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Health Care Bill - Small Business Provisions: Small businesses with a payroll of up to $500,000 would not be required to provide insurance to their workers under an agreement lawmakers reached with fiscally conservative Democratic Blue Dogs on the Health Care panel. Public insurance plans would be forced to negotiate payment rates with health care providers. Democratic party liberals expressed anger over the concessions made in a bid to advance the health care bill. Party liberals sparked a revolt against the changes that could put the bill in jeopardy of being stalled. (H.R.3200) The bill would result in a net increase in the federal budget deficit of $239 billion over the 2010-1019 period, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
Republicans Present Their Own Health Care Bill: House GOP members are planning to introduce their health care bill that would not create a government run insurance plan. It would rely on tax incentives to expand private coverage and is an estimated $700 billion measure aimed at making it easier for people to buy private health insurance. Let Congress know what you think! Go to www.nwyc.com to voice your opinion on health care issues.
Same-Sex Partners: Same-sex partners of federal employees would receive the same benefits as spouses of married employees under a bill approved by a House panel. The measure would define a domestic partner as “an adult unmarried person living with another adult unmarried person of the same sex in a committed relationship.” (H.R.2517)
Food Safety: The House passed a measure that establishes whistleblower protections and requires Health and Human Services to issue performance standards to minimize the hazards from foodborne contaminants. It includes regulations that would call for an immediate cessation of distribution of recalled food. (H.R.2749) Federal revenues from civil penalties for food related violations would increase by $10 million over the 2010-2014 period, according to the CBO.
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Highway, Mortgage and Unemployment Funds: The Senate cleared a measure that would keep three federal programs running while Congress is on recess. The bill would extend funding for the Highway Trust Fund through the current fiscal year. It would allow states to continue borrowing federal funds to pay unemployment benefits. And it would increase the commitment authority for the Federal Housing Administration’s two main mortgage assistance programs. (H.R.3357)
House Strikes F-22 Funding from Defense Bill: The House followed the Senate’s lead and avoided the President’s veto threat by deleting F-22 fighter jet funding from the annual Defense appropriations bill. (H.R.3326) The $636.3 billion legislation would provide $3.8 billion less than President Obama requested and includes $128.3 billion for war operations next year.
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Congress is scheduled to return to chambers on September 7, after taking an August recess. Hitting the homestretch before the August recess, the Senate is expected next week to vote on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Debate begins Tuesday. Click here to express your opinion on this issue.
The House is expected to wrap up work on the fiscal 2010 Agriculture appropriations bill (H.R.2997). The chamber is scheduled to vote early in the week, either on ending debate or on passage. Cost per family of four is estimated at $1,409.07. The $124.5 billion Senate version of the bill (S.1406) would fund the Agriculture Department, the Food and Drug Administration and other federal food aid programs. Cost per family of four is estimated at $1,415.04. Click here for more information on the Agriculture appropriations bills.
The House and Senate will not be voting on the Health Care Bill (H.R.3200) until September, when lawmakers return from their August recess.
Representative Dave Loebsack
1513 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515-1502
Phone: (202) 225-6576
Fax: (202) 226-0757
Website: http://Loebsack.house.gov/
Webform: http://loebsack.house.gov/contactform/
Senator Charles Grassley
SH-135 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-1501
Phone: (202) 224-3744
Fax: (202) 224-6020
Website: http://Grassley.senate.gov/
Webform: http://grassley.senate.gov/webform.htm
Senator Tom Harkin
SH-731 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-1502
Phone: (202) 224-3254
Fax: (202) 224-9369
Website: http://Harkin.senate.gov/
Webform: http://harkin.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm
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