Earlier today the Senate voted on the very first amendment to their health care reform legislation. It was an amendment offered by Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) dealing with cost-sharing for women’s preventive care. It should have been a relatively uncontroversial amendment. It passed with a near-party-line vote 61-39. Ben Nelson and Russ Feingold were the [...]

We are now entering day three of the Senate debate on health care reform. So far, only one amendment has been offered by the Democrats. It is an amendment from Barbara Mikulski meant to reduce cost sharing for some preventive screening for women. Republican John McCain offered a motion to recommit. It would have sent [...]