Topic: Jim Mcdermott

Health Care Reform Gay Provisions In Peril

On Top Magazine - 767 days ago
Gay provisions in a health care reform bill are in peril after leaders decide to back a single bill Inclusion of provisions that would recognize gay families in a health care reform bill currently before Congress are in peril of being axed ...
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Doctors on Hill seek voice in reform debate

American Medical Association News - 974 days ago
Last November, U.S. voters elected four new physician-representatives, putting more physicians in Congress now than in at least the past 20 years. "Every one of them are there for their own personal reasons," said Rep. Jim McDermott, MD (D, Wash.), the longest-serving ...

The Daily Muck

TalkingPointsMemo.com - 1412 days ago
Just one week before General Petraeus is expected to testify about the progress of the surge, General Richard Cody, the army's vice chief of staff, asserted that the 30,000 additional troops sent to Iraq have inflicted " " (Washington Post)The U.S. and ...
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Court backs ruling against congressman

AP News - 1533 days ago
Supreme Court Rejects McDermott Appeal in Taped-Call DisputeFor Rep. Jim McDermott, it was the most expensive telephone call he never made.McDermott, a Washington state Democrat, faces fines and penalties topping $800,000 for leaking an illegally taped telephone call a decade ago.The Supreme ...
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