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Previous Volume 329:1593-1596 November 18, 1993 Number 21

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Congress in committee is Congress at work, as Woodrow Wilson once observed. That rule certainly applies now, as legislators, primed by President Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton and pressured by a large array of private interests, intensify their scrutiny of the administration's ambitious proposal to reform the U.S. health care system. By the time the process concludes, the final product will bear only a slight resemblance to the original proposal, because according to history and current procedure, the executive branch proposes legislation and Congress disposes of it. Nevertheless, the Clintons have demonstrated in a masterly manner how to reach . . . [Full Text of this Article]

The President's Plan

Congressional Committees with Jurisdiction over Health Care Reform

House Committees

Senate Committees

Congressional Budget Office

Conclusions

References

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