worthy of the values we profess
and the principles we hold dear.
We will vote for a healthier America.
We will vote to give our fellow citizens a greater sense of security.
We will vote to make Medicare stronger for our seniors. We will
vote for a healthier economy, for affordable coverage for individuals
and small businesses. We will vote to begin containing costs,
which will otherwise be unsustainable for our children and grandchildren.
We will, in sum, vote for that more perfect union of which our
Founders dreamed.
There are few moments when we have
the opportunity to do so much good with one vote. This is one
of those momentsI urge my colleagues to rise to it.
Click here
to watch Leader Hoyer's opening statement.
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House
Dem leaders seem confident health care bill will pass
Posted: November 7th, 2009 12:55 PM ET
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'This
is our moment,' Obama says of health care reform
Posted: November 7th, 2009 01:39 PM ET
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VIDEO:
House Oversight Subcmte. Hearing on Adapting the U.S. Postal
Service
from C-SPAN Recent Video A House Oversight
and Government Reform Subcmte. on Federal Workforce held a hearing
on generating revenue opportunities for the Postal Service titled
More Than Stamps: Adapting the Postal Service to a Changing
World." Witnesses examined what steps the Postal Service
has taken since Congress passed the Postal Accountability and
Enhancement Act of 2006.
Length: 1 hr. 44 min.
Published: Thursday at 10am (ET)
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VIDEO:
White House Briefing with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs Thurs
Nov 5
from C-SPAN Recent Video President Obama
spoke to reporters at the White House daily briefing to announce
the endorsement by the American Association of Retired Persons
(AARP) and the American Medical Association (AMA) of his administration's
plans for health care reform. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs then
continued with daily remarks.
Length: 34 min.
Published: Thursday at 1pm (ET)
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VIDEO:
Pres. Obama Meeting with President Ian Khama of Botswana
from C-SPAN Recent Video President Obama
met with President Ian Khama of Botswana in the Oval Office to
discuss U.S.-Botswana relations.
Length: 4 min.
Published: Thursday at 3pm (ET)
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VIDEO:
White House Tribal Nations Conference
from C-SPAN Recent Video Pres. Obama delivered
the opening remarks at a White House Tribal Nations Conference
and participated in a discussion with leaders from the 564 federally
recognized tribes. The conference addressed issues facing American
Indian tribes such as economic development, housing and education.
This is the first such meeting since 1994.
Length:
Published: Thursday at 9am (ET)
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VIDEO:
House Judiciary Cmte. Mark Up of Civil Liberties Legislation
from C-SPAN Recent Video Members marked
up a series of seminal civil liberties bills, including H.R.
984, the State Secret Protection Act, and H.R. 3845, the USA
PATRIOT Amendments Act of 2009. The USA PATRIOT Amendments Act
of 2009 would amend and extend expiring USA PATRIOT Act and related
provisions needed to combat terrorism, while at the same time
better protecting Americans privacy and civil liberties.
Length: 2 hr. 29 min.
Published: Wednesday at 8pm (ET)
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VIDEO:
Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ)
from C-SPAN Recent Video Representative
Frank Pallone talked about House debate on health care legislation,
the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962), and he
responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Debate
was scheduled to begin later in the day or the following day.
Representative Pallone supports the bill.
Length: 23 min.
Published: Friday at 7:15am (ET)
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VIDEO:
Katherine Keesling, HearTheBill.org, Co-Creator
from C-SPAN Recent Video A look at the
website, HearTheBill.org, which features an audiobook version
of the health care legislation.
Length: 6 min.
Published: Friday at 8:45am (ET)
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VIDEO:
David Plouffe, Author, The Audacity to Win
from C-SPAN Recent Video David Plouffe
discusses his new book, The Audacity to Win, which
gives an inside look at how the Obama campaign came together
& helped put Barack Obama in the White House. David Plouffe
served as the chief campaign manager for Barack Obama in 2008.
Length:
Published: Friday at 8am (ET)
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VIDEO:
Pres. Obama Remarks on Fort Hood Shooting & Unemployment
Numbers
from C-SPAN Recent Video President Obama
made remarks from the White House Rose Garden on the Fort Hood
shooting in Texas and the latest unemployment figures.
Length: 5 min.
Published: Friday at 11:40am (ET)
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VIDEO:
British P.M. Gordon Brown Remarks on Afghanistan
from C-SPAN Recent Video British Prime
Minister Gordon Brown spoke at the Royal College of Defense Studies
in London on the British mission in Afghanistan. He warned Afghan
President Hamid Karzai to clean up the corruption in his government
or risk the loss of international support. He also reiterated
the British commitment to training and supporting the Afghan
military.
Length: 30 min.
Published: Friday at 10:30am (ET)
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VIDEO:
White House Briefing with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs Fri Nov
6
from C-SPAN Recent Video Press Secretary
Robert Gibbs conducts a daily briefing at the White House.
Length: 45 min.
Published: Friday at 1pm (ET)
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VIDEO:
Congressional Black Caucus Health Care Press Conference
from C-SPAN Recent Video Members of the
Congressonal Black Caucus held a press conference on Capitol
Hill to discuss the health care bill expected to reach the House
floor for debate this weekend.
Length: 28 min.
Published: Friday at 1:30pm (ET)
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VIDEO:
State Department Press Briefing Fri Nov 6
from C-SPAN Recent Video Spokesman Ian
Kelly conducts a daily briefing at the State Department.
Length: 33 min.
Published: Friday at 1pm (ET)
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VIDEO:
House Judiciary Committee Mark Up Civil Liberties Legislation
- Day Two
from C-SPAN Recent Video Members marked
up a series of seminal civil liberties bills, including H.R.
984, the State Secret Protection Act, and H.R. 3845, the USA
PATRIOT Amendments Act of 2009. The USA PATRIOT Amendments Act
of 2009 would amend and extend expiring USA PATRIOT Act and related
provisions needed to combat terrorism, while at the same time
better protecting Americans privacy and civil liberties.
Length: 3 hr. 36 min.
Published: Thursday at 8pm (ET)
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VIDEO:
Joint Economic Cmte. Hearing on Employment Numbers
from C-SPAN Recent Video The Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that unemployment rose to 10.2%
in October. Figures from last month reported that the U.S. unemployment
rate reached 9.8%. BLS Commissioner Keith Hall testified on the
latest numbers before the Joint Economic Cmte.
Length:
Published: Friday at 9:30am (ET)
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VIDEO:
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) Teleconference Call
on Health Care Legislation
from C-SPAN Recent Video House Majority
Leader Steny Hoyer participated in a teleconference hosted by
Families USA about the pending House floor debate on health reform
legislation.
Length: 33 min.
Published: Friday at 10am (ET)
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VIDEO:
House Rules Cmte. Meeting on Health Care Legislation
from C-SPAN Recent Video The House Rules
Cmte. met to discuss the rule for floor debate on the health
care bill. Members heard from several panels of Representatives
who introduced amendments to the legislation.
Length:
Published: Friday at 2pm (ET)
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VIDEO:
U.S. House Debate on Health Care
from C-SPAN Recent Video This morning,
the U.S. House convenes to debate legislation on health care
reform. First, Members will debate & vote on the rule, or
guidelines, for the health care debate. Then,
Length:
Published: Today at 9am (ET)
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VIDEO:
Pres. Obama Weekly Address
from C-SPAN Recent Video In his weekly
address, President Obama discusses the shooting at Fort Hood
Army Base in Texas and pays tribute to those who helped end the
violence.
Length: 4 min.
Published: Today at 10am (ET)
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VIDEO:
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)
from C-SPAN Recent Video REP. JAN SCHAKOWSKY
(D-IL) talked about her support for health care legislation.
Length:
Published: Today at 7:15am (ET)
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VIDEO:
Rep. Jim Marshall (D-GA)
from C-SPAN Recent Video Representative
Jim Marshall talked about his opposition to health care legislation.
Length:
Published: Today at 7:30am (ET)
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VIDEO:
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL)
from C-SPAN Recent Video Representative
Luis Gutierrez talked about his concerns with health care legislation.
Length:
Published: Today at 7:45am (ET)
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VIDEO:
House Floor Debate on Health Care: Democrats' press conference
from C-SPAN Recent Video House Democrats
met with Pres. Obama on Capitol Hill about the Health Care legislation
being debated today.
Length:
Published: Today at 12:30pm (ET)
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VIDEO:
House Floor Debate on Health Care: Maryland Representatives
from C-SPAN
Recent Video Members debate the Affordable
Health Care for America Act.
Length:
Published: Today at 12am (ET)
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Biden:
Strong Unions Needed to Build Middle Class
from AFL-CIO NOW BLOG by James ParksThe
nation cannot rebuild its middle class without strong unions,
Vice President Joe Biden said today. Biden said he and President
Obama believe it is impossible to grow the middle class without
growing unions.
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Obama
Signs Unemployment Insurance Extension
from AFL-CIO NOW BLOG by Mike Hall Long-term
jobless workers finally have some relief, with President Barack
Obama signing legislation today to provide up to 20 extra weeks
of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits for workers who exhaust
their benefits before finding new work. The bill had been held
up for almost six weeks as Senate Republicans blocked several
attempts to bring it to a vote.
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Presidential
Memorandum on Tribal Consultation
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Presidential
Proclamation - Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy at Fort Hood,
Texas
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Weekly
Address: President Obama Extends Condolences to the Fort Hood
Community
In this weeks address, President Barack Obama expressed
his sadness for the tragedy at Fort Hood and praised the selfless
valor of those who came to the aid of the wounded.
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Bills
Signed Into Law by the President, 11/06/09
On Friday, November 6, 2009, the President signed the following
bills into law.
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Presidential
Delegation to Commemorate 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the
Berlin Wall
On the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin
Wall, President Barack Obama extends his congratulations to the
people of Germany and the people of Europe.
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President
Obama Taps Cassandra Butts to Serve as Senior Advisor at the
Millennium Challenge Corporation
Today, President Barack Obama announced that he will name Deputy
White House Counsel Cassandra Q. Butts as Senior Advisor in the
Office of the Chief Executive Officer at the Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
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Essay
by Dr. Jill Biden in USA Weekend Magazine
The following essay penned by Dr. Jill Biden will be featured
in the November 6-8th issue of USA Weekend Magazine.
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Fact
Sheet: The Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act
of 2009
Today, President Obama signed legislation to help create jobs
by providing tax cuts for homebuyers and businesses, while providing
much-needed support for workers who are still struggling to find
jobs.
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Statement
by Chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisors Christina
Romer on the Employment Situation in October
Todays employment report contained both signs of hope for
recovery and painful evidence of continued labor market weakness.
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Briefing
by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 11/6/09
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Remarks
by the President in the Rose Garden
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Remarks
by the President on the Announcements by AARP and AMA
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Secretary
Duncan Connects American and Jordanian Students
Posted by Secretary Arne Duncan on November 5, 2009 at 2:18 PM
EST
In President Obama's address to the Muslim
world delivered from Cairo in June, he called for the creation
of an online network so "a teenager in Kansas can communicate
instantly with a teenager in Cairo."
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Who
Do You Trust on Health Insurance Reform?
Posted by Jesse Lee on November 5, 2009 at 4:14 PM EST
With the House having put forth their actual
legislation, organizations that have withheld final judgment
now have something solid to evaluate. And the floodgates have
opened.
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On
the Employment Situation in October
Posted by Christina Romer on November 6, 2009 at 9:30 AM EST
Today's employment report contained both
signs of hope for recovery and painful evidence of continued
labor market weakness.
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Recognizing
the Scientists of Today and Tomorrow
Posted by Jesse Lee on November 6, 2009 at 10:41 AM EST
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Secretary
Solis: Combating Unemployment
Posted by Secretary Hilda Solis on November 6, 2009 at 6:20 PM
EST
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Weekly
Address: Tragedy at Fort Hood
Posted by Jesse Lee on November 7, 2009 at 12:00 AM EST
The President condemns the "despicable"
attacks at Fort Hood, honoring those who were killed and injured.
He also commends those who stood up to help and console those
affected: "even as we saw the worst of human nature on full
display, we also saw the best of America."
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NASA
Spinoff 2009 Highlights Technologies That Improve Life on Earth
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:00:00 -0600
The 2009 edition of NASA's Spinoff, a publication that shows
how NASA technology is being put to use in everyday life here
on Earth, is available in print and online.
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NEW GOV JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS have
been posted at www.usdemocrats.com/ticker/jobs/
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FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER
7, 2009
House Meets At
First Vote Predicted
Last Vote Predicted
9:00 a.m.: Legislative Business 9:00
10:00 a.m. Evening
***Members are advised that votes could
occur as early as 9:00 a.m. and Republican procedural votes are
possible throughout the day
One Minutes (10 per side)
H.R.
3962 - Affordable Health Care for America Act (Rep. Dingell
Energy and Commerce/Ways and Means/Education and Labor)
(Subject to a Rule)
Postponed Suspension Votes (9 Bills)
H.R.
3737 - Small Business Microlending Expansion Act of 2009
(Rep. Ellsworth - Small Business)
H.R.
1838 - To amend the Small Business Act to modify certain
provisions relating to women's business centers (Rep. Fallin
- Small Business)
H.R.
1845 - Small Business Development Centers Modernization Act
of 2009 (Rep. Schock - Small Business)
H.Res.
700 - Expressing support for designation of the week beginning
on November 9, 2009, as National School Psychology Week (Rep.
Loebsack - Education and Labor)
H.Res.
877 - Expressing support for Chinese human rights activists
Huang Qi and Tan Zuoren for engaging in peaceful expression as
they seek answers and justice for the parents whose children
were killed in the Sichuan earthquake of May 12, 2008 (Rep. Wu
- Foreign Affairs)
H.Res.
892 - Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the remarkable
events leading to the end of the Cold War and the creation of
a Europe, whole, free, and at peace (Rep. Berman - Foreign Affairs)
H.Res.
833 - Honoring the 60th anniversary of the establishment
of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Hashemite
Kingdom of Jordan, the 10th anniversary of the accession to the
throne of His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein (Rep. Schiff
- Foreign Affairs)
H.Con.Res.
209 - Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the seizure of
the U.S. hostages in Iran (Rep. Fortenberry - Foreign Affairs)
H.Res.
895 - Honoring the lives of the brave soldiers of the United
States Army who lost their lives in the tragic attack of November
5, 2009, at Fort Hood, Texas (Rep. Carter - Armed Services)
* Conference Reports may be brought up at any time.
* Motions to go to Conference should they become available.
* Possible Motions to Instruct Conferees.
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Around
the Services
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:29:12 -0600
Top Army leadership speaks out about the tragedy at Fort Hood,
Texas. Plus, first-responders talk about their experiences helping
victims.
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Obama
Praises Fort Hood Responders in Weekly Address
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:53:00 -0600
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Highlights:
Voices of U.S. Diplomacy and the Berlin Wall
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:00:00 -0600
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THE
DAILY WHIPLINE | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009
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Statement
by Secretary Geithner at the G-20 Meeting of Finance Ministers
and Central Bank Governors
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Fort
Hood First Responders Heroically Save Lives
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:19:00 -0600
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Soldiers,
Families Gather for Twilight Vigil
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:52:00 -0600
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Majority Leader Hoyer Discusses Health
Reform in Saturday Morning Media Appearances
House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD)
discussed health care reform with several news outlets this morning.
Below are excerpts and links to video of those appearances.
ABCs
Good Morning America:
For a century almost Theodore Roosevelt to this
President have been saying that we need to make sure that
all Americans have affordable health care they can count on.
And this day is a day which I think many, many generations have
waited for, for a very long time.
CBSs Early Show:
This Bill has been subjected to over 100 hearings over
the last two years. Health care legislation has been discussed
literally for decades and was a major subject throughout the
presidential campaign last year in 2008. It has received some
3,000 public hearings... In the 29 years that Ive been
here, I have not seen a piece of legislation subjected to so
much scrutiny, oversight, discussion, debate and consideration.
NBCs Today Show:
[Today, we are going to] be voting for health care reform
for all Americans, to give them the security they need and to
bring costs down which are unsustainable. And the CBO, of course,
says our bills are paid for. The Republican alternative
is a bill which will result in there being more uninsured Americans
ten years from now than there are today. That's not what Americans
voted for. That's not what they expect. And I think we're going
to see the majority of the House of Representatives vote to pass
this bill, send it to conference, so that we can get health care
security for all Americans.
MSNBC:
All the members of the Democratic Caucus, without exception,
believe that we need to pass major health care reform so that
we can make health care affordable and accessible for all Americans.
This bill accomplishes that. There is some disagreement on some
issues, but there is universal commitment to passing a health
care reform bill, so we're confident we'll have the votes later
today.
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