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Owen Poindexter
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August 30, 2011
August 30, 2011 - A bill (AB 52) that would allow a state government board to regulate changes in health insurance rates was passed on Aug. 25, 2011 by the Senate Appropriations Committee and awaits a Senate floor vote before the end of the legislative session. The measure was supported by the International Association of Fire Fighters, the California Teachers Association, and AARP and opposed by Blue Shield of California, UnitedHealth Group, and the California Chamber of Commerce.
Jeffrey ErnstFriedman
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August 11, 2011
Aug. 8, 2011 - The Republican and Democrat leaders of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are tasked with appointing 12 members - divided equally by party and chamber - to populate the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction. The committee is tasked with coming up with a deficit reduction plan by the end of the year. The group has also been referred to as the "Super Committee" as well as "Super Congress." Below is a list of the announced members with links to their MapLight profile pages.
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August 04, 2011
August 4, 2011 - When Congress stopped legislative activity for its summer recess earlier than originally planned, it failed to reauthorize funding for the Federal Aviation Administration. This has caused nonessential aspects of the agency to shut down, halting airport construction projects across the country and preventing the collection of taxes on the sale of airline tickets.
Jeffrey ErnstFriedman
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August 02, 2011
August 2, 2011 - With only hours to spare before the federal government was expected to default on its debt obligations, the U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted (74-26) to clear a bill (S 365) that would raise the debt ceiling and cut spending without raising taxes.
Jeffrey ErnstFriedman
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July 27, 2011
July 27, 2011 - The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill (HR 1938) by a vote of 279-147 that would direct President Obama to expedite consideration and approval of the construction and operation of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. The pipeline would run from Alberta, Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
Jeffrey ErnstFriedman
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July 26, 2011
July 26, 2011 - Time is running out for members of Congress to draft and pass legislation before the U.S. is expected to default on its loans. An article in CQ Weekly highlights a division among conservative-leaning pro-business groups that might illustrate why Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va) have had difficulty in their negotiations with President Obama over raising the debt ceiling.
Jeffrey ErnstFriedman
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July 22, 2011
July 22, 2011 - The U.S. Senate voted today to table H.R. 2560 in a party-line vote of 51-46. The procedure of a "Motion to Table the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 2560" resulted in interest groups taking the opposite position that they did when the bill was passed by the U.S. House of Representative earlier in the week.