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	<title>MCC Washington Memo &#187; Health Care</title>
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		<title>Funding Our Priorities</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2011/02/23/funding-housing-and-hunger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina Warner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early Saturday February 19 the House of Representatives passed legislation (H.R. 1) that would cut federal spending by $61 billion.  The cuts come mainly in programs dedicated to assistance for vulnerable populations in the U.S. and internationally. &#160; You can let your Senators know that this approach to the budget is neither responsible nor just. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=4865&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Bittersweet Anniversary</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 20:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Kisare</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tammy Alexander reflects for Third Way on the health care bill, which was signed into law six months ago: September 23 marked the six-month anniversary of the signing of the health care reform bills into law. Personally, I didn’t feel much like celebrating. It probably didn’t help that I was waging my own private health care [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=4264&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Talk About Greed</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2010/04/23/lets-talk-about-greed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Stata</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ken Nafziger writes about greed in Third Way Cafe.  Here is an excerpt: In the national outrage over taxes, the shrillest seem bent on paying fewer taxes while keeping the services to which they are entitled. Greed also showed up at discussions on health care. Congress seemed to find it difficult to offer us a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=3440&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform Resources</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2010/04/06/health-care-reform-resources/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tammy Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those trying to better understand what is included in the new health care reform law, here are a couple of good resources: Summary of Final Health Care Reform Law, Kaiser Family Foundation 13 Reasons to Embrace Health Reform, Families USA Additionally, the MCC Washington Office released a statement on the passage of health care [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=3378&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Passes Final Health Reform Bill</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2010/03/26/congress-passes-final-health-reform-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tammy Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Change is never easy, but it’s always possible&#8221; The final votes in the long, arduous health care debate came on Thursday. The Senate passed the bill of “fixes” to their health care reform package in the afternoon. Then, because two small changes were made to the legislation, it went back to the House where it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=3340&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform: Final Votes Could Come Today</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2010/03/25/health-care-reform-final-votes-could-come-today/</link>
		<comments>http://washingtonmemo.org/2010/03/25/health-care-reform-final-votes-could-come-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tammy Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early this morning, the Senate parliamentarian upheld two Republican “points of order” on provisions of the bill relating to student loans.  Because this will change the bill, it will now need to go back to the House for approval of these changes. The Senate resumes this morning, with additional amendments and points of order objections [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=3335&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Health Bill Signed Into Law</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2010/03/24/senate-health-bill-signed-into-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tammy Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://washingtonmemo.org/?p=3315</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[* Action Alert: Pray and Act for Health Care Reform * Yesterday, President Obama signed the Senate health care bill, HR 3590, into law (watch on C-Span). At the same time, the Senate began its debate on a reconciliation package of “fixes,” HR 4872, which was passed by the House along with the Senate bill [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=3315&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>House passes health care reform</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2010/03/22/house-passes-health-care-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tammy Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://washingtonmemo.org/?p=3283</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The House passed two health care reform bills late Sunday night, sending the Senate bill (HR 3590) to president Obama’s desk and sending a reconciliation bill (HR 4872) to the Senate. On Saturday, House leaders decided not to use the “deem and pass” method for approving the Senate bill, but instead called a straight up [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=3283&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform Update</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2010/03/19/health-care-reform-update-9/</link>
		<comments>http://washingtonmemo.org/2010/03/19/health-care-reform-update-9/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tammy Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://washingtonmemo.org/?p=3270</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[** Action Alert: Pray and Act for Health Care Reform ** On Thursday, the House released the text of a budget reconciliation bill to complete their work on health care reform. This followed a report from the Congressional Budget Office estimating that the bill would reduce the deficit by $138 billion over 10 years.  House [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=3270&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform: Reconciliation Bill Released</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2010/03/18/health-care-reform-reconciliation-bill-released/</link>
		<comments>http://washingtonmemo.org/2010/03/18/health-care-reform-reconciliation-bill-released/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tammy Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[House reconciliation bill:  http://rules.house.gov/ Congressional Budget Analysis:  http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=11355 Action Alert &#124; Additional Resources<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=3255&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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