Read more Henry Waxman stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1005/henry-waxman.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:58:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65815/health-bill-compromise-kicks-off-5-week-battle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA key House committee approved a health care package tonight, kicking off a 5-week public battle on the issue and sending lawmakers home for August recess, the Washington Post reports. The 31-to-28 vote in the House Energy and Commerce Committee, fueled by a liberal–Blue Dog deal this morning, could give...http://www.newser.com/story/65815/health-bill-compromise-kicks-off-5-week-battle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Jul 2009 20:50:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65589/blue-dog-deal-means-no-vote-on-health-before-recess.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe House will not vote on a health care bill before the August recess, the Hill reports. Rep. Henry Waxman agreed to the delay as part of a deal with “Blue Dog” Democrats on his Energy and Commerce Committee, who had been threatening to block the bill. Waxman now expects...http://www.newser.com/story/65589/blue-dog-deal-means-no-vote-on-health-before-recess.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Jul 2009 13:59:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65534/blue-dogs-stand-firm-as-dems-get-panicky.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Democratic leadership is scrambling to make progress on health care reform before Congress breaks for its August recess, but last night's marathon negotiations failed to break the stalemate—and may even have increased the number of issues up for debate. "We're making progress," Nancy Pelosi said as she left...http://www.newser.com/story/65534/blue-dogs-stand-firm-as-dems-get-panicky.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Jul 2009 4:28:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65473/waxman-offers-secret-health-deal-to-blue-dogs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRep. Henry Waxman is optimistic he can get a health care bill out of his committee after pitching Blue Dog Democrats a compromise late last night, the Hill reports. After three hours of negotiations, the Dogs asked Waxman to get a cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office before they...http://www.newser.com/story/65473/waxman-offers-secret-health-deal-to-blue-dogs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Jul 2009 10:19:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65283/democrats-bicker-while-health-care-reform-stalls.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHouse Democrats looked on the verge of inter-party warfare yesterday, as they openly battled over health care, the Washington Post reports. Tempers ran especially hot in the Energy and Commerce Committee, where Chairman Henry Waxman accused Blue Dog Democrats of “empowering Republicans,” and suggested the bill bypass his committee entirely....http://www.newser.com/story/65283/democrats-bicker-while-health-care-reform-stalls.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 25 Jul 2009 9:45:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65222/gingrich-waxman-lets-health-care-fraud-flourish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmerica’s health care system is riddled with so much fraud that eliminating it would pay for universal coverage, but Congress doesn’t seem to care, writes Newt Gingrich in the Washington Examiner . He singles out as his particular villain Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Waxman, he...http://www.newser.com/story/65222/gingrich-waxman-lets-health-care-fraud-flourish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Jul 2009 10:52:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64601/10-who-can-make-or-break-health-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs health care talk heats up in Washington, Mark Halperin of Time lists the key players to watch: Sen. Max Baucus is trying to wring out as much GOP support as possible on his finance panel. White House health czar Nancy-Ann DeParle has been winning concessions from the health care...http://www.newser.com/story/64601/10-who-can-make-or-break-health-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Jul 2009 9:51:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63316/rep-waxman-hospitalized.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA powerful House committee chairman with a central role in President Obama's global warming and health care legislation has been hospitalized. Democrat Henry Waxman was not feeling well yesterday and was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in his native Los Angeles for "routine testing," a spokeswoman said today.http://www.newser.com/story/63316/rep-waxman-hospitalized.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Jul 2009 12:35:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62841/cap-and-trade-bill-biggest-tax-in-us-history.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe cap-and-trade climate legislation that could come up for a House vote tomorrow makes no economic sense and “is likely to be the biggest tax in American history,” write the editors of the Wall Street Journal . Democrats are defending the bill with an incomplete Congressional Budget Office estimate that itself...http://www.newser.com/story/62841/cap-and-trade-bill-biggest-tax-in-us-history.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 25 Jun 2009 14:15:01 CDT