U.S. House of Representatives

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Pa. House panel OKs ban on texting while driving

AP News 14 days ago

Proposed ban on text messaging while driving approved by Pa. House Transportation Committee A bill to bar text messaging while driving in Pennsylvania is headed to the House floor. The bill won a unanimous vote of support Tuesday from the House Transportation ...

Health Overhaul Hospice Care

AP News 15 days ago

Joe Takach, in this Oct. 30, 2009 photo, talks to his friend Lillian Landry, as she spends her last days in the hospice wing of an Oakland Park, Fla. hospital. She made her end-of-life decisions on how she wanted to die and ...

Clinton to spur Senate Democrats on health care

AFP American Edition 16 days ago

Former president Bill Clinton planned a rare visit to the US Senate Tuesday to unite Democrats divided on President Barack Obama's push for a sweeping overhaul of US health care. Fifteen years after his own dramatic push to remake the US system ...

US House approves sweeping health care overhaul

AFP Global Edition 18 days ago

The US House of Representatives has approved the broadest US health care overhaul in a half-century, handing President Barack Obama a major victory on his top domestic priority. Obama hailed the "historic vote" and said he was sure of signing the ambitious ...

Health Care Overhaul

AP News 19 days ago

A Capitol Hill Police Officer stands guard outside of House of Representatives side of the U.S. Capitol as the healthcare bill is debated, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Copyright 2009 AP News

Obama pleads for health care overhaul, vote looms

AFP Global Edition 19 days ago

President Barack Obama, fighting for his top domestic priority, urged fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives to "vote yes" Saturday on the broadest US health care overhaul in a half-century. "This is our moment to deliver. I urge members of congress ...

Oops: Republican jumps gun on health care vote

AFP Global Edition 19 days ago

US President Barack Obama's Democratic allies got an unlikely vote of confidence Saturday, as a top Republican foe prematurely declared defeat in the fight over remaking US health care. Mike Pence, the number three Republican in the House of Representatives, put a ...

Obama to push health care as lawmakers debate overhaul

AFP Global Edition 19 days ago

The US House of Representatives opened a historic debate Saturday on remaking US health care, with President Barack Obama set to make a rare in-person appeal for his top domestic priority. Obama hoped to bring the full persuasive power of the US ...

Obama to push lawmakers on health care vote

AFP Global Edition 19 days ago

President Barack Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, was to make a rare in-person plea Saturday for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to remake US health care. Obama, who wooed skittish fellow Democrats by telephone Friday, ...

Obama urges lawmakers on historic health care vote

AFP Global Edition 19 days ago

President Barack Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, was on Saturday to make a rare in-person plea for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to overhaul US health care. Obama, who wooed skittish fellow Democrats by telephone ...

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