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Last week the House voted, largely along party lines, to repeal the new health care law. Senate Republicans have pledged to force a similar vote in the Senate, but Majority Leader Harry Reid has said he will not allow a vote on the floor.

The Senate this week failed to pass meaningful rules reform aimed at making the upper chamber a democratic institution and preventing the minority from engaging in obstructionist activity. Instead, the Senate, with bipartisan support, adopted minor tweaks to existing rules, ending ?anonymous holds? on nominees and ending the right of individual senators to force the reading of an amendment that has already been submitted for 72 hours and is publicly available.

The Company has sent us the attached notice that began mailing last week to formerly represented retirees in regard to the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program.

On Thursday January 27, 2011, the Congressional Black Caucus met with members of the Congressional Black Caucus Institute 21st Century Council to hold its first Conversation Series Roundtable Discussion of 2011.