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Name Act Description Vote John Ensign Veto Override; Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act - Vote Passed (70-26, 4 Not Voting) The Senate overrode the President's veto of a bill that cancels a scheduled 10.6 percent cut in Medicare physician payments No Harry Reid Yes Shelley Berkeley Veto Override; Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act - Vote Passed (383-41, 11 Not Voting)...
** Senator John Ensign (R-NV) continued his commitment to un-compassionate conservativism by voting against H.R. 5501, the Lantos-Hyde Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act). The measure passed 80-16 (4) on Senate vote number 182 . Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) voted in favor of the bill. Senator Ensign was one of only 31 members of the Senate to agree with the...
This is all over everyone's internets. And deservedly so. Please note the subject-appropriate hand gesture at the top of the clip. Sen. Craig's fellow champion of traditional family values and long-time ideological kindred spirit, Nevada Sen. John Ensign, was not...
Senator John Ensign’s (R-NV) vote on S.Amdt. 5078 to S.2731 (Tom Lantos & Henry HydeUnited States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS Act) begs the imagination. [ roll call 175 ] The DeMint Amendment included the following: “… and shall not be made available to such countries, or other countries through the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, for any organization or program which supports...
Senator John Ensign (R-NV) was one of the few Republicans to support President Bush’s opposition to H.R. 6331 (the Medicare bill) today, and the only member of the Nevada congressional delegation to do so. His explanation appears to be that he wanted to “protect” Nevadans enrolled in Medicare Advantage programs. Of the 320,000 Medicare recipients in Nevada , about 30% are signed up in the private MA...
Senator John Ensign (R-NV) was one of 26 Senate members who voted to sustain President Bush’s veto of H.R. 6331 (Medicare Bill). Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) voted to override. The President’s veto was overridden 70-26, with four not voting. [ roll call 177 ] Those voting to uphold the President’s veto : Allard (R-CO) Barrasso (R-WY) Bennett (R-UT) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burr (R-NC) Coburn (R-OK)...
HELENA - Carter County Sheriff Rusty Jardee says mule deer in Ekalaka became a nuisance, munching on vegetable gardens and damaging trees, soon after enforcement of the local leash law. Now the tiny Eastern Montana community and the state wildlife dep ...
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., July 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In approving a
Medicare reform bill that provides incentives for doctors to forego
traditional pad-and-paper prescribing in favor of digital systems, Congress
took the lead in protecting America's seniors and reached a major milestone
in wiring the health care system, Medco Health Solutions (NYSE: ) said
today.
"History shows that where Medicare...
Senator John Ensign (R-NV) and 11 like minded colleagues from the U.S. Senate voted to sustain the filibuster on H.R. 3221, the Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008. The filibuster was broken on an 84-12-4 vote. [ roll call 170 ] The measure would prohibit the maximum principal loan obligation from exceeding 100% of the property’s appraised value, redefines a mortgage to include a one family condominium...
The Republican filibuster of H.R. 6331 (Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act) was broken today on a 69-30-1 vote. [ roll call 169 ] Senator John Ensign (R-NV) voted to sustain the filibuster. Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) voted “aye.” Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama voted “aye;” Senator John McCain missed the vote today.
FISA votes today: H.R. 6034 Dodd Amendment to strike Title 2, rejected 32-66 [ roll call 164 ] Senator John Ensign (R-NV) nay; Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) yes Not voting: Senator Kennedy, Senator McCain Specter Amendment to limit retroactive immunity [ Sen.gov ] Rejected Vote not yet posted Update: Specter Amendment – rejected 37-61 Senator Ensign Nay, Senator Reid Aye [ roll call 165 ] Senator Kennedy,...
One sure sign that the nation is locked in the grip of a slow news month is when the paper runs an interview with War Party Rep. Dean Heller that appears to have been saved up for a day when...
Freshman Congressman Dean Heller (R-NV2) made a sophomoric mistake? Following the GOP strategy du jour of campaigning as anything but a Republican, Rep. Heller called for “cleaning house,” removing the insiders from the Class of ’94 – which the LVRJ helpfully reminds us includes Senator John Ensign. Mr. Heller tells us he doesn’t like being in the minority, and debating legislation influenced by the...
Source: [b]AP[/b] [div class="excerpt"][b]Mortgage rescue plan draws Senate support[/b] By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, Associated Press Writer 2 minutes ago [b]WASHINGTON [/b]- A mortgage rescue plan to save hundreds of thousands of homeowners from foreclosure drew overwhelming Senate support, in...
