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In a discussion of insurance market reforms, President Obama asks Republican Senator John Kyl to move away from talking points and focus on finding common areas of agreement. The President responds to Kyl:
"Any time the question is phrased as ‘Does Washington know better?’ I think we’re kind of tipping the scales a little bit [...]
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Senator Tom Harkin reminded those at the meeting that while it’s easy to get caught up in the debate over numbers and policy details, it’s ultimately about making progress to help ordinary folks across the country struggling under today’s broken system.
“I keep thinking we have got to bring it back home to what this [...]
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UPDATED: The event has now ended, but we’ll have more coverage of today’s Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform later tonight.
Today’s Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform is still underway. You can watch live here.
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Today’s the day: At 10:00 a.m. Eastern, President Obama will convene the bipartisan health reform meeting at the Blair House, just a short walk from the White House.
You can watch the full meeting here beginning at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time, complete with live commentary and updates from Organizing for America.
Today’s meeting is a critical [...]
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This morning, the Senate passed a jobs bill that invests in infrastructure and encourages businesses to hire new workers. The bill passed 70-28, with bipartisan support from the 13 Republicans voting in favor of the bill.
The Washington Post reported:
The Senate easily passed a $15 billion jobs bill on Wednesday morning amid hope that the [...]
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The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported that the Recovery Act created approximately 2.1 million jobs in the fourth quarter of 2009 — in other words, it works. The CBO said that the stimulus package boosted the economy by up to 3.5 percent, and lowered the unemployment rate by up to 2.1 percent during that [...]
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From Mitch Stewart:
This morning, the White House released President Obama’s health insurance reform proposal. It bridges the gap between the House and Senate bills, includes ideas from both parties to crack down on waste, fraud, and abuse, and puts American families and small business owners in control of their own health care.
And [...]
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President Obama’s health reform proposal:
From the New York Times:
The most basic facts to keep in mind are that Mr. Obama’s plan, which builds on a sound bill already passed by the Senate, would provide coverage to more than 30 million uninsured people while reducing future deficits and beginning to rein in medical costs.
Mr. [...]
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The health insurance reform proposal President Obama released this morning builds on the work done by Congress over the past year, putting forward a plan that lowers costs, guarantees choice, and enhances quality health care for all Americans. Using the Senate bill as a starting point, the President’s proposal bridges the differences between the [...]
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"We are shifting the balance of power back to the consumer and we are holding the credit card companies accountable." — President Obama
Today, the credit card reform bill that President Obama signed into law last year kicks in.
To hear more about how the new changes help consumers, Austan Goolsbee of the President’s Council of [...]
