Tag: What’s Happening

As House Democrats introduced health insurance reform legislation to improve the Senate-passed bill, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Hoyer, Whip Clyburn, and Caucus Chairman Larson held a press conference this afternoon in the Capitol with Americans who represent the struggles many have with our… Continue

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today released a preliminary score for the health insurance reform legislation. Based on a preliminary analysis from CBO, the legislation: CUTS THE DEFICIT Cuts the deficit by $138 billion in the first ten years (2010 — 2019)…. Continue

This afternoon, Speaker Pelosi hosted President Barack Obama and Taoiseach Brian Cowen of Ireland at the Speaker's annual congressional Saint Patrick's Day Luncheon in the Rayburn Room of the U.S. Capitol: The Office of the Clerk explains the origins of the annual… Continue

Yesterday, Speaker Pelosi held a press conference following a meeting with children’s advocates on behalf of comprehensive health insurance reform legislation. The advocates, many of whom brought young children with them, included Marian Wright Edelman of the Children’s Defense Fund, Donna Norton… Continue

Yesterday, the House Budget Committee passed reconciliation legislation to move comprehensive health insurance reform forward. During the markup, Democrats offered a number of motions to protect seniors, consumers and small businesses. Nearly all Republicans serving on the Budget Committee opposed these provisions:… Continue

The deployment of high-speed, broadband infrastructure from coast to coast will fuel the development of millions of new jobs here at home and global competitiveness for our nation. Furthermore, affordable access to the internet and other broadband services will also provide innovative… Continue

In a letter sent this morning to President Obama and Congress, 41 of the nation's leading economists — including three winners of the Nobel Prize — urge the swift passage of comprehensive health reform before Congress to slow ‘unsustainable’ health care spending:… Continue

Photo courtesy of Texas Woman’s University Speaker Pelosi, Leader Reid, Leader Boehner, Leader McConnell, and other Members of Congress hosted a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony today in the Capitol in honor of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of World War II…. Continue

Not acting on health insurance reform is not an option. It is not an option for the millions of uninsured Americans, not for the small business owners struggling to offer health insurance benefits to their employees, not for families unable to meet… Continue

Every child should be safe and protected while at school but an investigation by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) last year found “hundreds of cases of alleged abuse and death” as a result of misuses of restraint and seclusion in public and… Continue