Senate majority leader, in advancing health care reform, shows his influence In the Democratic-run Senate, there are enough votes to pass meaningful health ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The fight over a U.S. government-run public insurance plan may be getting louder and noisier, but for now the program's ...
Sens. Reid and Dodd may pay a price for their clout on health care, financial regulation Two Senate leaders trying to steer a pair of President Barack Obama's high-stakes initiatives through Congress are being dogged by re-election worries, and it's not clear ...
The UN's top climate official voiced optimism Monday that some kind of agreement could be salvaged at world talks on global warming next month, sensing US President Barack Obama will come with a target and financing. UN negotiator Yvo de Boer has ...
President Barack Obama's signature drive to remake US health care barely cleared a key Senate hurdle in a narrow party-line vote the White House immediately hailed as an "historic" victory. Senators voted 60-39 to formally start debate on sweeping legislation aimed at ...
Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote ...
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 21: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) talks to reporters after a news conference following the Senate's cloture vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Senate approved the motion ...
Sweeping health care legislation has cleared its first hurdle in the Senate on a party-line vote. The 60-39 vote clears the way for a historic debate after Thanksgiving on the legislation. The measure is designed to extend coverage to an estimated 31 ...
Senate begins vote on whether to move forward on historic health care bill The Senate has begun voting on whether to move ahead on a sweeping health care bill. The roll call began with many of the 100 members seated in their ...
Invoking the name of the late Edward M. Kennedy, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with opposition Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. Two final ...
President Barack Obama's signature drive to remake US health care strode closer to clearing a key Senate hurdle Saturday as the last two wavering Democrats agreed to vote to formally start debate on the bill. But those lawmakers, Senators Mary Landrieu of ...
Democratic leaders secured the last two votes to move ahead on historic health care legislation, clearing the way for a Saturday night showdown on President Barack Obama's top domestic initiative. In long-awaited speeches, centrist Sens. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas and Mary Landrieu ...
