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Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 14, 2015, following a Senate policy luncheon. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Senate passes Medicare overhaul, ending ‘doc fix’ ritual

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif. participates in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 24, 2015, with members of the House GOP leadership. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Budget, Medicare spending deadlines loom before Congress

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat (Associated Press)

Senate faces deadline on medical funding bill

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio calls on a reporters during his weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington in this March 26, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

John Boehner’s office invokes Leo DiCaprio to praise ‘titanic’ entitlement reform

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

The House budget plan, written by Budget Chairman Tom Price, Georgia Republican, calls for spending $5.5 trillion less than currently projected over the next decade, while the Senate plan, written by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Michael B. Enzi of Wyoming, would spent $5.1 trillion less — a difference analysts said should be easily bridged when the two chambers meet in a conference committee. (Associated Press)

Republicans work against deadline to pass budget; Obamacare hopes hang in balance

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican, said the "doc fix" would cost taxpayers a net $141 billion over the next decade, and would bring Congress disrepute. (Associated Press)

Conservatives push back against Medicare ‘doc fix’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington in this March 17. 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

How bill awaiting congressional OK achieves Medicare savings

Associated Press

House Speaker John A. Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi reached a rare bipartisan accord with last month's passage of H.R. 2, which reforms Medicare physician reimbursements. (Associated Press)

Medicare payments to doctors expire April 1

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., accompanied by Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this March 24, 2015 file photo. Senators worked into Friday's pre-dawn hours March 27, 2015, on a stack of amendments to the balanced-budget plan, which closely follows a blueprint the House passed Wednesday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Senate OKs Republican balanced-budget plan, following House

By Alan Fram - Associated Press

From right to left, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Md., Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., House Assistant Minority Leader James Clyburn of S.C., and others, walk out together for an event on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, to commemorate the fifth anniversary of President Obama signing into law the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Doctors’ lobby blasts Senate for leaving town without vote on Medicare pay

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Rep. Michael C. Burgess, Texas Republican. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

House passes Medicare payment overhaul in rare spark of bipartisanship

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks on the fifth anniversary of his healthcare law, Wednesday, March 25, 2015, in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Obama signals he’ll sign bill on Medicare payments to doctors

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, pauses during a news conference on Capitol in Washington on March 19, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Medicare overhaul will cost $200B+, with $140B added to deficit: CBO

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 17, 2015, file photo, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Officials say House Republicans deepened recommended budget savings from the government’s chief health care program for the poor by about $140 billion in recent weeks to offset part of the cost of higher payments to doctors who treat Medicare patients. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

GOP House bill would balance budget, cut Obamacare

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks on the fifth anniversary of his healthcare law, Wednesday, March 25, 2015, in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Obama says he’s ready to sign Medicare doctor payment fix

By NEDRA PICKLER - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. adjusts his glasses as he speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, following a policy luncheon. Reid is wearing special glasses as part of his recovery from injuries suffered in an exercise accident in January. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Senate Dems see distinctions in latest abortion language, keeping Medicare deal alive

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Charles Schumer, New York Democrat said of the Medicare language, "is it as severe as the provision in the trafficking bill? No, so we'll see where we come out." The Medicare bill would repeal an outdated budget tool that Congress overrides each year, anyway, through a so-called "doc fix," even when the formula calls for a cut to doctors' pay. (Associated Press)

Democrats may not sink House bill on doctors’ pay

By Tom Howell Jr. and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Under pressure from pro-choice groups, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is balking at pro-life language designed to keep federal funds from paying for abortions in both bills, known as the Hyde amendment. (Associated Press)

Abortion fight threatens Medicare deal as Democrats balk at pro-life language

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

The House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee ranking member, Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., holds an automobile ignition switch as she addresses General Motors CEO Mary Barra and others as they testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ** FILE **

Pro-choice House leaders: Don’t let abortion-funding ban scuttle Medicare deal

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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Obamacare repeal debate stalls budget talks in Congress

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times