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WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid reportedly is moving closer toward a progressive way to fund quality, affordable health care for all. The Associated Press late Wednesday reported that one of the options Reid has under review is asking individuals who earn more than $250,000 a year to pay a modest increase in the payroll tax that goes to Medicare. This measure would bring in needed revenue to pay for comprehensive health care reform, but also...

AAHC Urges Senate Majority Leader Reid to Amend Senate Bill to Strengthen National Workforce Planning Body WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dr. Steven A. Wartman, president and CEO of the Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC), urged Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to ensure that health reform create an integrated, coordinated national health workforce policy by incorporating four AAHC recommendations into Senate health reform legislation. "... House Speaker Pelosi...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- USAction today praised Senate Majority Leader Reid for moving health care reform forward and for including a public option in what has now emerged as the working reform legislation in the U.S. Senate. "We applaud Senator Reid for his leadership in advancing the landmark debate over how to achieve quality, affordable health care for all Americans," said USAction Program Director Alan Charney. "We call on all senators to vote for the motion to...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid held a brief press availability following their meeting with President Obama at the White House this afternoon. Below is a transcript of their remarks followed by question and answer session. Speaker Pelosi. We had a very productive meeting with the President and the Vice President. The main subject was, of course, health insurance reform, but we talked about other issues that relate...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sent the following letter today to President Obama inviting him to address a Joint Session of Congress on Wednesday, September 9, 2009. Below is the text of the letter to the President: September 2, 2009 President Barack Obama The White House Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President: Our nation is closer than ever to achieving health insurance reform that will lower costs, retain...

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Earlier today United States Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Senator John Ensign (R-NV), Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons (R), Clark County Commission Chairman Rory Reid and Commissioner Tom Collins joined with senior executives from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) -- the trade association for the firearms industry -- in dedicating to Clark County (NV) 178 acres of the Clark Country Shooting Park...

Debate-Shaping, On-Demand Network to Capture Robust Energy Policy Discussion As It Happens WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Committed to delivering real-time coverage of the most pressing energy and environment news of the day, Clean Skies today announced plans to stream live from the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0: Jobs and the New Economy on Monday, August 10 in Las Vegas. Created by Senate Major Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the...

SLDN Also Joins Call for Executive Option SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has called on President Obama to sign an executive order suspending the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, according to the Advocate magazine. Referring to the repeal of the ban, Reid told Advocate reporter Kerry Eleveld that, "My hope is that it can be done administratively." Eleveld added that, "A Democratic aide later clarified that Reid was speaking...

WASHINGTON, June 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids applauds Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for leading the fight in the U.S. Senate to pass historic legislation that gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to regulate tobacco products, including the authority to crack down on tobacco marketing and sales to kids. The U.S. Senate approved the bipartisan bill 79 to 17. The House has approved similar legislation, and Congress is expected...

CBS Sports golf analyst David Feherty apologized Sunday to two top Democrats for joking that any U.S. soldier would kill them if given the opportunity.In an essay for Dallas' D Magazine about his new neighbor in Dallas, former President George W. Bush, Feherty wrote glowingly of Bush and said U.S. military personnel still strongly support their former commander in chief. However, he suggested such support could threaten the lives of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority...