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House Panel Balks at Senate Crop Insurance Reforms
Jul 12 2012 // The U.S. House Agriculture Committee challenged two crop insurance reforms approved by the Senate, creating another farm-bill dispute with time running out to enact the new law. Besides disagreeing on crop insurance, the...
Republican Leaders Vow Healthcare Law Repeal
Jul 2 2012 // The two top Republicans in Congress vowed on Sunday to push ahead with efforts to repeal President Barack Obama’s healthcare law despite the Supreme Court upholding it, but the White House said it is time to stop...
BREAKING: Senate leaders strike deal on flood insurance reform
Jun 28 2012 // In a briefing today with interested parties, the Senate Banking Committee’s chairman and ranking member confirmed that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., have...
Republican Senator’s Abortion Amendment Holding Up Flood Insurance Bill: Reid
Jun 26 2012 // The Senate bill to renew the federal flood insurance program is being jeopardized by a Republican senator who is insisting on an amendment to the bill that defines “when life begins,” Senate Majority Leader...
Obama Lends Support to Senate Flood Insurance Bill
Jun 26 2012 // The Obama Administration has signaled its support for a Senate bill (S.1940) to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The Senate advanced the bill yesterday but did not vote on it as Majority Leader Sen....
Senate to Finally Debate Flood Insurance Monday
Jun 22 2012 // Now that the U.S. Senate has voted on a federal farm bill, it is scheduled to take up federal flood insurance starting Monday. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has officially filed “cloture” on the measure...
Senate Overhauls Farm Subsidies, Crop Insurance But Time Running Out
Jun 21 2012 // The Senate approved sweeping new U.S. farm legislation on Thursday that would cut almost all traditional farm subsidies while expanding a costly crop insurance program, but odds are slim the bill will pass this...
This is it: Senate Flood Insurance Bill Vote Coming Up
Jun 19 2012 // It’s almost time. After seventeen (count ’em–17) short-term extensions, almost a half dozen lapses in the program, and tons of political wrangling, a flood insurance reform bill–a real one–is...
Senate Favoring End to Direct Payouts to Farmers
Jun 4 2012 // A program that puts billions of dollars in the pockets of farmers whether or not they plant a crop may disappear with hardly a protest from farm groups and the politicians who look out for their interests. The Senate is...
Bill to Create ‘Framework for Damages’ Passes Calif. Senate
May 31 2012 // A bill its author says will provide a framework to measure damages when a plaintiff suffers injuries that passed the California Senate floor is being called by its detractors a “wolf in sheep’s clothing”...
Bill Addressing Spinal Surgery Devices Passes California Senate
May 30 2012 // A bill aimed at ending double payments for spinal surgery devices passed state Senate resoundingly on Wednesday and is now on its way to Assembly. Senate Bill 959 will save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars per year,...
House Expected to Agree to Senate’s 60-Day Extension of Flood Program Tonight
May 30 2012 // The House of Representatives is expected to go along with a 60-day reauthorization of the federal flood insurance program already approved by the Senate. A vote will come on an amendment to H.R. 5740, the National Flood...
Senate Approves 60-Day Flood Program Extension; Will House Agree?
May 25 2012 // The Senate agreed yesterday in a unanimous consent to extend the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for 60-days past its current expiration date of May 31. Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 402 to 18...
Senate to Vote on 60-Day Extension of Flood Insurance Program
May 24 2012 // U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R.-La., said he and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D.-Nev., have forged a bipartisan agreement to allow floor time on a five-year extension of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) when it...
Florida Readies Storm Plan for Republican Convention
May 24 2012 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott will have the final say whether to cancel the Republican National Convention in the event of a hurricane. The convention where Mitt Romney is expected to be formally nominated as the Republican...
Senate Passes Tougher Iran Sanctions
May 22 2012 // The U.S. Senate unanimously approved on Monday a package of new economic sanctions on Iran’s oil sector just days ahead of a meeting in Baghdad between major world powers and Tehran. The sanctions add to a raft of...
Senate Expected to Decide Fate of Flood Insurance Program This Week
May 21 2012 // This week the Senate should reveal whether it will tackle a five-year extension with reform of the federal flood insurance program or another short-term authorization, or both. The National Flood Insurance Program is...
2 Republicans Face Run-Off in North Carolina Race
May 21 2012 // Republicans still have to pick their candidate for North Carolina insurance commissioner after cutting the field to two. Richard Morgan and Mike Causey topped a three-candidate field on May 8 to advance to a runoff...
N.H. Senate OKs Reimbursement for Naturopaths
May 17 2012 // Doctors of naturopathic medicine would be reimbursed by health insurance companies under a bill passed by the New Hampshire Senate. The Senate voted 16-8 Wednesday in favor of the bill. Opponents argued that the bill...
Senate Panel to Probe Ties Between Painkill Drugmakers, Medical Nonprofits
May 10 2012 // A U.S. Senate panel has launched a probe of possible links between three drugmakers and nonprofit medical groups that advocated for increasing the use of prescription painkillers, now the target of a nationwide law...
