Topic: Medicaid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved, and President Barack Obama promptly signed into law, an election-year bill providing $26 billion to struggling states by closing tax loopholes for multinational companies and cutting food aid to the poor. The ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Thursday approved a jobs bill that would send states $26.1 billion to help them cope with historic budget shortfalls and give Democratic lawmakers a victory to tout on the campaign trail ahead of the November elections. ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Monday will decide whether to send billions of dollars to states to help cover steep healthcare costs, a plan paid for by closing tax loopholes enjoyed by big multinational companies. Chances looked slim late on Monday ...
BOSTON (Reuters) - State governors meeting in Boston this weekend had plenty on their minds, from the Gulf oil spill to Arizona's border security controversy. But the economy -- and another year of fiscal distress -- topped the bill. After two years ...
NC lawmakers ready to vote for $19B spending plan designed to protect classroom jobsMore teachers and university faculty would stay on the job this fall but some might face furloughs, and thousands of Medicaid patients may no longer get help at home ...
Highlights of Senate tax and spending bill being filibustered by Senate GOPHighlights of tax and spending legislation likely to be killed by a GOP filibuster on Thursday: TAXES _Extends for one year about $32 billion in tax breaks that expired in January, ...
House passes bill to increase lending by small banks as Senate defeats GOP jobless aid billA $30 billion government fund would be available to community banks to increase lending to small businesses under a bill passed by the House Thursday as congressional ...
Impasse in DC threatens to punch $130M hole in Kan. budget; inaction becomes political issueA congressional impasse over a new economic stimulus package threatens to punch a $130 million hole in Kansas' budget, only weeks after state legislators raised taxes to keep ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A measure introduced on Tuesday in the U.S. Senate to help states pay for healthcare is already having a rocky time, and governors from across the country are rallying to try to get it passed. Under the $863 billion ...
Analysis: Democrats flinching on agenda, basic tasks because of election fears, deficitCongressional Democrats returning this week to the Washington they control will confront an embarrassing pile of unfinished budget business after spending the winter and spring blowing deadline after deadline. With many ...
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