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  March 22, 2013, 11:46 am

Senate rejects repeal of healthcare law, again

By Ramsey Cox

The Senate on Friday rejected another GOP attempt to repeal President Obama’s healthcare law.

An amendment to the Senate budget resolution from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) failed on a 45-54 vote on Friday. Cruz’s amendment would have repealed the Affordable Care Act and encouraged patient-centered reforms to reduce costs.

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Archived under: Budget, Health reform implementation, Senate, Votes, Healthcare, Economics/Trade
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  March 22, 2013, 11:28 am

Senate rejects plan to tie tax hikes to lower unemployment

By Pete Kasperowicz

The Senate on Friday voted down a GOP proposal aimed at preventing the Senate from considering any budget that calls for new taxes while unemployment is higher than 5.5 percent.

Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) offered the amendment to the Democratic budget plan for 2014, but it was rejected in a party-line 45-54 vote.

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  March 21, 2013, 9:41 pm

Senate rejects GOP attempt to remove tax increases from budget

By Ramsey Cox

The Senate rejected an amendment to the budget from Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) that would have removed Democrats’ call for nearly $1 trillion in new revenue.

Grassley’s amendment failed on a 45-54 vote Thursday night. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) had opposed including the reconciliation in the budget, but he voted against Grassley's amendment.

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Archived under: Domestic Taxes, Budget, Senate, Votes, Economics/Trade
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  March 21, 2013, 9:14 pm

Senate calls for an end to medical device tax

By Erik Wasson

The tax has proven unpopular, but was key to ensuring that the Obama healthcare law did not add to deficit.

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Archived under: News, Budget, Medical Devices and Prescription Drug Policy, Senate, Votes, Healthcare, Economics/Trade
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  March 21, 2013, 8:52 pm

Ryan's budget rejected in Senate on 40-59 vote

By Ramsey Cox

GOP Sens. Susan Collins, Dean Heller, Mike Lee, Rand Paul and Ted Cruz voted with Democrats against Ryan's plan.

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  March 20, 2013, 5:19 pm

Democratic Caucus budget fails in 165-253 vote, 28 Dems vote against

By Pete Kasperowicz

The House voted down the Democratic Caucus budget plan for 2014 in a 165-253 vote that saw 28 Democrats vote against it — six more than last year — along with every Republican.

The plan split Democrats 165-28, compared to the 163-22 split among Democrats in 2012.

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  March 20, 2013, 4:46 pm

Senate votes to avoid government shutdown, starts work on budget

By Ramsey Cox

The spending bill includes the same funding levels as House-approved legislation, and keeps the $85 billion in sequestration cuts

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Archived under: Appropriations, Budget, Senate, Votes, Economics/Trade
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  March 20, 2013, 4:07 pm

Dems force GOP to vote down RSC budget

By Pete Kasperowicz

The House rejected a conservative budget Wednesday in a 104-132 vote, with 171 Democrats voting present.

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  March 20, 2013, 3:07 pm

Senate rejects Coburn's amendment to restore tours of White House

By Ramsey Cox

The measure would have shifted money from a Heritage Area account that the administration had targeted for spending reductions.

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  March 20, 2013, 3:03 pm

House rejects budget from Senate Democrats

By Pete Kasperowicz

Senate Democratic budget is defeated in 154-261 vote, with 35 Democrats voting against it.  

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