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Obama calls on Dems to pass health care

Victory within reach, President Barack Obama rallied House Democrats on Saturday for a final health care push.

No health deal with abortion opponents

A top House Democrat said party leaders are unlikely to cut a deal with abortion opponents to pass President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

 

The history of health care legislation

A historical look at the pivotal moments in American history concerning health care legislation.

Obama makes final health care pitch

Claiming unstoppable momentum but still short of the goal line, President Barack Obama is heading to Capitol Hill to rally House Democrats for a final push on

Obama rallies support for health care

President Barack Obama described the stakes of this weekend's health care vote in stark terms Friday, using words uttered so rarely out of the White House that

Health care bill extends wage tax

High-income families would be hit with a tax increase on wages and a new levy on investments under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul bill.

Dems push toward Sunday health vote

Slowly but steadily, support is building behind President Barack Obama's health care legislation in the House, with the intense lobbying and politically

Obama signs jobs bill

President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law a package of tax breaks and spending designed to give the nation a jobs boost by encouraging the private

House Dems on track for health vote

House Democrats are on track for a Sunday vote on sweeping health care legislation that will expand coverage to millions of uninsured while also reducing the

Lawmakers struggle to wrap health bill

Pushing toward a history-making vote, Democrats struggled to eliminate lingering complications standing in the way of House action this weekend on President

Obama's health plan picks up support

President Barack Obama's much-challenged health care overhaul gained traction Wednesday as a liberal lawmaker became the first to switch his opposition and

Senate OKs jobs bill

Companies that hire unemployed workers will get a temporary payroll tax holiday under a bill that easily won final congressional approval Wednesday.

House leaders joust over use of rule

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer declined to say Wednesday if Democrats have enough votes to pass historic health care legislation, but hinted that they're

Senate poised to clear jobs bill

Companies that hire unemployed workers get a temporary payroll tax holiday under a bill headed for likely Senate passage Wednesday.

Parliamentarian is rock star in debate

When Congress battles over thorny bills, parliamentarian Alan Frumin has been known to sleep in his office — on call 24/7 as the Senate's Solomon, divining the

Wavering Dems in Obama's sights on vote

Days away from a make-or-break vote on his health care overhaul, President Barack Obama is turning up the pressure as only presidents can, as Democratic

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Wiener apologizes for ‘joke’ e-mail

A Bernalillo County Commissioner has apologized for forwarding a racially …

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Life in prison could end after 30 years

Some of the state’s most dangerous criminals, convicted murderers who were …

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