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amendment stories: 5 news summaries

Pelosi Won't Put Final Health Care Bill Online

Speaker leaves door open for last-minute amendments

Nov 6, 09 9:49 AM CST
(Newser) - The Weekly Standard is beating up on Nancy Pelosi for backing out of her promise, made to a Standard reporter in September, to put the final House health care bill online 72 hours before it’s voted on. With the vote expected tomorrow, It seems Pelosi and the... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • House of Representatives • legislation • Weekly Standard • health care reform • amendment

(Newser) - Reasoned debate is all well and good, but the more than 300 amendments offered to the health care reform bill by finance committee Republicans are “dangerously close to a parody,” Dana Milbank writes. Or maybe they’re already there. Take Orrin Hatch’s request for “transition relief... More »

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Congress • Senate • GOP • Jon Kyl • legislation • Republican Party • Senate Finance Committee • Charles Grassley • health care reform • Jay Rockefeller • amendment

(Newser) - Well, this should zip right along: Members of both parties on the Senate Finance Committee have drafted no fewer than 564 amendments to be considered when the panel takes up chairman Max Baucus' health care bill next week, reports Bloomberg. Expect to hear the phrases "public option"—Democrat... More »

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Congress • John Kerry • Senate Finance Committee • Charles Grassley • health care reform • Max Baucus • amendment

OPINION

 2 Words Could Clean Up
'Death Panel' Mess: Parker

'A simple amendment' would put debate to rest

Aug 12, 09 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin went way too far in suggesting “death panels” would kill her loved ones—but  the wording of the House health bill authorizing payment for end-of-life consultations is worrisome, writes Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post. “A simple amendment would do much to cool tempers.” The... More »

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language • health care reform • bill • Kathleen Parker • amendment • death panel • end-of-life care • deathers

Senate Dems Bring Down Concealed-Weapons Measure

Schumer leads effort to quash Thune amendment

Jul 22, 09 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Senate Democrats today narrowly defeated a measure that would have let concealed weapons be transported across state lines, the Hill reports. The amendment, which required 60 votes to pass according to a prior, bipartisan agreement, went down 58-39. Sen. Charles Schumer and majority whip Dick Durbin fought hard to drum... More »

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Congress • Charles Schumer • Senate • NRA • Senate Democrats • concealed weapon • Dick Durbin • concealed-weapons laws • John Thune • amendment

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