Posts Tagged ‘ John Boehner ’

With Eyes On Healthcare Reform, Another Patients’ Rights Battle Brews

March 21, 2012 8:45 pm

While public attention might be on this week’s second anniversary of healthcare reform — and next week’s legal challenges against it at the Supreme Court — consumer advocates already have moved onto the next battle for patients’ rights in Congress. Nearly two dozen consumers’ groups wrote a letter Wednesday to GOP House Speaker John Boehner, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, and other lawmakers to object to H.R. 5, the Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act. Although its supporters...

For Women’s Day, Democratic Senators Push John Boehner To Quit Birth Control Fight

March 9, 2012 1:44 pm

By Scott Nance

For Women’s Day, Democratic Senators Push John Boehner To Quit Birth Control Fight

In observance of International Women’s Day, all 12 Democratic women senators sent a letter Thursday to House Speaker John Boehner calling on him to rescind his pledge to push forward with efforts to restrict women’s access to contraception after the Blunt amendment was defeated in the Senate. The senators’ letter comes in the wake of Boehner’s public pledge to continue efforts to limit birth control access in the House, where a similar version of the Blunt amendment has over...

Democrats Pull Ahead In Congressional Vote

January 13, 2012 6:25 pm

By Scott Nance

Democrats Pull Ahead In Congressional Vote

For the first time since the 2010 election, Democrats have taken the lead in the congressional vote and this poll shows that third-party defections on the presidential ballot could prove devastating for the Republicans, according to a new poll out Friday. Moreover, the intensity gap has shifted in the Democrats’ favor and Democrats have moved to parity on the economy after 28 months in deficit, the Democracy Corps poll finds. More than half of all voters (53 percent) say...

The Left Split: GOP Hopes To Exploit Labor Support To Push Pipeline Deal

December 5, 2011 2:32 pm

By Scott Nance

The Left Split: GOP Hopes To Exploit Labor Support To Push Pipeline Deal

Congressional Republicans, starting with House Speaker John Boehner, clearly want to exploit disagreement on the left over the controversial Keystone XL project to help force President Obama to reverse course and give the proposed transnational pipeline a quick go-ahead. Obama last month announced that his administration would put off, until 2013, a decision to approve the proposed 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast. The president delayed action on the pipeline after the independent State Department...

President Under Fire For Keystone Delay

November 28, 2011 9:28 pm

By Scott Nance

President Obama has come under increasing criticism, largely from Republicans, for the decision to delay approval of a massive and controversial transnational pipeline. More than 50, mostly Republican, members of the House sent the president a letter decrying his administration’s decision to put off a decision on the proposed 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast. The Obama administration earlier this month pushed back action on the pipeline to 2013 at the earliest after a huge...

Capitol Idea: Occupy vs the Supercommittee: How the Movement Could Soon Impact the Debate

October 20, 2011 12:25 pm

By Scott Nance

Capitol Idea: Occupy vs the Supercommittee: How the Movement Could Soon Impact the Debate

To the consternation of some, and the joy of others, the ballooning Occupy Wall Street movement has so far resisted injecting itself into the nation’s political debate. Even without a concrete list of policy goals or demands, however, there is a growing sense that, by simply existing and persevering, the month — old movement already is exerting a new influence. President Obama, for instance, has appeared to be taking a more forceful, populist, and progressive tone in recent weeks....

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Posts Tagged ‘ John Boehner ’

With Eyes On Healthcare Reform, Another Patients’ Rights Battle Brews

For Women’s Day, Democratic Senators Push John Boehner To Quit Birth Control Fight

Democrats Pull Ahead In Congressional Vote

The Left Split: GOP Hopes To Exploit Labor Support To Push Pipeline Deal

President Under Fire For Keystone Delay

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