Health Roundup: Conservatives could stymie health bills

[Valin]

The Hill:

Julian Pecquet
11/15/10

Conservatives could stymie health bills: We find out this week how much clout the Tea Party has on Capitol Hill. Newly empowered conservatives are vowing to stymie Democrats' policy priorities in the lame-duck session. That could have repercussions on a couple of health-related bills, including childhood nutrition and food safety. Also in doubt is a 13-month Medicare "doc fix" because of the inevitable struggle to find offsets acceptable to all parties.

The nonprofit Americans for Prosperity is holding a "November Speaks" event on Monday to press lawmakers "not to pass any new legislation from the Left's agenda in the Lame Duck session." Expected speakers at the event include Republican Reps. Mike Pence (Ind.) and Michele Bachmann (Minn.) and congressmen-elect Morgan Griffith (Va.), Frank Guinta (N.H.) and Sean Duffy (Wis.). More Here

Advocates are pushing back. Feeding America and its partners plan to inundate Capitol Hill this week to get the nutrition bill passed. The group hosts a Child Nutrition "Virtual" Town Hall with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack; Top Chef and nutrition advocate Tom Colicchio; and Feeding America's CEO Vicki Escarra today at 2 p.m.
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[Stella]

The title of this article is deceiving. All the GOP, even the ones who haven't been bestowed with the conservative title, want to defund and alter this bill.

[Pepper]

Good point, Stella.