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Author: Carisa Henze

Carisa Henze is an enthusiastic contributor to the blog who hails from Washington, D.C. and is a native of St. Louis. She has extensive congressional experience and an advocacy background in Congress. She worked in the House of Representatives starting as an intern to Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) to then-Rep. Charles Schumer to Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA). As an attorney in our nation's capital, she helps clients work with government decisionmakers and further legislative advances in domestic policy matters.

All aboard for healthcare reform

March 13, 2010 Carisa Henze Congress, Health care 2 comments

President Obama has sounded the train whistle signaling that health care reform is his fast-moving vehicle.  A new, revised bill will be attached to the

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To TP or not to TP…that is the question

February 27, 2010 Carisa Henze Congress, Health care 2 comments

The path to enacting significant legislative measures in the Congress has become a war of words.  Let’s be honest, the American people are at

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