(For a TAKE A LOOK on healthcare, click on [ID:nN07323916]) (Adds details, outlook) WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) - The Senate health committeeon Wednesday approved its version of legislation to overhaulthe U.S. health industry, which is to be combined with a billyet ...Read More
Reporting from Washington and London - Is it a "Warmist Conspiracy," or a case of an e-mail being "taken completely out of context"? Regardless, the latest dust-up over the science of climate change appears unlikely to affect the dynamics of either ...Read More
WASHINGTON - -- Almost half a century after Democrats began pushing for a broad expansion of the nation's health care system, the Senate was scheduled to convene Saturday to take what was seen as the first critical step toward consideration ...Read More
WASHINGTON - -- Amid all the uncertainties about how health care legislation would affect each American, one thing is clear: The more-affluent would pay higher taxes. Embracing the progressive -- and sometimes politically risky -- principle that more of the cost ...Read More
Each bill requires people to buy insurance or pay a penalty -- $750 by 2016 in the Senate bill and 2.5 percent of income in the House bill. Each bill sets up insurance marketplaces, called exchanges, in which people without access ...Read More
Reporting from Washington - Some reader questions about the healthcare legislation in Congress: If the Senate bill is estimated to cost $848 billion over the next decade, how can Democrats say it will cut the federal budget deficit by $130 billion? The ...Read More
WASHINGTON -- Sweeping health care legislation has cleared its first hurdle in the full Senate on a party-line vote.
The 60-39 vote clears the way for a historic debate after Thanksgiving on the legislation. The measure is designed to extend coverage ...Read More
WASHINGTON — Democratic senators pressed ahead Saturday toward a crucial first vote on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, a test of party unity in the face of solid Republican opposition.
"There's much we need to do to make sure we ...Read More
Rivalry weekend kicks off today around the country. There's the PAC-10 clash between Bay Area rivals Cal at Stanford. The Big Ten Battle between Ohio State and Michigan at the Big House in Ann Arbor -- and the traditional Ivy ...Read More
In a rare Saturday night session, Democratic unity will be tested in a crucial first Senate vote on a health care overhaul bill. Democratic leaders are optimistic of success, but they need every Democrat and both independents to vote "yes," and ...Read More
WASHINGTON (Nov. 21) - A crucial first Senate vote on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in a rare Saturday night session looms as a test of Democratic unity and the president's prestige. Democratic leaders are optimistic of success, but they ...Read More
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Roland Burris was reprimanded Friday by the Senate Select Committee on Ethics for his "inconsistent, incomplete and misleading" testimony before Springfield lawmakers about his appointment by then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich to the seat once held by President Obama.
The ...Read More
WASHINGTON - A crucial first vote on President Barack Obama's ambitious health care overhaul in the Senate looms as a test of Democratic unity and the president's own prestige. Democratic leaders are optimistic of success, but they need every Democrat and ...Read More
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reidtonight faces the first big test of whether he can keep hisDemocratic colleagues united behind health-care legislation. Senators plan to take a vote at 8 p.m. Washington time thatwould clear the way for ...Read More
WASHINGTON - Senator John F. Kerry's office said yesterday that Kerry helped make sure that under the health care bill the Senate will begin debating today, Massachusetts could continue operating the Health Insurance Connector that is considered a linchpin of ...Read More
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's nomination to a second term will be the subject of a Senate Banking Committee hearing next month, the panel's chairman said Friday. President Barack Obama nominated Bernanke to another four-year term in August. The nomination requires ...Read More
Washington (CNN) -- To debate or not to debate the Senate's health care reform bill; that is the question.
The legislative body on Saturday is expected to vote on whether to begin debate -- also known as invoking cloture -- on ...Read More
A piece of the proposed Senate health reform bill could levy a tax on elective cosmetic procedures—and plastic surgeons are not happy about it, the Associated Press reports. The 5 percent excise tax would affect patients going in for face-lifts ...Read More
