Below, from House Homeland Security Committee....
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 @ 2pm
311 Cannon House Office Building
Full Committee Markup
Meausures:
H.Res. 922, Directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to transmit to the House of Representatives all information in the possession of the Department [...]
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote this week on a bill that would permanently extend the estate tax (known better as the "death tax") at its current rate and exemption level. This extension would prevent the death tax from expiring as scheduled on January 1, 2010. As such it [...]
from the Hayes for Congress campaign
Republican nominee for Congress in Illinois' Second Congressional district, Isaac C. Hayes, today issued the following statement, decrying the partisan vote for health care "reform" in the U.S. House of Representatives by his opponent: "Representative Jackson has once again proven that his liberal ideology is'" [...]
The "Affordable Health Care for America Act" (H.R. 3962), a truly misnamed and dangerous bill, passed the House of Representatives last night. 3962 needed 218 votes to pass; 220 snakes votes for it, while 215 patriots voted against it. Click here for a breakdown [...]
from the Green campaign
Winnetka, Illinois - Tonight, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's $1.3 trillion takeover of the U.S. health care system by a vote of 220-215.
Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal called Pelosi's legislation "The Worst Bill Ever."
"Tonight, the United States Congress" [...]
The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of right-to-life organizations in the 50 states, issued the following statement regarding today's actions in the House of Representatives on the health care restructuring legislation, H.R. 3962.
The House adopted the NRLC-backed Stupak-Pitts Amendment, 240-194. The Stupak-Pitts Amendment removed two major' [...]
Tonight the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Stupak-Pitts Amendment to H.R. 3962, by a vote of 240 to 194, with 64 Democratic members voting in favor of the amendment to ban federal funding of abortion in the health care bill.
This is a great victory for the pro-life movement [...]
President Obama issued the following statement on passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act.
Tonight, in an historic vote, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would finally make real the promise of quality, affordable health care for the American people.
The Affordable Health Care for America Act is [...]
The House of Representatives is in a rare Saturday session, where it is poised--or not poised--to vote on its health care reform bill that will see federal government eventually take over one-sixth of our economy.
