Category Archives: Agenda

Bill Clinton urges passage of health care bill

By doris | Published: November 11, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com ASHINGTON – Former President Bill Clinton told anxious Senate Democrats on Tuesday to pass a health care bill soon because the U.S. economy can’t resist the toxic combination of exorbitant medical costs and nearly 50 million uninsured for much longer. “My argument was that this is an economic imperative,” Clinton said [...]

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Senate panel votes down public option for health care bill

By doris | Published: September 30, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com The amendments by Democratic Sens. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia and Charles Schumer of New York were opposed by all 10 Republicans on the committee and a few Democrats, including committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus of Montana. Baucus explained that he liked much about the idea of a public option but [...]

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Dems face internal revolt over Obama agenda

By doris | Published: March 10, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com Democratic leaders in Congress did not expect much Republican support as they pressed President Obama’s ambitious legislative agenda. But the pushback they are receiving from some of their own has come as an unwelcome surprise. As the Senate inches closer to approving a $410 billion spending bill, the internal revolt has [...]

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Obama: The “Day Of Reckoning Has Arrived”

By doris | Published: February 25, 2009

Full Story At CBS News CBS) Proclaiming to a joint session of Congress and an recession-scarred American people that the “day of reckoning has arrived,” President Obama said Tuesday night that the country must now act “boldly and wisely” to take charge of its future. In a speech pegged on dire economic rhetoric, but laced [...]

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