Benefits extension on hold for recess - Manu Raju - POLITICO.com
With no clear path to resolve the dispute, unemployment insurance is set to expire April 5, COBRA health coverage for the jobless will stop on March 30, and doctors serving Medicare patients will suffer a 21 percent cut in reimbursement rates — but Congress won’t be back in session until April 12. That means that people relying on those benefits — and the government agencies dealing with them — could face some discomfort in the coming weeks.
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Saturday, March 27, 2010
Politics, Political News - POLITICO.com
Politics, Political News - POLITICO.com
President Obama announced 15 recess appointments on Saturday, including two new members of the National Labor Relations Board. "The United States Senate has the responsibility to approve or disapprove of my nominees,” Obama said. “But if, in the interest of scoring political points, Republicans in the Senate refuse to exercise that responsibility, I must act in the interest of the American people and exercise my authority to fill these positions on an interim basis.” Obama said the appointees had waited an average of 214 days to be confirmed.
President Obama announced 15 recess appointments on Saturday, including two new members of the National Labor Relations Board. "The United States Senate has the responsibility to approve or disapprove of my nominees,” Obama said. “But if, in the interest of scoring political points, Republicans in the Senate refuse to exercise that responsibility, I must act in the interest of the American people and exercise my authority to fill these positions on an interim basis.” Obama said the appointees had waited an average of 214 days to be confirmed.
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