2 Amendments were voted on and debated:

Gregg Amendment: Preserves Medicare Trust Funds Failed 43-56
Pryor Amendment: Requires Enrollee Satisfaction Information Passed 98-0

This is embedded video from CSPAN2. Push play and more than likely you will find them debating throughout the day. For earlier days and records of amendments voted and debated on see label Healthcare.

Republicans McCain and McConnell



vs Democrat Reid

For some reason this portion at CSPAN has not been made available to embed so here is link.

Republican Weekly Address



vs President Obama Weekly Address

4 Amendments were voted on and debated:

Kerry Amendment: To protect home health benefits. Passed 96-0
Johanns Motion to Commit to the Committee on Finance: Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act of 2009 Defeated 41-53
Lincoln Amendment: Limits Executive Compensation Defeated 56-42 (Needed 60 votes to pass)
Ensign Amendment: Limits Attorney Fees Defeated 32-66

Day 6



Day 7

4 Amendments were voted on and debated:

Hatch Motion to Commit: Return Bill to Finance Cmte. Defeated 41-57
Stabenow Amendment: Protects Medicare Advantage Plans Passed 97-1
Thune Amendment: Eliminates New Entitlement Programs Defeated 51-47 (Needed 60 votes to pass)
Whitehouse Amendment: Surplus Protections on Social Security & CLASS Passed 98-0

House of Commons rejects amendment to protect religious liberty of Churches in Equality Bill in the UK by a vote of 314-170.

Click here to go to beginning of debate in video at Parliamentlive.tv. You will enter exactly on the spot where the debate begins at about 5 hours and 1 minute into the video.

Bill was defeated by a vote of 38-24. The purpose of the bill states: "This bill provides same-sex couples the same opportunity to enter into civil marriages as opposite-sex couples. The bill also provides that no member of the clergy may be compelled to perform any marriage ceremony."

Part 1



Part 2



Part 3

Independent Senator from Vermont Bernard Sanders announced he would place a hold on the renomination of Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve chair.



Senate hearing on Fred Bernanke renomination hearing

Commissioner of Bureau of Labor Statistics hears comments and is asked questions by both Democrats and Republicans.

4 Amendments were voted on and debated:

McCain Motion to Commit: Return Bill to Finance Cmte. Defeated 42-58
Bennet Amendment: Guarantee Medicare Benefits Passed 100-0
Murkowski Amendment: Cancer Screening Recommendations Defeated 41-59
Mikulski Amendment: Women's Preventive Health Care Passed 61-39

From the morning...



Into the evening...

House Republicans



vs Democrat Speaker of the House

From CSPAN in the morning...



Till the evening...

From day 3 of Senate health care bill debate. This motion to commit would send bill back to committee.

From Day 3 of Senate health care debate

From The Health Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee in the House

Witness include

• Ned Calonge, M.D., M.P.H., Chair, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
• Diana B. Petitti, M.D., M.P.H., Vice Chair, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
• Otis Webb Brawley, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, American Cancer Society
• Jennifer Luray, President, Susan G. Komen for the Cure Advocacy Alliance
• Fran Visco, President, National Breast Cancer Coalition
• Donna Sweet, M.D., M.A.C.P., Member, American College of Physicians' Clinical Assessment Efficacy Subcommittee

Part 1 Includes opening statements and first panel with Ned Calonge and Diana Petitti.



Part 2 Includes further questioning of Ned and Diana and then at about 01:15:00 includes the remaining witnesses.



Got these videos from the Committee on Energy and Commerce which had this disclaimer. Due to technical difficulties, the beginning segment of Part 1 is not currently available.

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Connolly



vs Grassley

From the morning...



Into the evening...

Day 1 of debate on the Senate floor over the Senate health care bill.