Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D, MD]

In Defense of Political Science

2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

...looking for immutable laws. Nor is there any reason that political science can't be held to rigorous standards. As Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) pointed out in her argument against the Coburn Amendment, one of this year's winners of the Nobel Prize in Ec

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2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

On Tuesday, Senators Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and Michael Enzi (R-WY) introduced "Rosa's Law" (Senate Bill 2781) ...

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2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

Barbara Mikulski (Md.), Ben Cardin (Md.), Barbara Boxer (Calif.), Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), Arlen Specter (Pa.), Charles Schumer (NY), Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) ...

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State seeks funds for hot line

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

Sen. Barbara Mikulski has requested $800000 for the 211 hot line in the fiscal year 2010 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations bill, ...

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Let's listen to science on mammograms

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

What concerns me is when elected officials such as Senator Barbara Mikulski decide overnight, based on public outcry from various sources and, ...

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Local doctors go on PR offensive over mammograms

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

...to move forward with a vote on health reform legislation while the House passed its bill earlier this month. U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Maryland, introduced an amendment to the Senate health care reform bill Nov. 19 guaranteeing that health insurers

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Local doctors go on PR offensive over mammograms

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

US Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Maryland, introduced an amendment to the Senate health care reform bill Nov. 19 guaranteeing that health insurers cover ...

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Maryland Today

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

Sen. Barbara Mikulski has requested $800000 to make the state's 211 hotline pilot program permanent and is cosponsoring a bill that would provide dedicated ...

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2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

Y., told alternet that she was engaged in discussions with pro-choice Senators Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., and was hopeful that ...

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Round Two: The Coming Battle Over Abortion Funding

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

Their reticence on that front has apparently backfired, too, since the Senate bill did not include an amendment authored by Barbara Mikulski that addressed ...

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Mikulski pushes for $800K to save 2-1-1 hotline

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

Sen. Barbara Mikulski and other state leaders are urging Congress to provide $800000 to continue 2-1-1, a 24-hour help line run by the United Way of Central ...

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2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

Y., told alternet that she was engaged in discussions with pro-choice Senators Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., and was hopeful that ...

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Recommendations for women's health used by reform opponents

2009-11-22T00:00:00Z

...care. One Democrat wasn't taking chances on whether the recommendations had jeopardized access to affordable mammograms. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., said she would introduce an amendment that would limit the costs of the breast cancer tests for women

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Mammogram proposals augur rationing, GOP says

2009-11-21T00:00:00Z

Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., said she would introduce an amendment that would limit the costs of the breast cancer tests for women 40 and older. ...

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GOP puts women's health in spotlight

2009-11-21T00:00:00Z

...step. One Democrat wasn't taking chances on whether the recommendations had jeopardized access to affordable mammograms. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., said she would introduce an amendment that would limit the costs of the breast cancer tests for women

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GOP's health dare

2009-11-21T00:00:00Z

...leaders to fight hard against changes — Republicans will attack provisions on taxes and abortion. Meanwhile, Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland is already looking to expand coverage for women’s health care, and other Democrats will be lining up with

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Challenges to women's cancer tests complicate health debate

2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., said she would introduce an amendment to limit the costs of the breast cancer tests for women 40 and older. ...

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Rosa's Law – Getting Rid of the "R" Word

2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

The legislation is sponsored by Maryland United States Senator Barbara Mikulski and Wyoming United States Senator Michael Enzi. ...

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Lawmakers Pitch Frederick Site for Training Center

2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

State Delegate Paul Stull, a Republican from Frederick, recently asked US Sen. Barbara Mikulski to support building the Bureau of Diplomatic Security ...

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Doctors, patients bemoan breast cancer guidelines

2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

"I am deeply troubled by this report," Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md, said in a statement. "It threatens the decades of progress we've made in improving ...

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