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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.
Unflinching on a critical first test, Senate Democrats closed ranks behind $460 billion in politically risky Medicare cuts at the heart of health-care legislation, thwarting a Republican attempt to doom President Barack Obama's sweeping overhaul.
WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans lost their first major challenge to a Democratic plan to overhaul the health care system, as the Senate voted Thursday to reject a GOP proposal to strip the package of nearly $500 billion in Medicare cuts, its most important source of financing. On a vote of 58 to 42, the Senate defeated an amendment by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., that would have sent the bill back ...
Under pressure from Republicans and a recession-weary public, President Barack Obama put the focus on jobs on Thursday by gathering local officials, economists, business and labor leaders at the White House to talk about putting people back to work.
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday approved a plan 61-39 to make it easier for women to get medical screenings aimed at detecting a variety of diseases, such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes.
President Barack Obama promised at a White House jobs forum on Thursday to take "every responsible step to accelerate job creation," including some ideas he said could be put into action quickly.
If Republicans wanted the retirement decision of Democratic Rep. John Tanner to send shock waves through the opposition party, it wasn't immediately apparent.
Amendment would provide free screenings for women The Senate took the first tangible step Thursday in what will likely be weeks of wrangling over health care, approving a measure by Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski designed to enhance insurance coverage of mammograms and other screening tests for women by making them free of charge.
Col. Jack Pitchford, 82, a retired Air Force fighter pilot from Mississippi who survived seven years in the Vietnamese prison camp known as the "Hanoi Hilton," died Wednesday after battling a brain tumor, said his brother, Jim.
Those concerned with fiscal responsibility should be worried about what will happen if proposed health care legislation doesn’t pass.
After three days of angry debate, the Senate was poised to cast its first vote Thursday on remaking the nation's health care system, with Democrats and Republicans offering amendments that address Americans' fears about women's health and Medicare.
The Senate voted Thursday to reject Republican efforts to eliminate the Medicare funding cuts that are at the center of the health care reform bill, an early sign that Democrats' fragile coalition is holding.
I was recently in Northwest Tennessee to give a presentation on earthquake hazards to the public, medical care providers and emergency planners. I asked the crowd of about 60 people, "How many people here regularly feel earthquakes?" Everyone raised their hands and moved to the edge of their seats, except for those sitting on the floor in the crowded room. A magnitude 3.4 quake two nights ...
President Says Unemployment Problem "Cuts Deep"; Says He Wants to Put Proposals Into Action Quickly
-- Eager to show he isn't neglecting the recession, President Barack Obama hosted a jobs summit Thursday, soliciting ideas from scores of business and labor leaders on how to escape an economic downturn that has sent the unemployment rate to the worst level in a generation.
Unflinching on a critical first test, Senate Democrats closed ranks Thursday behind $460 billion in politically risky Medicare cuts at the heart of health care legislation, thwarting a Republican attempt to doom President Obama's sweeping overhaul.
