Jobless measure clears hurdle WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation to give additional months of unemployment benefits to people who have been out of a job for more than half a year cleared a key hurdle Tuesday that guarantees it wi...
AP Poll: Public wants elusive accord on health WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans and their lawmakers are dramatically out of sync on health care, with large majorities of people looking for bipartisan cooperation that’s nowhere in sight.
Govt to warn on baby slings because of deaths WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is preparing a safety warning about baby slings — those popular and fashionable infant carriers that parents strap around their chests to give the little ones a ...
Reconciliation bill will be hard for GOP to derail WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are tying the fate of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul to a fast-track process that will make the bill tough for Republicans to derail in the Senate.
Obama pushes health reform plan with zeal GLENSIDE , Pa. (AP) — Stirring memories of his campaign for the White House, President Barack Obama made a spirited, shirt-sleeved appeal for passage of long-stalled health care changes Monday as...
Abortion coverage dispute divides House Democrats WASHINGTON (AP) — On the other side of the obstacle course that President Barack Obama must clear to get his health care overhaul, a final trapdoor is lurking: the divisive politics of abortion.
Sebelius presses on rate hikes WASHINGTON (AP) — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told the nation’s leading health insurers Thursday to publicly justify a spate of double-digit premium hikes that have inf...
Levin is acting chair of Ways and Means panel WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Sander Levin of Michigan took over as chairman of the powerful tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee Thursday after Democrats decided they wanted a consensus builder ...
Democrats mired in the swamp they vowed to drain WASHINGTON (AP) — A rash of ethics lapses has given Democrats an election-year headache: how to convince skeptical voters that they’re any cleaner than Republicans they accused of fostering a “c...
Obama calls for health care vote WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama urged Congress Wednesday to vote “up or down” on sweeping health care legislation in the next few weeks, endorsing a plan that denies Senate Republicans ...
Obama open to adding GOP ideas to health care WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Tuesday he was open to four new Republican proposals on health care legislation, a gesture of bipartisanship meant to jump-start his stalled drive t...
Postal Service renews bid to drop Saturdays WASHINGTON (AP) — The post office is renewing its drive to drop Saturday delivery — and plans a rate increase — in an effort to fend off a projected $7 billion loss this year.
Bunning ends hold out, Senate approves bill WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Tuesday passed a $10 billion measure to maintain unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless and provide stopgap funding for highway programs after a holdout ...
Some health care ‘nos’ signal they might change their votes WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten House Democrats indicated in an Associated Press survey Monday they have not ruled out switching their “no” votes to “yes” on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul,...
Obama seeking money to deal with dropouts WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday addressed the nation’s school dropout epidemic, proposing $900 million to states and school districts that agree to drastically change or even ...
