Ocean State Action celebrates
2nd Annual Health Care Policy Heroes!
Please Join Us to Honor
State Representative Ray Sullivan,
SEIU 1199,
and Nancy St. Germain
Guest Speakers to include:
Margarida Jorge, National Field Director for Health Care for America Now (HCAN), formerly of SEIU, AFSCME,
and Missouri ProVote
Jeff Blum, Executive Director of USAction
Monday, June 21st, 2010, 6PM - 8PM
Local 121, Providence
Get your tickets here.
Tell Congress: Protect Consumers and Hold the Big Wall Street Banks Accountable!
Call Senator Jack Reed Toll Free TODAY at 1-866-544-7573.
Tell Senator Reed to support financial reform that holds big Wall Street Banks accountable.
Historic health reform has passed! The bill is a victory for the American people:
- Insurance companies can no longer deny care for pre-existing conditions, charge you more if you’re sick, cap your benefits, sell you junk insurance, or raise rates with impunity.
- For the first time, Members of Congress will get their health insurance from the same system regular Americans do.
- Small business and working families will security and stability knowing they can afford good health insurance that meets their needs.
- 32 million uninsured Americans will get affordable coverage, saving over 30,000 lives per year.
Read an op-ed from a Rhode Island emergency physician explaining why we need reform.
Now write your own!
- Health Care Policy Heroes
- Flat Tax Repeal
- Finance Reform
- Health Care Reform
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in the SENATE
• Senator introduces bill.
• Senate President refers it to committee. (At this point, a bill, depending on the rules, may be given immediate consideration and, thus, acted upon without being referred to committee.)
• Clerk numbers the bill.
• The bill is printed.
• In committee, the bill may be,
•Allowed to die
• Studied
• Made the subject of one or more hearings
• Held
• Killed
• Amended
• Approved with or without amendment and reported out
• The bill goes to the floor with a recommendation that it be passed as introduced or as amended. It is placed on the calendar* for subsequent debate and action. If approved, it is sent to the House, where it is subject to the same procedure except it is not given another number.
• If it is a House bill and is passed in concurrence, it is sent to the Governor.
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in the HOUSE
• Representative introduces the bill.
• Speaker refers it to committee. (At this point, a bill, depending on the rules, may be given immediate consideration and, thus, acted upon without being referred to committee.)
• Clerk numbers the bill.
• The bill is printed.
• In committee the bill may be
• Allowed to die
• Studied
• Made the subject of one or more hearings
• Held
• Killed
• Amended
• Approved, with or without amendment, and reported out
• The bill goes to the floor with a recommendation that it be passed as introduced or as amended. It is placed on the calendar* for subsequent debate and action. If approved, it is sent to the Senate, where it is subject to the same procedure except it is not given another number.
• If it is a Senate bill and is passed in concurrence, it is sent to the Governor.
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Extra! Extra!
*At this point, a bill, depending on the rules, may be given immediate consideration and, thus, acted upon without being referred to committee.
In acting on the bill, the Governor may sign the bill, making it law. Or the Governor may veto the bill or allow it to become law without signing it.
The Governor must act one way or the other, within six days (Sunday as the exception) when the General Assembly has adjourned; otherwise it becomes law.
If the Governor vetoes the bill while the Assembly is in session, the measure is returned along with the reasons for the action to the chamber where it originated. If the bill is approved in both chambers by 3/5 of the members, on a roll call vote, the measure becomes law. Failing that, the bill dies. If the Assembly has adjourned and the Governor, who so notifies the Secretary of State, vetoes the bill, the bill dies.
More Tools: Consumer’s Guide to the State House: Everything You Need to Know for a State House Hearing
To find out more about more tools at Ocean State Action, call us at 401-463-5368.
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