| Bipartisan Cooperation |
January 24, 2012 |
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Richard Durbin, D-IL
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"Now, on the campaign trial, we hear from Republican candidates that they are going to repeal Wall Street reform. They are going to repeal health care reform. They are not creating an environment that is conducive to the level of cooperation of which Senator McConnell earlier spoke."
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| Jobs Through Growth Act |
October 17, 2011 |
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John McCain, R-AZ
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"Now it turns out that the Republicans have a plan, too. I want to be fair. They call—they put forward this plan last week. They called it the real American Jobs Act, the real one. That’s what they called it, just in case you were wondering. So let’s take a look at what the Republican American Jobs Act looks like. Turns out that the Republican plan boils down to a few basic ideas. They want to gut regulations. They want to let Wall Street do whatever it wants. They want to drill more, and they want to repeal health care reform. That’s their jobs plan."
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| Providing For Consideration Of Senate Amendment To H.R. 2608, Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 |
September 21, 2011 |
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Louise Slaughter, D-NY
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"Instead of funding the Department of Energy, the majority has tried to micromanage our lightbulbs. Instead of funding the Nation’s schools, they tried to eliminate Big Bird. Instead of funding the EPA, they tried to sell the land surrounding the Grand Canyon to the state-owned mining companies of Russia and South Korea. Instead of funding cancer research conducted by the NIH, they have tried, repeatedly, to repeal health care reform. And instead of setting a responsible budget for the next fiscal year, they brought our economy to the brink of default and led to the first-ever downgrade of our Nation’s credit. "
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| Establishing The Commission On Freedom Of Information Act Processing Delays |
July 30, 2011 |
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Tom Harkin, D-IA
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"Likewise, I read that Speaker Boehner recently suggested to the President that the House would vote to allow the United States to pay its bills if the President would agree to repeal health care reform—in other words, take health insurance away from 30 million Americans and allow health insurance companies to deny coverage based on preexisting conditions."
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| Repealing Mandatory Funding For Graduate Medical Education |
May 25, 2011 |
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Sander Levin, D-MI
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"This bill is a step backwards. Rather than supporting a meaningful effort that will reduce this shortage of primary care physicians, Republicans have brought a bill to the Floor that undermines health care. It is one of the many mindless attempts to repeal health care reform that just make needed change harder to achieve. We need to strengthen our health care system by implementing health care reform."
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