Did you know that next week the Senate will vote on an amendment that could mean the future of Social Security and Medicare would be decided for us without an…

by Bruce Webb CBO Director’s Blog Manager’s Amendment to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act CBO Analysis/Score Senate Health Care bill Manager’s Amendment Also I would like some links…

…which provided all members the opportunity to offer amendments; (3) unlimited debate and opportunity for amendments in the Senate; and (4) debate and amendment in the House of Representatives, consistent…

by Bruce Webb The Amendments Are In — All 543 of Them The Friday 5 p.m. deadline has passed for filing amendments to the health care legislation in the Senate…

…(JCT) estimate that enacting the proposed Senate amendment to H.R. 1 would reduce revenues by $101 billion in fiscal year 2009, by $219 billion in fiscal year 2010, and by…

So the good news yesterday (h/t Felix) is that, even as he was voting to eviscerate the Fourth Amendment, Barack Obama urged a change to bankruptcy law. The devil is…

…amendment to expressly forbid gay marriage, Cheney “seriously considered packing up my office and heading home” to the house she shared in Colorado with her longtime partner, Heather Poe. It…

…“even though we knew a lot of the money may go to waste.” Mr. Aiken and several dozen other House conservatives proposed an amendment to the $62 billion hurricane relief…

…against Japan for refusing to lift a mad cow-related ban on U.S. beef. On a 72-26 vote, the Senate adopted an amendment prohibiting importation of Japanese beef until Japan lifts…

…amendment that limits how much Colorado governments can tax and spend – the very amendment that would essentially be put on hold if the twin ballot measures pass November 1….