February 13, 2012: The Senate will convene at 2:00 p.m. on Monday. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in morning business until 4:30 p.m. with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. Following morning business, the Senate will consider the nomination of Adalberto Jose Jordan, of Florida, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the 11th Circuit with one hour of debate equally divided and controlled between Senators Leahy and Grassley or their designees. Upon the use or yielding back of time (at approximately 5:30 p.m.), the Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Jordan nomination.
SENATOR KENNEDY FEATURES SOUTH DAKOTAN'S STORY IN NEWSWEEK ARTICLE
Senator Johnson has been calling upon South Dakotans to share their health care stories on his website. More than 250 South Dakotans have submitted stories, which Senator Johnson then shared with the committees of jurisdiction over health care reform.
In turn, one of the stories that Senator Johnson forwarded made it to the Chairman of the HELP Committee, Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA). Kennedy found Eden, SD native Mary Dunn's story so compelling, he included it in his recent cover story in the July 27, 2009 issues of Newsweek, entitled "The Cause of My Life."
Ms. Dunn wrote to Senator Johnson: "I am a 58 year-old teacher at Roslyn School in northeast SD. Our school is closing in June of 2010, which means that I will be losing my job and my health insurance. I am a Type I diabetic, and I had heart bypass surgery in 2005. My husband is also a teacher at Roslyn, so we will both be losing insurance. I am exploring options and have been told that I cannot stay on our group policy or transfer to another policy after our jobs cease because of my medical condition. What am I to do after 39 years of teaching to acquire adequate health coverage? Thank you for the work you are doing to help me and the many other Americans who are facing health coverage problems." To read the full story in Newsweek, click here.
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