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Louise Slaughter

L.A. Times - National News | 3 hours ago

Numbers behind healthcare bill cheer Democrats, clear way for vote

...measure which requires a simple majority rather than 60 votes to pass. House Rules Committee chairwoman Louise M. Slaughter (D-N.Y.), whose committee will put the legislation together on...

Hot Air | 4 hours ago

No-mentum: Arcuri flips from yes to no on ObamaCare

...their goal yet. Arcuri becomes the first Democrat on the Rules committee to push back against the Slaughter strategy. That puts the split at 8-5. If Cardoza flips on the committee...

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CNN.com | 5 hours ago

Opinion: Health care stealth move to backfire

...separately on a reconciliation measure. Republicans are calling this the "Slaughter solution," named after Rep. Louise Slaughter, who proposed it. Either the Democrats are voting for...

The Buffalo News | 10 hours ago

300 workers protest student-loan legislation

...Buffalo on six buses to rally outside the district offices of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N. Y., and Rep. Louise Slaughter, DFairport. Across from the Larkin at Exchange building, home to...

"I'm worried that our current system where public money needs to go through private banks does so at the expense of our students that can't afford college," Slaughter said. "Creating an efficient system and increasing money for Pell Grants are extremely important to improving the lives of the next generation of scholars and learners. "

300 workers protest student-loan legislation The Buffalo News | 10 hours ago

New York Daily News | 22 hours ago

Tantaros: Pelosi preparing her lambs for slaughter

...tactic is another blatant, last-gasp abuse of the legislative process. And it's one that Pelosi and Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-Buffalo) were against before they were in favor. It would...

Politico | 22 hours ago

Rules markup will be televised

...spent two days calling for cameras in the hearing room. Vince Morris, spokesman for Rules chairman Louise Slaughter, writes to reporters: The GOP claims cameras are not "allowed"...

CNN.com | 1 day ago

House Democratic holdouts wrestle with health care vote

...nothing unconstitutional about it. It's perfectly legitimate," Slaughter told CNN. Slaughter said she sees "no necessity" in having to take a vote on a bill that includes...

NewsReal Blog | 1 day ago

The SlaughterHouse Progressives

...Louise Slaughter, is only the latest example proving Beck right. Who is this slaughteress of the Constitution? Louise Slaughter is a proud member of The Progressive Caucus, an...

New York Post | 1 day ago

Pelosi in sleight of hand

...Security, there is NO WIDE PUBLIC support for this measure. Rep. Slaughter said, ""It's totally fair -- absolutely," she told The Post. "The question of constitutionality has already...

New York Post | 1 day ago

Slaughter featured in Nancy's House of horror

...actually pass the House without a vote -- thanks to some creative legislative sorcery by upstate Rep. Louise Slaughter. After a few tweaks, the bill will begin lurching -- brain-dead,...

Media Matters for America | 1 day ago

Right-wing media falsely accuse Dems of Slaughter rule hypocrisy

...used a "self-executing" rule very similar to the "Slaughter rule" to raise the debt ceiling in 2005, Rep. Louise Slaughter - along with Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Henry Waxman -...

TheHill.com: The Executive | 2 days ago

Gibbs dismisses Slaughter critics as playing 'legislative process game'

...on healthcare, said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, who dismissed the controversy over the so-called Slaughter Solution Tuesday. Republicans are crying foul over a proposed rule...