According to OpenSecrets.org, Detroit casino syndicator Michael J. Malik, Sr. contributed $30,400 to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee on 6.19.09. Previously such contributions by Malik and his casino gaming partners Mike and Marian Ilitch flowed to committees to re-elect Michigan Senators Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin -- two who have spearheaded Congressional activity that would pave the...
Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow unveiled her new agriculture and forestry title for the Senate climate bill today. The legislation would establish a domestic “offset” program for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. We gave the measure qualified praise today, saying it gives the Senate an opportunity to craft a consensus approach that delivers low-cost emissions reductions with environmental...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tony Kreindler, 202-572-3378, akreindler@edf.org (Washington – November 4, 2009) Environmental Defense Fund today praised Senator Debbie Stabenow for introducing legislation that would establish a domestic "offset" program for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but cautioned that the bill needs more work to guarantee that offsets are environmentally effective....
Health care reform quick hits and commentary. Essential reading: Brain Beutler interviews Chuck Schumer. Schumer's advocacy is a major reason why we're within striking distance. Beutler and others at TPM produced some of the "multiple sources" reports that have been blasted in some corners recently. While a healthy skepticism of the motivations of anonymous sources is important, there is...
On October 26, 2009, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a brief letter estimating the effects of the Medicare Physicians Fairness Act of 2009 (S.1776). As previously reported, the CBO believes that S.1776 would increase direct spending by $247 billion over the 2010-2019 period. On October 13, 2009, Senator Debbie Stabenow introduced S.1776, which would eliminate the 21.5 percent Medicare...
Dana Milbank of the Washington Post is funny , in his rendition of Majority Leader Reid and his quest to put $250 billion in ObamaCare off-budget, adding it to the deficit. It really is worth the read, here are his first paragraphs: “I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits, either now or in the future — period,” President Obama told Congress in a health-care address...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid just told reporters that he will not be moving Senator Debbie Stabenow's 10-year, $247 billion freeze on doctors' Medicare payments. He said he thought he had the votes – and was promised Republican 27 votes from the AMA – but has since realized he doesn't. “I don't bring anything to [...]
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid just told reporters that he will not be moving Senator Debbie Stabenow's 10-year, $247 billion freeze on doctors' Medicare payments. He said he thought he had the votes but has since realized he doesn't.
DETROIT (AP) -U.S. Sens. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow say southeastern Michigan will be readier to face potential disasters with congressional approval of $1.25 million for two emergency centers. The Michigan Democrats say a House-Senate...
U.S. Sens. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow say southeastern Michigan will be readier to face potential disasters with congressional approval of $1.25 million for two emergency centers.
Michigan Democrat Debbie Stabenow finds herself at the center of a fight in the U.S. Senate over Medicare reform, the societal safety net program's costs and the long-term effect of setting payment rates for physicians.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Top Democrats ramped up their effort Tuesday to reverse $247 billion in projected Medicare reimbursement cuts to doctors over the next decade. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, argued at a Capitol Hill news conference that the move is necessary to create more stability for health care providers in a current climate of uncertainty. Conservative [...]
Club For Growth provides the open letter to the Senate, undersigned by the following: Duane Parde President National Taxpayers Union Jim Martin President 60 Plus Association George Watson, D.O. President Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Susan A. Carleson Chairman, CEO, and Treasurer The American Civil Rights Union Laurence Socci President Americans for Conservative Values Tim Phillips...
The Medicare Rights Center sent a letter to Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) in support of S. 1776, legislation sponsored by Senator Stabenow that would repeal Medicare's flawed physician payment formula. Under the current Sustainable Growth Rate formula, physicians would see a 21.5 percent cut in their Medicare payment rate in 2010, as well as additional cuts in succeeding years.
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