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Mass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 06:57 AM
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Democrats offer part of Kerry's healthcare plan in the Senate
Remember Kerry's healthcare plan during the campaign that allowed individual to subscribe to federal employees' healthcare plans?

It was introduced in the Senate yesterday. Do not tell Democrats have no ideas.


S.2510
Title: A bill to establish a national health program administered by the Office of Personnel Management to offer health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Durbin, Richard (introduced 4/5/2006) Cosponsors (23)
Latest Major Action: 4/5/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


No surprise, Kerry is in the list and one of the first co-sponsors.


COSPONSORS(23), BY DATE : (Sort: alphabetical order)


Sen Lincoln, Blanche L. - 4/5/2006
Sen Reid, Harry - 4/5/2006
Sen Baucus, Max - 4/5/2006
Sen Kennedy, Edward M. - 4/5/2006
Sen Kerry, John F. - 4/5/2006
Sen Bingaman, Jeff - 4/5/2006
Sen Carper, Thomas R. - 4/5/2006
Sen Dayton, Mark - 4/5/2006
Sen Harkin, Tom - 4/5/2006
Sen Kohl, Herb - 4/5/2006
Sen Nelson, Bill - 4/5/2006
Sen Cantwell, Maria - 4/5/2006
Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham - 4/5/2006
Sen Dodd, Christopher J. - 4/5/2006
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. - 4/5/2006
Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. - 4/5/2006
Sen Pryor, Mark L. - 4/5/2006
Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. - 4/5/2006
Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. - 4/5/2006
Sen Johnson, Tim - 4/5/2006
Sen Menendez, Robert - 4/5/2006
Sen Rockefeller, John D., IV - 4/5/2006
Sen Boxer, Barbara - 4/5/2006
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Mass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 07:01 AM
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1. Kerry reintroduces bill for callcenters
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d109:66:./temp/~bss3U8m::


S.2553
Title: A bill to require employees at a call center who either initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose the physical location of such employees, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. (introduced 4/5/2006) Cosponsors (3)
Latest Major Action: 4/5/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. COSPONSORS(3), ALPHABETICAL : (Sort: by date)


Sen Feingold, Russell D. - 4/5/2006
Sen Kennedy, Edward M. - 4/5/2006
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. - 4/5/2006
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TayTay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 08:02 AM
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2. Senate Finance Commttee Hearing on this today
Sen. Durbin is testifying.

http://finance.senate.gov/sitepages/hearing040606.htm

Thank you Sen. Sweetie!
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