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March 20, 2010 | National Journal

The Next Health Care Fight

March 20, 2010 | National Journal

Health IT: Highway Speeds, Dirt Roads

March 20, 2010 | National Journal

Less Competition, Higher Premiums

March 20, 2010 | National Journal

Obama And The Supertanker

March 19, 2010 | CongressDaily

Language Posted And Score In Hand, Sunday Vote Looms

March 19, 2010 | CongressDaily

Parliamentarian Will Play A Key Role In Senate Debate

March 19, 2010 | CongressDaily

Loan Provisions Provided Needed Savings For Health Reform

March 18, 2010 | CongressDaily

CBO Still Needs Time To Review 'Fixes'

March 18, 2010 | CongressDaily

Child Nutrition Markup Soon In Senate Agriculture Panel

March 18, 2010 | Hotline

Wish It Wasn't Sunday, Cuz That's My Fun Day


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First lady Michelle Obama; HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius; Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin; and Assistant HHS Secretary Howard Koh - News conference

March 19, 2010 1:00 pm

HHS, 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, D.C.

Health and Human Services Department (HHS); National Institutes of Health (NIH) (F.R. Page 9910) - Meeting

March 19, 2010 2:00 pm

National Institutes of Health, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 5B01, Rockville, Md.

Agriculture Department, Economic Research Service

March 19, 2010 4:00 pm

1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, D.C.

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Bulletin Blog

  • CBO Sees Recipe For Reconciliation

    Without the inclusion of a student loan overhaul, the health care reconciliation bill would likely have been blocked in the Senate, an analysis of preliminary estimates from the Congressional Budget Office shows.

    The reconciliation procedure will allow Democrats to pass the critical final piece of health care reform through the Senate by 51 votes rather than the usual 60 votes needed to overcome filibusters. But the bill must save at least $2 billion over the next five years, under the rules for the reconciliation bill -- $1 billion for health care aspects under the jurisdiction of the Senate Finance Committee and $1 billion for health care and education provisions overseen by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

    The HELP Committee's health care provisions alone would have cost nearly $4 billion net over five years, preventing the use of reconciliation. Because the student loan overhaul on net saves $5 billion in the first five years, the $1 billion target for the HELP Committee required for the use of reconciliation is met, the CBO estimates show.

    "That's right," Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, chairman of the Senate HELP Committee, said, noting that the parliamentarian ruled that the provisions fell under one umbrella to meet the deficit reduction target. Senate Budget Committee ranking member Judd Gregg, R-N.H., confirmed the student loan money's pivotal role in the reconciliation bill. "In order to meet the reconciliation requirements because the health care is in deficit over the first five years, they're using student loan money to cover that deficit," Gregg said.

    Brian Friel | March 18, 2010 | 4:48 pm

  • Updating The Health Care Whip Count

    The CBO score is in, and Dems expect to see a wave of new support for health care legislation. Privately, the party continues to express optimism over their chances. So why is it that the only announcements that have come...

    Hotline On Call | March 18, 2010 | 2:26 pm

  • Dems' Health Care DileMMMa

    Hotline editor Amy Walter, a former aide to ex-Rep. Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky (D-PA), takes a look at the real choices Dems face when deciding their vote for or against health care legislation: As each side works to tweak and spin public...

    Hotline On Call | March 18, 2010 | 1:30 pm

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Obama And The Supertanker

March 20, 2010

Glossary

International Tax Changes
One proposed change to international tax policy would delay until 2020 a tax benefit passed by Congress in 2004 that had already been delayed once before. The benefit would have allowed multinational firms to take advantage of a more lenient foreign tax credit limitation rule for worldwide allocation of the cost of borrowing money between U.S. and foreign sources.

Another change in international tax policy would make foreign multinational corporations that are incorporated in tax haven countries pay taxes in the U.S. on income earned in the U.S.   read more

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Director, White House Office of Health Reform

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