On Thanksgiving Day, Obama and GOP offer different recipes for jobs and a better economy President Barack Obama and a top House Republican ...
Senate majority leader, in advancing health care reform, shows his influence In the Democratic-run Senate, there are enough votes to pass meaningful health ...
Ariz. lawmakers, gov OK bills to cut one-fourth of $2B deficit; they'll meet again next week Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed legislation to eliminate about a quarter of the state's nearly $2 billion midyear budget deficit, as she and lawmakers acknowledged that ...
Tiny drop gets response from pols, but experts say itÕs nothing to cheer CARSON CITY — No sooner were the latest unemployment numbers released Friday morning than politicians offered their takes, illustrating that no fact will go un-spun this campaign season. Senate ...
Sen. Schumer vows Democrats will pass health care bill with or without GOP support Failure is not an option on health care, a leading Democratic senator said Monday, even as Republicans turned up the heat on moderates who hold the fate of ...
Kan. Congressman Dennis Moore says he won't seek re-election next year, will finish out term U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore, the only Democrat in Kansas' congressional delegation, said Monday he will not seek a seventh term, calling it "time for a new generation ...
Tenn. House speaker says no consensus on December special legislative session on workers comp Tennessee House Speaker Kent Williams says there's no consensus among lawmakers about whether to call a special legislative session next month to delay a workers compensation law. Williams ...
Health care issues: What do minority Republicans want, and does it matter? A look at key issues in the health care debate: THE ISSUE: Republicans are the minority party in both houses of Congress. What health care proposals have they advanced, and ...
Dems' Schumer and GOP's Hutchison parry over prospects for passage of health care legislation Sen. Charles Schumer says majority Democrats will push through a bill overhauling the health care system with or without Republican support. The New York Democrat accused GOP lawmakers ...
President Barack Obama's top domestic priority, remaking US health care, cleared a major Senate hurdle but strong opposition Sunday to key parts of the proposals augured a tough battle ahead. After a knife-edge vote on Saturday night, battle lines were already being ...
President Barack Obama's planned overhaul of the US health care system headed Sunday for another major political battle after it cleared a key Senate hurdle that allows for debate on the proposal. Senators voted 60-39 Saturday to formally start debate on legislation ...
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 ...
