Topic: Christopher Dodd
AP Features | 261 days ago
Here's a look at some of the concessions lawmakers and interest groups won in the latest version of the Senate's health care overhaul bill: ___ LAWMAKERS: SEN. BEN NELSON, D-NEB., who provided the critical 60th vote that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid needed, received numerous benefits for Nebraska, along with tighter curbs on abortion. Among the Nebraska-specific provisions ...
AP Features | 262 days ago
The little town of Libby, Mont., isn't mentioned by name in the Senate's mammoth health care bill, but its 2,900 citizens are big winners in the legislation, thanks to the influence of Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont. After pushing for years for help for residents, many of whom suffer from asbestos-related illnesses from a now-closed mineral ...
