Obama Health Care Meeting Aims to Rally Senators
New York Times - Tue Dec 15, 1:43 pm ETPresident Obama will appeal to Senate Democrats’ sense of history on Tuesday as he exhorts them to approve the contentious health care legislation.
592 Stories, most recent news story added Tue Dec 15, 6:28 pm ET
President Obama will appeal to Senate Democrats’ sense of history on Tuesday as he exhorts them to approve the contentious health care legislation.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former County Commissioner who was convicted and sent to federal prison for taking bribes from a Las Vegas strip club owner is a free man.
The health-care debate is -- surprise -- stalled in the Senate, where all eyes are on Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman.
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats say they're determined to get a health care reform bill passed before Christmas recess. They held an emergency, closed-door meeting Monday night to discuss the bill as they look for the 60 votes needed to block a Republican filibuster.
Few signs suggest senators can wrap up healthcare before Christmas, despite optimism expressed by President Obama and Sen. Harry Reid. Read more...
Head-shaking headline
Remember that astounding display of gusto by U.S. Sen. Harry Reid in early October when he was talking about the health care bill?
REID'S 'BOMB' "Sen. Harry Reid threw a long bomb in an act of desperation," Jennifer Rubin writes in a blog at www. commentarymagazine.com. "Recognizing that there was no deal on the public option, Reid resuscitated an old liberal gambit -- expanding Medicare. But the questions and contradictions came flooding forth. How was this to be paid for? Wouldn't the buy-in cost be too expensive? How ...
The Senate bill under debate in Washington contains a provision that would impose a 5 percent levy on cosmetic procedures not considered medically necessary.
A handful of New Yorkers yesterday let their outrage be seen as they took to the streets to protest a proposed cosmetic surgery tax
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | First, a brief congratulations to all on having seemingly killed the public option. Without our efforts, it would be en route to becoming law.
Columnist Dick Morris says, "First, a brief congratulations to all on having seemingly killed the public option. Without our efforts, it would be en route to becoming law.
Seven days a week, 365 days a year, Pete Olsen runs his dairy operation in Fallon. Recently, he took a day away from the dairy to talk with Nevada congressional leaders about the current state of the industry and the importance of farmer-owned cooperatives to the dairy sector. Olsen, a member of Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (DFA), met with Sen. John Ensign, Rep. Dean Heller and the staff of ...
HOLLYWOOD — God bless America, and how's everybody? The Congressional Black Caucus ripped President Obama on Wednesday, complaining that he's not paying enough attention to race. They're just furious.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The controversy over Sen.
Florida Senator spoke out about the Health Care Bill in Washington.