Earlier today, Jonathan Cohn broke the news that House and Senate Democrats are “almost certainly” going to bypass the official... View Article
Continue readingWhy Look At Former Staffers Turned Lobbyists?
Throughout this year I’ve spent quite a bit of time looking at the connections between powerful players in the health... View Article
Continue readingReid Gives Nelson, Lincoln What Their Lobbyist Friends Want
TPM is reporting that Majority Leader Harry Reid is going to exclude a provision that would remove the anti-trust exemption... View Article
Continue readingTransparency, the Internet and Health Care Reform
The Senate health care reform bill (viewable here) contains numerous provisions that stress disclosure and transparency, specifically online disclosure and... View Article
Continue readingSenate Health Care Bill At Open Congress
Check it out. Our friends at Open Congress have the Senate health care bill online. This way you can read... View Article
Continue readingDemocratic Health Care Holdouts’ Ties to the Health Insurance Industry
The New York Times reports that there are three Democratic senators who are viewed as holdouts on a procedural vote... View Article
Continue readingLobbyists Put On Ventriloquist Act
More than a dozen lawmakers inserted statements supporting a biotechnology provision added to the House health care bill that was... View Article
Continue readingManager’s Amendment Posted, Clock Begins
Earlier this week, John Wonderlich wrote about the promised 72 hour online posting of the House health care bill and... View Article
Continue readingWhy read the final health care bill?
As noted below, the Baucus health care bill was finally released in legislative language (soon to be available on Open... View Article
Continue readingBaucus Bill now available
Read all 1,502 pages of it here (the members of the Senate Finance Committee who voted for it didn't bother to, but don't let that stop you).
Hat tip Politico (though, truth be told, I came across it via Drudge).
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