House Dems want a weekend health vote
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pushing for a vote on the health bill Saturday. (NYT) Fourteen more arrests have been made in the Galleon insider trading case. (Bloomberg) The Senate
Health bill may not be passed until 2010
Sen. Harry Reid said the health reform debate may carry on into 2010. (WSJ) House Republicans have drafted their own health bill with no public option that doesn’t require people
Panel aims to pass climate bill before December
Sen. Barbara Boxer has charged the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee with completing a climate change bill before the international summit in Copenhagen in December. (Reuters) Three key races
Republicans to release their own health bill
Rep. John Boehner says House Republicans will release their own health bill this week. (WSJ) White House economic adviser Larry Summers will hold a meeting today to discuss the economy.
C.V. Starr & Co.: Greenberg’s new AIG?
The New York Times ran a great story on Tuesday about former AIG chief Maurice Greenberg‘s latest venture, the C.V. Starr empire. Reporter Mary Williams Walsh links Greenberg’s new success
Chamber of Commerce chief lambastes health bill
Chamber of Commerce Chief Thomas Donohue strikes out against Obama’s health care plan. (WSJ) Sen. Tom Coburn, also a licensed family physician, is one of the health bill’s most fervent
Project: who will be the next to leave the Chamber?
The Chamber of Commerce has had a challenging couple of weeks. The group has been under fire from all sides for its stance on climate change and other major policy
House Democrats to unveil health bill
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats will announce their own health bill today that includes a public option and taxes the wealthiest Americans to pay for it. (Reuters) Under the
Public option increases Democrats’ divide
With the inclusion of Sen. Harry Reid‘s public plan, Democrats are now divided on the health bill and Reid may not have the 60 votes he needs to pass it
Senate Dems hope for consensus on public option
Sen. Harry Reid confirms he will bring a public option to the Senate floor that states can opt out of. (NYT) Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will