WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats appeared ready Monday to drop a controversial plan to expand Medicare coverage to 55- to 64-year-olds, a proposal that's threatened to scuttle the massive health care bill that lawmakers hope to finish before Christmas. Full Story »
WASHINGTON — The mounting Senate tension in these last days of the 2009 session is all about public options, Medicare and abortion policy, but step away from the rhetorical flames and it turns out that a lot of lawmakers from both parties agree on many proposals to change the nation's health care system. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama gave the nation's top bankers an earful Monday, telling them in no uncertain terms that it's time for them to start lending again to help boost the economy after being bailed out themselves by the nation's taxpayers. Full Story »
FOB HASSANABAD, Afghanistan — The young Marines at this outpost could be on a camping trip to Hell. Full Story »
WASHINGTON — Amid mounting criticism that minorities, women and low-income workers are missing out on business opportunities and jobs under the stimulus bill, the Obama administration is urging the nation's governors to work harder to ensure that these groups participate fully in state transportation projects that receive federal funding. Full Story »
WASHINGTON _The epic Senate battle over overhauling the nation's health-care system is hurtling toward some crucial showdowns over the next week and a half, and the fate of President Barack Obama's top 2009 domestic priority remains highly uncertain. Full Story »
WASHINGTON — Congress wants to offer another chance to car dealers who lost their businesses when Chrysler and General Motors went bankrupt and took billion-dollar bailouts. Full Story »
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives passed legislation Friday designed to bring the most sweeping rewrite of financial regulation since the New Deal era following the Great Depression. Full Story »
WASHINGTON — Exercising his newly influential role national Republican politics, South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint on Thursday threw his support — and his financial resources — behind a conservative candidate in a Texas Senate race. Full Story »
WASHINGTON — Senators working on a compromise climate bill unveiled the basics of their plan for the first time on Thursday, including encouragement for new nuclear power plants, a continued use of coal and a greenhouse gas emissions reduction target that's lower than what the Senate had been considering. Full Story »
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