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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

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 18, 2010

Conservatives use abortion issue to court African-Americans

OPINION - Conservative shock and awe tactics from anti-choice groups are a desperate attempt to win over voters and obscure…
March 17, 2010

Could 2010 be the year of the black Republican?

OPINION - Conditions may be ripening for a critical mass of black Republicans in the political establishment...
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

Obama portrait removal is a prank to some, prejudice to others

VIDEO - Oklahoma state lawmakers are investigating a presidential mystery. A portrait of President Obama keeps moving from a wall…
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…
March 12, 2010

GOP questions Boys & Girls Clubs’ executive salaries

WASHINGTON (AP) - A group of Republican senators raise issues that could jeopardize millions in federal funding for the national…
March 10, 2010

Senate passes jobless aid, business tax breaks

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate voted Wednesday to extend a host of soon-to-expire elements of last year's economic stimulus measure...
March 10, 2010

Despite setbacks, Obama remains more popular than Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans have come to detest Congress ever more deeply as it nears the end of a nasty…
March 4, 2010

Will Dems heed Obama’s eleventh hour call for health care reform?

OPINION - Obama has come closer than any president to passing comprehensive health care reform, yet he has much more…
March 3, 2010

Obama calls for final up-or-down vote on health care reform

WASHINGTON (AP) - "I don't see how another year of negotiations would help. Moreover, the insurance companies aren't starting over,"…
March 3, 2010

Obama’s health care reform efforts stymied by politics of prejudice

OPINION - At the heart of this debate is partisan politics, inept leadership and racial prejudice...
March 2, 2010

Kentucky’s Bunning blocks jobless benefits again

WASHINGTON (AP) - To the increasing discomfort of his fellow Republicans, Sen. Jim Bunning again blocked the Senate from extending…
March 2, 2010

Obama to add some GOP ideas to health care plan

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama will incorporate Republican ideas on medical malpractice reform and trying to rid the health care…
March 2, 2010

Why African-Americans have given President Obama a pass

OPINION - Black leaders have at times lightly chided Obama to do and say more for African-Americans, but they're also…
March 1, 2010

Three reasons why Obama should take small steps to save jobs

OPINION - By creating bills with manageable price tags, the president can deviate from the Congressional gridlock of 2009...
February 26, 2010

Obama to announce way forward on health care next week

The White House will announce next week -- "probably closer to Wednesday" -- the president's preferred path forward for getting…