Not Under The Bus is serving as a hub for online info about action centers fighting for women's health care in the health care reform bill before Congress.
This is not a redundant or competing effort, it links to all the groups, sites, etc. that are [...]
Sen. Barbara Boxer
On the eve of what will be the most important vote ever on health care reform Sen. Barbara Boxer spent 30 minutes making the Democrats’ case for beginning debate on a far-reaching $848 billion bill.
“What we have before us,’’ said Boxer, D-Calif., [...]
Majority leader Harry Reid and Senate Democrats unveil health bill.
The long-awaited Democratic health bill that Majority Leader Harry Reid will bring to the Senate floor was unveiled tonight after the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the bill [...]
The last best chance for health reform that can "bend the curve" of soaring costs that are making coverage unaffordable for everyone could be sacrificed to Senate majority leader Harry Reid's...
Rep. Loretta Sanchez talks about health reform on MSNBC's Morning Joe.
Forget about the controversy over a public option killing a health reform bill. What happened last weekend over the abortion rights issue has eclipsed that as a [...]
The political parties are wasting no time trying to make hay over Saturday’s House vote for health reform. The national Democratic Party is targeting two Orange County Reps. - Ken Calvert and John Campbell- for voting no.
Neither Calvert , R-Corona or Campbell, R-Irvine, went to the floor this past weekend [...]
By Anthony Wright
Executive Director of Health Access California
Earlier tonight, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.3962, a historic comprehensive health reform proposal, by a vote of 220-215.
We thank ALL of California's Democratic Congressional Representatives for voting for this desperately needed comprehensive health reform. Given California's health [...]
For the first time in Congress’ history, the House of Representatives passed a massive overhaul of the nation’s health care system.
The vote was 220-215 with only one Republican, Joe Cao of New Orleans, the only Vietnamese American congressman, voting yes. Orange County’s only Democrat, Rep. [...]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi allowed only two amendments to be brought up to the nearly 2000-page health reform bill. One was the Republican substitute to the Democrat’s measure. The other was on abortion.
Lawmakers got 20 minutes to debate a bipartisan amendment that would make it crystal clear that [...]
Lawmakers working into the night on health reform.
Rep. Loretta Sanchez won’t say yet whether she’ll vote for the health bill even though she favors health reform and a public option.
The Santa Ana Democrat has been spending the day negotiating with [...]
Protesters demonstrate against health care bill outside the Capitol.
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher got time during today’s floor debate for just one sentence. And the Huntington Beach Republican said he opposes the health reform bill because the measure will “take hundreds [...]
Speaker Nancy Pelosi,flanked by Rep. James Clyburn, left, and President Barack Obama, right.
President Barack Obama was in the White House Rose Garden a few minutes ago urging lawmakers to vote yes on health reform even [...]
By Anthony Wright
Executive Director of Health Access California
As the vote near on the House health reform bill, it is easy to sink into the specifics of the bill, be obsessed by the debate on key details, and mourn amendments that we really wanted but that [...]
By Anthony Wright
Executive Director of Health Access California
As the vote near on the House health reform bill, it is easy to sink into the specifics of the bill, be obsessed by the debate on key details, and mourn amendments that we really wanted but that weren't' [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Monday, November 2.
1. First, thanks to Eric Pusey of Minnesota Progressive Project for letting us all know what's going on in the Minnesota Congressional delegation regarding health reform, the public option, etc. Thanks to Eric. Also, I [...]
