Pelosi Says House Will Return Next Week If Senate Passes Bill With Medicaid Funding, Teacher Pay

The Senate agreed Wednesday morning to proceed with consideration of a $26.1 billion state aid package, which includes $16 billion in Medicaid assistance, by a cloture vote of 61 to 38. The action was followed within hours by an announcement from Speaker Nancy Pelosi that she is calling the House, which had left town last week, back into session next week if the Senate passes the measure…

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Filed under: Medicare / Medicaid / Tricare on August 6th, 2010