Moderate Senate Democrats threatened today to scuttle health-care legislation if their demands aren't met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders not to bend. ...more

November 22, 2009

Democratic leaders in the Senate unveiled their proposal Wednesday for overhauling the health care system, outlining legislation that they said would cover most of the uninsured while reducing the federal budget deficit. ...more

November 19, 2009

President Barack Obama and Congress will soon make defining choices about health care and troops for Afghanistan. ...more

November 13, 2009

debt that will be passed on to our children and grandchildren. ...more

November 10, 2009

The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama today as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate. ...more

November 8, 2009

Handing President Barack Obama a hard-fought victory, the House narrowly approved a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system Saturday, advancing legislation that the Democrats said could be their defining social policy achievement. ...more

November 8, 2009

The Democratic-controlled House has passed historic health care legislation to provide medical coverage to millions more Americans. ...more

November 7, 2009

Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political control from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, a troubling sign for the president and his party heading into an important midterm election year. ...more

November 4, 2009

Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political control from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, a troubling sign for the president and his party heading into an important midterm election year. ...more

November 4, 2009

Senate Democrats voiced deep disagreements Tuesday about the idea of a government-run health insurance plan, suggesting that the decision by Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada to include a public plan in major health care legislation had failed to unite his caucus. ...more

October 28, 2009