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» House Passes PAYGO, Sends to President, February 04, 2010 Today, the House passed statutory "pay-as-you-go" (PAYGO), which now goes to the President for his signature.

» President Obama Releases FY2011 Budget Request, February 01, 2010 Today, President Obama released his budget request for fiscal year 2011.

» GDP Report Is Encouraging Sign of Economic Recovery, January 29, 2010 Today, the Commerce Department released an advanced GDP report indicating that America’s economy grew by 5.7% in the last quarter of 2009, the fastest rate of growth in 6 years.

» President Obama Delivers First State of the Union Address, January 27, 2010 Tonight,President Obama delivered his first State of the Union Address.

» Democrats Respond to Supreme Court Ruling in Citizens United Case, January 21, 2010 Today, the Supreme Court ruled on the Citizens United v. Federal Election Committee case, overturning the ban on corporate contributions to election campaigns.

» CEA Report Shows Positive Impact of Recovery Act, January 13, 2010 Today, the White House Council of Economic Advisors released a report to Congress on the economic impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

» Senate Passes Health Insurance Reform Legislation, December 24, 2009 Today, the Senate passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

» House Passes the Jobs for Main Street Act, December 16, 2009 Tonight, the House passed the Jobs for Main Street Act, completing its work for 2009.

» House Passes the FY 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Act, December 10, 2009 Today, the House passed the FY 201O Consolidated Appropriations Act.

» House Leaders on Climate Change Conference and EPA Announcement, December 07, 2009 House Leaders discuss the beginning of the UN Climate Change Conference and today's EPA announcement on greenhouse gas emissions and public health.

» President Obama Delivers Speech on Afghanistan Strategy, December 01, 2009 Tonight, President Obama delivered a speech on his strategy for Afghanistan.

» House Passes Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act, November 19, 2009 Today, the House passed the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act 243 to 183, legislation that repeals a 21 percent fee reduction scheduled for January 2010, and replaces the physician payment formula. The bill also includes statutory PAYGO legislation.

» House Passes Affordable Health Care For America Act, November 07, 2009 Today, the House passed the Affordable Health Care For America Act.

» Congress Sends to the President the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act, November 05, 2009 Today, the House passed the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act to the President for his signature.

» House Introduces Health Care Reform Legislation, October 29, 2009 Today, the House of Representatives introduced health care reform legislation.

» President Obama Signs Defense Authorization Act Including Hate Crimes Legislation, October 28, 2009 Today, President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law, including historic hate crimes legislation.

» House Democrats Host Economic Forum to Focus on Jobs, Recovery, October 21, 2009 House Democratic leadership met with economic experts to discuss the economy and recovery efforts.

» Senate Finance Committee Passes Health Reform Bill, October 13, 2009 Today, Senate Finance Committee reported out a health insurance reform bill by a bipartisan vote of 14-9. Finance is the last of the five committees with jurisdiction over health care to act.

» CBO Issues New Deficit Estimate for FY09, October 07, 2009 Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a new deficit estimate for fiscal year 2009.

» Department of Labor Releases September Jobs Report, October 02, 2009 Today, the Department of Labor announced unemployment numbers for September.

» Senate Introduces Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, September 30, 2009 Today, Senators Boxer and Kerry unveiled clean energy jobs legislation in the Senate.

» House Passes the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, September 22, 2009 Today, the House passed the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009.

» President Obama Delivers Address on Financial Rescue and Reform, September 14, 2009 Today, President Barack Obama marked the one-year anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers with a speech on the need for financial regulatory reform.

» House Leaders Mark the Eighth Anniversary of 9/11, September 11, 2009 House Leaders mark the eighth anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001.

» Democrats Respond to President Obama's Address on Health Reform, September 09, 2009 Tonight, Democrats applauded President Obama's address to a joint session of Congress on health reform.

 

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