Democrats snare 60 votes to move forward on health care; Landrieu, Lincoln to vote 'yes'

Categories: Top Stories| Nov 21, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) - In a show of unity, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with Republicans eager to doom the bill and inflict a punishing defeat on President ...Read More

Dems have 60 for health care; Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln a 'yes'

Categories: Politics| Nov 21, 2009

Democratic leaders secured the last two votes to move ahead on historic health care legislation, clearing the way for a Saturday night showdown on President Barack Obama's top domestic initiative. In long-awaited speeches, centrist Sens. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas and Mary ...Read More

Landrieu to vote to move ahead on health care bill

Categories: Politics, Top Stories| Nov 21, 2009

WASHINGTON -Democratic leaders secured the last two votes to move ahead on historic health care legislation, clearing the way for a Saturday night showdown on President Barack Obama's top domestic initiative. In long-awaited speeches, centrist Sens. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas and ...Read More

Senate Resumes Debate on Key Health-Care Vote

Categories: Health, Most Viewed, Top Stories, U.S.| Nov 21, 2009

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

Could Mammogram Brouhaha Stymie Health Care Reform?

Categories: Health| Nov 21, 2009

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

Reid, Democrats Face First Big Senate Test on Health-Care Bill

Categories: Most Viewed| Nov 21, 2009

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

Senate bill keeps a place for Mass. Connector

Categories: Health| Nov 20, 2009

Senate bill keeps a place for Mass. Connector 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

Senate vote next step on what could be a long road for health care

Categories: Most Viewed, Politics, Top Stories, U.S.| Nov 20, 2009

Senate vote next step on what could be a long road for health care (CNN) -- If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has his way, his chamber will vote Saturday to proceed with debate on its version of the health care bill. If he's successful, Senate Democrats can breathe a sigh of a relief momentarily ...Read More

Republicans blast 'bait and switch' health bill

Categories: Politics, Top Stories| Nov 19, 2009

WASHINGTON -Digging in for a long struggle, Republican senators and governors assailed the Democrats' newly minted health care legislation Thursday as a collection of tax increases, Medicare cuts and heavy new burdens for deficit-ridden states. Despite the criticism, there were growing ...Read More

GOP Blasts 'Bait and Switch' Health Bill

Categories: Politics, Top Stories| Nov 19, 2009

WASHINGTON (Nov. 19) -- Digging in for a long struggle, Republican senators and governors assailed the Democrats' newly minted health care legislation Thursday as a collection of tax increases, Medicare cuts and heavy new burdens for deficit-ridden states. Despite the criticism, ...Read More