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March 21, 2010

Health care reform narrowly passes House

WASHINGTON (AP) - Widely viewed as dead two months ago, the Senate-passed bill cleared the House on a 219-212 vote.…
March 21, 2010

Obama looks for another win with student loan plan

WASHINGTON (AP) - With health care dominating House action, President Obama was looking for another domestic policy victory Sunday -…
March 21, 2010

Obama and Dems: ‘We’re well past 216’ votes for health reform

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama and House Democratic leaders struck a last-minute deal Sunday with abortion foes to secure the…
March 20, 2010

Obama to Dems: Health reform ‘is in your hands’

VIDEO - Victory within reach, President Obama exhorted House Democrats on Saturday to stay true to their party's legacy and…
March 19, 2010

Dems down to the wire lobbying for reform votes

VIDEO - They've made some progress. A fourth Democrat, John Boccieri of Ohio, has switched his vote from "no" to…
March 19, 2010

11-year-old caught in the middle of health reform mudslinging

OPINION - Marcelas Owens' story can bring realism and relevance to a debate that has been about posturing, bickering and…
March 19, 2010

Obama: ‘We are going to fix health care in America’

FAIRFAX, Virginia (AP) - President Obama delivered a closing argument for the goal to which he has devoted much of…
March 18, 2010

House Dems on track for vote on $940 billion health bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - The bill delivers on President Obama's top domestic priority by providing coverage to more than 30 million…
March 18, 2010

Senate votes to change cocaine sentencing rules

WASHINGTON (AP) - Legislation approved by the Senate would significantly reduce the disparity in sentences handed out to those convicted…
March 18, 2010

Lawmakers fight to finish health reform

WASHINGTON (AP) - Pushing toward a history-making vote, Democrats struggled to eliminate lingering complications standing in the way of House…
March 17, 2010

Congressional Black Caucus calls current jobs bill ‘inadequate’

VIDEO - Some lawmakers claim that the benefits of the $18 billion jobs bill are not being distributed to the…
March 17, 2010

Kucinich switches vote, will back health reform

WASHINGTON (AP) - Liberal Rep. Dennis Kucinich says he will support President Barack Obama's health care overhaul bill when the…
March 17, 2010

Late-innings hardball in health care push

VIDEO - With time and tempers short, everyone's playing hardball in the drive to pass - or stop - Obama's…
March 16, 2010

House Dems defend ‘deem and pass’ health care plan

VIDEO - Democrats defended plans to push massive health care legislation through the House without a direct vote and Republicans…
March 16, 2010

Obama woos wavering Dems on health vote

VIDEO - Days away from a make-or-break vote on his fiercely contested health care overhaul, President Obama is turning up…
March 16, 2010

It’s ‘do or die’ week for health care reform – how did we get here?

OPINION - While it may feel like déjà vu all over again, democrats actually are closer than ever to passing…
March 15, 2010

A look at Democrats’ health care overhaul

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama and congressional Democrats are pulling together a final version of a health care overhaul bill and…
March 15, 2010

Democrats’ crack-cocaine compromise is still ‘racist’

OPINION - While some might call this political pragmatism, others might describe this outcome as the modern-day version of the…
March 12, 2010

Democrats look to resurrect ambitious college aid plan

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional Democrats want a stalled overhaul of college aid programs to get strapped onto a fast-track health…
March 12, 2010

Pelosi promises swift passage of health care reform

WASHINGTON (AP) - At the White House, officials worked to maximize Obama's influence over lawmakers who control the fate of…