Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]

Medicare in Crisis: The Devastating Impacts of a Corporate Health Care Bill

2009-11-27T00:00:00Z

California Democrat Pete Stark agrees: “Employers and insurers will reduce their benefits to avoid paying the proposed tax.” Workers fortunate to have union ...

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2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

Rep. Fortney "Pete" Stark (Calif.), the panel's ranking Democrat, told him, "Bush stands idly by as jobs continue to take flight from the US, ...

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Cleaning House

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

Complicating the Rangel situation is that Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., is next in line in seniority on Ways and Means. He is erratic, controversial, ...

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Committee Leaders Request GAO Report on Rx Pricing Trends

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

Other representatives who signed the letter with the request to GAO are: Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.), chairman of the Ways and Means Health subcommittee and ...

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2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

... last year and over 35% since 2006, say Democratic Representatives Charles Ranger, Henry Waxman, Pete Stark and John Lewis, in their letter to the GAO. ...

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Lee holds rally to end Afghanistan war

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

...You've got to help push the Congress." HR3699, she said, is a first step toward that. The bill's 23 co-sponsors include Rep. Pete Stark, D-Fremont; Rep. Mike Honda, D-San Jose; and Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Petaluma. Lee chairs the Congressional Black Caucus

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Tax shelters still exist and can save you money

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

...-- and to claim every one of them." Real estate is the most popular shelter. Indeed, it's such a good tax shelter that as Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., put it memorably: "It'd take a genius to invest in real estate and pay taxes." Real estate provides lev

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California Physicians Applaud The U.S. House Of Representatives Vote To Protect Seniors' Access To Care

2009-11-22T00:00:00Z

...the legislation were California House leaders, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D - S.F.), Rep. Henry Waxman (D - L.A.) and Rep. Pete Stark House (D - Freemont). Over the past seven years, Congress has created a band-aid solution to the flawed formula t

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House OKs staving off cuts to doctors; Waco's Chet Edwards votes no

2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

...payment measure, in part to keep the cost of the overall bill low enough to meet Obama’s target price tag. Democratic Rep. Pete Stark of California acknowledged as much during Thursday’s debate. “The reason it was separated, I would have to admit,

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House Committee Leaders Seek GAO Probe of Drug Prices

2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

Pete Stark (D-Calif.) and John Lewis (D-Ga.), and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) requested the report in a Nov. ...

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Time To Clean House

2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

Complicating the Rangel situation is that Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., is next in line in seniority on Ways and Means. He is erratic, controversial, ...

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House moves to protect doctors from Medicare cuts

2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

...payment measure, in part to keep the cost of the overall bill low enough to meet Obama's target price tag. Democratic Rep. Pete Stark of California acknowledged as much during Thursday's debate."The reason it was separated, I would have to admit, was pu

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House moves to protect doctors from Medicare cuts

2009-11-19T00:00:00Z

Democratic Rep. Pete Stark of California acknowledged as much during Thursday's debate. "The reason it was separated, I would have to admit, ...

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The GOP Flip-Flop on the Doc Fix

2009-11-19T00:00:00Z

The majority of House Republicans opposed the Democrats’ $210 billion physician payment bill--which passed this afternoon on a 243-183 vote--accusing the legislation of increasing the deficit by relying on federal borrowing through Medicare to pay for

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2009-11-19T00:00:00Z

Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), Chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA), Chair of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, and Rep. ...

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2009-11-19T00:00:00Z

Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), Chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA), Chair of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, and Rep. ...

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2009-11-18T00:00:00Z

These apparitions were followed by another politician - this time a Democrat, Pete Stark, with two of his children when he gave a congressional speech ...

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Opinion: David Ottewell

2009-11-17T00:00:00Z

There is just one avowed atheist in congress Pete Stark, a Democrat from California. Even he felt able to "come out" only after more than two decades in ...

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Inland population tilt will reshape districts

2009-11-16T00:00:00Z

He said the most likely scenario would involve collapsing the district of Democrat Pete Stark of Fremont and creating a heavily Latino Democratic district ...

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Parties cash in on hot issues

2009-11-16T00:00:00Z

Pete Stark of California and Frank Pallone of New Jersey, two key players in the health care debate. Ryan Rudominer, a spokesman for the DCCC, said smaller ...

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