United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

...records. It would also require more frequent inspections of food facilities, especially those handling risky foods. The action by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions follows House passage of similar...

In this article: FDA, Mike Enzi, Grocery Manufacturers Association, Peanut butter, Tax, Tobacco, and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

...to mark up key food safety legislation next week to rectify this omission. In a letter to Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA), chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and Michael Enzi (R-WY), the committee's ranking...

In this article: FDA, Washington, Frozen dessert, Michael Enzi, Tom Harkin, and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

...couples, Senate aides said. Mr. Reid has submitted his health-overhaul plan -- a merger of bills approved by the Finance Committee and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions -- to the Congressional Budget Office for a cost...

In this article: Tax, Harry Reid, Medicare, Ben Nelson, Richard Trumka, Senate Finance Committee, Washington, National Center for Policy Analysis, and Congressional Budget Office

...but are highly focused on provisions that give tax credits to those that do contribute to premium costs. One bill from the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions rewards employers for paying more than 60% of their employees'...

In this article: Tax, Small business, Washington, Debbie Halvorson, Kaiser Family Foundation, and Mary Landrieu

This week, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will hold a hearing on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which would protect gay, lesbian, and transgender Americans against workplace discrimination.

In this article: Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Maine, Barack Obama, Washington, D.C., Proposition 8, Small business, and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

...major insurers to justify their pricing practices. An industry spokesman called the move unfair and misguided. Harkin, chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, launched the investigation after small business...

In this article: Tom Harkin, Aetna, Small business, Humana, UnitedHealth Group, Iowa, WellPoint, and Henry Waxman

...House just released its final bill on Thursday, and the Senate is still melding the Finance Committee's proposal with one crafted by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Generally speaking, all of the congressional...

In this article: Massachusetts, Medicaid, John F. Kerry, Senate Finance Committee, Edward J. Markey, and US

...even though they failed before and appear to be stuck there. Perhaps Sen. Sakamoto is forgetting that he is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Education and Housing. He and his counterpart in the House should be leading the charge...

In this article: Department of Education, Fiscal year, Tax, Hawaii International Film Festival, and Senate Committee on Education

...conservative groups allied against it, a handful of Democrats from conservative states opposed the idea. Though the left-leaning Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions had a public option in its bill, the Senate Finance...

In this article: Harry Reid, Olympia Snowe, Senate Finance Committee, Medicare, Nancy Pelosi, Yale University, and Congressional Budget Office

...fallout. He says 13 of 25 senators have signed on to his special-session petition. However, Sen. Norman Sakamoto, chairman of the Senate Committee on Education and Housing, said he does not think there will be a special session. "With...

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