Today in Congress: February 09, 2010

House: In Session
Senate: In Session

Health Care Reform Bills

Senate - H.R. 3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Dec. 24, 2009 - Passed Senate by a vote of 60-39 (more info)
House - H.R. 3962: Affordable Health Care for America ActNov. 07, 2009 - Passed House by a vote of 220-215 (Roll Call Results)

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Finding Republican Ideas In A Democratic Health Care Bill February 9, 2010

President Obama is asking Republicans what ideas they have to reform health care, but as Ezra Klein points out, many of their ideas are already in the existing Senate health care bill (H.R.3590). More...

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The generally moderate Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad [D, ND] said the day after the election of Republican Scott Brown to the Senate that he was open to using the controversial "budget reconciliation" process to pass health care reform. The process would allow for the House to pass the Senate's health care bill and then pass improvements to the bill as separate stand-alone measures that wouldn't being subject to Republican filibusters.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi [D, CA-8] said on Thursday, Jan. 21 that the House does not have the votes to pass the Senate's health care bill. If they did have the votes, the bill could be signed into law without having to face another vote in the Senate where the Dems no longer hold a filibuster-proof majority. But she added: “We have to get a bill passed — we know that. That’s a predicate that we all subscribe to.”

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