Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) sharply criticized a national advertising campaign partly directed at centrist Democrats wavering on health care reform on Thursday. Reid said the he was unaware of the campaign targeting Democrats but that it was a "waste ...Read More
Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.), reaffirmed on Sunday that he will support a Republican filibuster of any health care bill that includes a government-run insurance option.
Appearing on the "Meet the Press," the Connecticut independent said that neither he, nor anybody else ...Read More
WASHINGTON -Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer says health care reform that includes a public option can pass the Senate. Schumer says he is assuring his more conservative Democratic colleagues that the public option included in the Senate bill is "modest" and not ...Read More
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid eked out 60 votes on a procedural motion to start the health care debate Saturday night – so there’s no guarantee he can pass a bill on the merits.
And if he struggles, the reasons will ...Read More
WASHINGTON - A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the historic legislation has cleared a key hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.
The bill would ...Read More
When a government advisory panel put out new recommendations last week that said women under age 50 need not be screened for breast cancer, the calls began flowing to Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski's office. Within days, the Maryland senator had ...Read More
It's not as rare as you think for President Barack Obama and Gov. Sarah Palin to be in complete agreement on an issue of national importance. In August, she wrote on her Facebook page that "we cannot have health care reform ...Read More
WASHINGTON—The Senate has begun voting on whether to move ahead on a sweeping health care bill. The roll call began with many of the 100 members seated in their chairs and rising to vote. Such formal voting is common with Supreme ...Read More
Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (Nev.) appears to have secured the 60 votes needed to move an $848 billion health-care reform bill to the Senate floor for debate. After days of indecision, Sen. Blanche Lincoln (Ark.) -- the final Democratic ...Read More
WASHINGTON - Democratic senators called an overhaul of the U.S. health care system long overdue as historic legislation advanced toward a crucial first vote Saturday night, an early test of party unity on President Barack Obama's top domestic initiative Democratic leaders ...Read More
Washington (CNN) -- Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana said Saturday she has decided to support a floor debate on the Senate's health care reform bill.
But she added a caveat on the floor of the Senate: "My vote today to ...Read More
WASHINGTON-Debate resumed Saturday in the Senate over health-care legislation, as the chamber moved toward an evening vote on whether to bring the bill to the floor. The vote will be the first test in the full Senate for Senate Majority Leader ...Read More
WASHINGTON — When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was informed that the House had taken less than an hour to approve an unemployment bill that languished for a month in the Senate, his aides said he did not know whether ...Read More
Lawmakers pushing for health care reform are facing charges that a government-funded panel's recommendations to limit breast cancer screenings could be a sign of things to come if proposed health care legislation is passed. The new mammography guidelines, released by the ...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will cast its first crucial test vote on healthcare reform on Saturday, with Democrats close to reaching the 60 votes needed to overcome Republican opposition and open debate.
Senators will vote at 8 p.m. (0100 ...Read More
Is it un-American to have open competition? It is a sad commentary on the integrity of our pharmaceutical giants, to learn that the cost of prescription drugs has gone up 9 percent during the debate for health-care reform ["Drug prices rise ...Read More
Confusing new recommendations on mammograms and pap smears are playing into public fears about the increased role the federal government would play in health care if President Barack Obama’s health care reform efforts are successful.
Even some supporters of health care ...Read More
Is American democracy in paralysis? That question emerged at a conference of big thinkers and experts in various fields organized last week by Foreign Policy magazine, our sister publication. To an extent, the question reflects an America-in-decline-ism that becomes fashionable from ...Read More
(NECN: Brian Burnell, Hartford, Conn.) - The health care showdown moves to the U.S. Senate. A test vote is set for Saturday. Majority Leader Harry Reid needs 60 votes. Republicans today tried to peel off some moderate Democrats.
The vote of ...Read More
The White House is once again distributing a statement from a Republican in support of health care reform.
On the eve of a crucial Senate vote on whether to proceed with its health bill, the Obama administration on Friday distributed the ...Read More
