Update 11:33: Biden: “History is made when passion is matched with principle” Update 11:34: Biden: “You’ve done what generations…have attempted to do” Update 11:37: The Vice-President now introduces President Obama Update 11:41: Obama: Health care reforms to start going into …

Watch Live as President Obama Makes History Today, Signs Health Care Reform Into Law Very Shortly Read more »

As we sit at the dawn of a truly historic vote, President Obama laid out both the moral and fiscal imperatives of passing health care reform. This morning the President addressed a huge crowd at George Mason University in Fairfax, …

The Time for Change Has Come, Obama Makes Closing Argument for HCR Read more »

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) released a report today on the effects of the Senate-Passed Health Bill: CBO and JCT now estimate that, on balance, the direct (mandatory) spending and revenue effects of …

Senate-Passed Health Bill Reduces Deficit, Broader Republican Roadmap Balloons Deficit Read more »

Lost in all my other posts on the 1st Congressional District race this week was the fact that the House voted overwhelmingly to pass, 406-19, the Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act. Can’t get more bi-partisan that that! So what …

Perriello’s Bill to Repeal Antitrust Exemption for Health Insurance Companies Passes House Read more »