Senator Tim Johnson | Working for South Dakota
Working for South Dakota

Learn more about Tim's work for your community:

Aberdeen Sioux Falls Rapid City

Rapid City | Aberdeen | Sioux Falls

Email
Search

Today in the Senate

May 16, 2012:

The Senate will convene at 9:30 a.m. Following Leader remarks, the Senate will proceed to the consideration of motions to proceed to the following budget resolutions, en bloc: S.Con.Res.41 (Senator Sessions-his interpretation of the Obama budget); H.Con.Res.112 (Congressman Ryan); S.Con.Res.37 (Senator Toomey); S.Con.Res.42 (Senator Paul); and S.Con.Res.44 (Senators Lee, Paul, DeMint).

There will be up to 6 hours for debate on the motions to proceed, equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees.  Upon the use or yielding back of time (at approximately 4:00 p.m. if all time is used), the Senate will conduct up to 5 roll call votes on the motion to proceed to each concurrent resolution.  There will be 2 minutes of debate between each vote and all votes after the first vote will be 10 minutes in duration.

 

 

HEALTH CARE: REAL STORIES FROM SOUTH DAKOTANS

I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002. Fighting the insurance company was as bad as fighting the cancer. Claim after claim was denied.

I have what is called "preferred provider," which means I get a preferred provider discount. My insurance company tried to get out of giving the discounted rate saying my provider wasn't one of their providers.

Luckily, I had a great agent who handled all my claims. He even took my case to a national convention in Las Vegas to try to get answers about why they did this. Of course, he didn't get any answers. 

We dropped that insurance company for our family health insurance plan, which was going up $2000 a year but I had to stay with the old company since our new insurance company put a rider on me for my pre-existing condition of cancer.

We farm and health insurance is a very big expense for us. Luckily for us, we are still able to keep our health insurance.

Mary – Howard, SD

DISCOVER SOUTH DAKOTA LATEST NEWS CONSTITUENT SERVICES

After agriculture, tourism is South Dakota's largest industry. Each year South Dakota entertains thousands of visitors, won't you be one of them? I invite you to come and discover South Dakota!
Click here to learn more...

03/17/10 Johnson Asks VA to Put an End to Speculation About VA Centers
03/16/10 Johnson: We Need to Expand Rural Broadband Access
03/15/10 Johnson Statement on Regulatory Reform Bill
03/15/10 Johnson Announces Over $6 Million to Improve Health Information Technology
  More Press Releases »

My office in Washington, D.C. and three offices in South Dakota are here to serve you. Find out more about the services offered to South Dakotans.

Click here to learn more...