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WASHINGTON _President Barack Obama tried mightily Tuesday to jolt the Senate's stalled health care overhaul effort, but after an hour-long closed-door meeting with Senate Democrats, the fate of his top 2009 domestic priority remains unclear.
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Drugmakers such as Eli Lilly & Co. staved off a possible influx of cheaper medicines from Canada and other nations after the U.S. Senate voted against loosening importation rules as part of larger health-care legislation.
Energy and Commerce Committee announces multiple hires: Katie Wheelbarger will join Heather Couri as a deputy chief of staff. Wheelbarger most recently served as Read more...
WASHINGTON — New Jersey Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez are defending a proposal to allow prescription drugs to be imported but only if federal health authorities certify that the medicines are safe.
WASHINGTON _President Barack Obama tried mightily Tuesday to jolt the Senate's stalled health care overhaul effort, but after an hour-long closed-door meeting with Senate Democrats, the fate of his top 2009 domestic priority remains unclear.
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Military trials for some suspected terrorists would be held at the Illinois prison that the Obama administration plans to convert to hold about 100 detainees now at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Only a few months ago, the youth of America was preaching that the country was uniting and would move beyond the old battles. Well, do you hear the ring of the alarm clock? The dream is over.
The top U.S. military officer said Tuesday that he's confident that most of the 30,000 additional troops that are being sent to Afghanistan will be there by August.
Officials in the Ocean County Democratic organization were shocked to learn that former longtime party chairman Al L. Santoro had pleaded guilty to accepting bribes in an Operation Bid Rig scheme. "I never expected Al would do anything like this," said Vice Chairwoman Marta Harrison. "We're shocked, surprised and disappointed.
Sen. Joe Lieberman, who no longer considers himself a Democrat but is holding tight to a coveted chairmanship, thoroughly rattled the Obama administration and his colleagues in the last 48 hours with his stance on the health care overhaul.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Collin Peterson will be running for re-election, he confirmed today, putting to bed rampant speculation that the House Agriculture chairman would retire.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Barack Obama has ordered the federal government to acquire an underused state prison in rural Illinois to be the new home for a limited number of terror suspects now held at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Republicans say the bill would ratify loss of jobs to Americans.
Congress has spent all its time on other efforts, like healthcare. Now, time is running short to pass a federal budget, and Congress is having to take its typical shortcuts.
A health care reform proposal that would expand Medicare appears to be in j read more
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Lynn Giese calls Sarah Palin the best thing that’s happened to the U.S. in a long time, and the 57-year-old housewife says she’d work tirelessly for the former Alaska governor were she to run for president in 2012.
