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Health Care Surtax on the Chopping Block

Dems waffle on high-income tax; timetable cloudy

Jul 21, 09 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats are growing queasy about their plan to tax the wealthy to help pay for health care reform, the New York Times reports. Nancy Pelosi yesterday suggested revising the contentious provision so that fewer households would have to pay the surtax. Under the current House draft, individuals earning more... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • health care • Congress • taxes • Harry Reid • House of Representatives • health care reform • congressional Democrats • House Democrats

(Newser) - Over the last few elections Democrats have captured House seats from the GOP in some of the wealthiest constituencies in the nation, from northern Virginia to suburban Denver. But as the White House and leaders in Congress look to tax hikes to fund the health care overhaul, recently elected congressmen... More »

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(Newser) - A spending bill passed by the House last night includes a provision to reopen hundreds of Chrysler dealerships and prevent the closing of over 2,000 more planned by GM, the Detroit News reports. The measure, opposed by the White House, will force the automakers to give dealers targeted for... More »

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(Newser) - An apparently harried congressional aide picked the wrong woman to threaten with police action, Fox News reports. Marianne Stringer, widow of a Vietnam veteran, was petitioning congressmen to oppose a decrease in benefits for veterans’ spouses. When she politely emailed the office of a reticent lawmaker, the aide shot back... More »

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Congress • veterans • US military • House of Representatives • widows • Gold Star Wives of America • Mac Thornberry • Michael Clauser • Bill Posey • Capitol Police

First Chinese-American Woman Elected to Congress

Dem Chu wins Calif. runoff to replace Solis

Jul 15, 09 11:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrat Judy Chu will become the first Chinese-American congresswoman after winning yesterday’s runoff House election in California, Xinhua reports. She fills the Los Angeles county seat vacated when Hilda Solis became secretary of Labor. Chu, 56, handily defeated her Republican opponent, cousin Betty Chu, with 62% of the vote. More »

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Congress • California • House of Representatives • runoff election • Chinese Americans • Hilda Solis • Los Angeles County • Judy Chu

Dems Propose 5.4% Tax on Top Earners for Health Care

Legislation proposes paying for coverage with a new tax on the wealthy

Jul 14, 09 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - And they're off: House Democrats unveiled their bill to reform the US health care system today, the Hill reports. The bill includes a government-run insurance option to cover more than 30 million uninsured Americans and would impose new taxes on the wealthy to pay for it all, notes Politico. The... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • health care • Barack Obama • health care costs • House of Representatives • health care industry • universal health care • Obama administration

 Aug. Health Reform  
 Looks Impossible 

Divisions among lawmakers may make reaching goal impossible

Jul 13, 09 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama has called for the passage of a health care bill by August—but that would require an unusually smooth few weeks on Capitol Hill, Politico reports. The Senate Finance Committee hasn’t released a version of the bill planned for early June; disagreements among Democrats in both chambers... More »

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health care • Congress • Senate • Senate Democrats • House of Representatives • health care reform • Dick Durbin • bill • President Obama

(Newser) - The House of Representatives will not consider a resolution praising Michael Jackson’s humanitarianism, the Boston Globe reports. “A resolution, I think, would open up to contrary views to—that are not necessary at this time to be expressed in association with a resolution whose purpose is quite... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • entertainment • Congress • House of Representatives • death • Michael Jackson • celebrity humanitarianism • controversy • celebrity death • Sheila Jackson-Lee • resolution

 Rep. Waxman Hospitalized 

But House Democrat reportedly 'feeling much better now'

Jul 1, 09 12:35 PM CDT
(AP) - A powerful House committee chairman with a central role in President Obama's global warming and health care legislation has been hospitalized. Democrat Henry Waxman was not feeling well yesterday and was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in his native Los Angeles for "routine testing," a spokeswoman said today. More »

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climate change • health care • global warming • Henry Waxman • House of Representatives • Democrat • hospital • House Energy and Commerce Committee • President Obama • Waxman-Markey

OPINION

Opposing Climate Bill Is Treason Against Planet

Climate deniers worse than conspiracy theorists: Krugman

Jun 29, 09 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Passing the climate change bill was a major accomplishment for the House, even in its watered-down form—but as Paul Krugman listened to the 212 members of Congress who voted no, "I couldn’t help thinking that I was watching a form of treason—treason against the planet."... More »

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climate change • environment • global warming • House of Representatives • House Republicans • Paul Broun • Waxman-Markey

OPINION

 Climate Bill Doesn't 
 Go Far Enough 


Jun 27, 09 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Waxman-Markey climate change bill isn’t as bad for business as its detractors claim, and “that’s the problem,” Bryan Walsh writes in Time. Because of concessions to coal and farm states that depend on the carbon economy, the bill is watered down and seeks to... More »

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Congress • cap and trade • carbon offsets • House of Representatives • climate change legislation • carbon emissions • Obama administration • Waxman-Markey • energy efficiency

(Newser) - The climate change bill barely squeaked through the House yesterday, and while that doesn't bode well for its passing the Senate, it's not necessarily doomed there, Nate Silver writes on FiveThirtyEight. One factor is the White House: Having been relatively mum on the House battle, President Obama “has conserved... More »

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Critics Blast Congress for Lack of Staff Diversity

NFL hiring rule may translate to Capitol Hill

Jun 26, 09 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Congressional staffs are so overwhelmingly white that Capitol Hill needs its own version of the NFL rule requiring teams hiring a head coach to interview at least one person of color, critics tell the Hill. Frustrated staffers, lobbyists, and aides point out that even though more minorities are being elected,... More »

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Dems Get in Shouting and (Alleged) Shoving Match

'He touched me first,' says Waters

Jun 26, 09 10:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pair of House Democrats had a less-than-decorous exchange on the floor yesterday, the Hill reports. With the chamber clearing out after a series of votes, Appropriations chair David Obey and Maxine Waters began screaming at each other over an earmark for a school bearing Waters' name. “You’re... More »

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House Appropriations Committee • earmarks • Los Angeles • House of Representatives • House Democrats • Congressional Black Caucus • Maxine Waters • David Obey

(Newser) - The cap-and-trade climate legislation that could come up for a House vote tomorrow makes no economic sense and “is likely to be the biggest tax in American history,” write the editors of the Wall Street Journal. Democrats are defending the bill with an incomplete Congressional Budget Office estimate... More »

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Congress • cap and trade • Henry Waxman • House of Representatives • Congressional Budget Office • climate change legislation • Edward Markey • US gross domestic product

Gore Works
the Phones for Climate Bill

House votes tomorrow on measure to cut greenhouse gases

Jun 25, 09 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Al Gore is engaging in phone diplomacy today as the House prepares to vote on a landmark climate bill tomorrow. Original plans called for the former VP to appear in person, but Nancy Pelosi says lawmakers are close enough to an agreement that it's not necessary. Others offer a less... More »

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climate change • Nancy Pelosi • Al Gore • greenhouse gases • carbon dioxide • global warming • House of Representatives • speaker of the House

Pelosi Gambles on Climate Bill Vote Despite Dem Grumbling

Speaker may need GOP backing

Jun 24, 09 4:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi has scheduled a vote this Friday on a controversial climate change bill despite the strong reservations of some Democrats, the Hill reports. Farmbelt lawmakers fear that the sprawling bill's measures to curb emissions will put a disproportionate burden on their states with no reward. The House speaker and... More »

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(AP) - War-funding legislation survived a fierce partisan battle in the House today, a major step in providing commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan the money they would need for the coming months. Democratic leaders pushing the $106 billion measure had to overcome an unusual alliance. Anti-war Democrats opposed continued war spending, and... More »

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House OKs 'Cash for Clunkers' Bill

Rebates up to $4,500 would go to buyers of more efficient vehicles

Jun 10, 09 5:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The House has passed legislation to give people who trade in gas-guzzling vehicles for more efficient new models rebates up to $4,500, the Detroit News reports. The $4 billion "cash-for-clunkers" bill, aimed at giving the auto industry a boost, passed 298-119, and its backers will now try to... More »

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fuel efficiency • House of Representatives • auto industry • vehicle • Cash for Clunkers

Corruption Trial of Ex-Louisiana Rep Kicks Off

Feds say Jefferson
took bribes, had $90K stashed in his freezer

Jun 9, 09 1:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jury selection began today in the trial of former Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. The Democrat is charged with taking bribes and using his office to set up business deals in Africa. “It is good to have my family with me,” he said as... More »

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Congress • Washington DC • William Jefferson • Louisiana • bribery • corruption • House of Representatives • clinical trials • federal prosecution • William Jefferson sentenced

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