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April 26, 2010

Democrats willing to test GOP in Wall St. showdown

VIDEO - With a showdown vote looming, Democrats are resisting Republican appeals for a broad compromise on financial overhaul legislation…
April 21, 2010

Obama huddles with senators on Supreme pick

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama will meet with Senate leaders Wednesday to discuss replacing retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul…
April 12, 2010

Extension of jobless benefits clears GOP roadblock

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats in the Senate won an initial skirmish Monday to restore unemployment benefits to hundreds of thousands…
April 9, 2010

Florida senate candidate Kendrick Meek calls race a Tea Party referendum

Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL), whose run for Senate has been cast to the sidelines as the state's top two Republicans…
April 9, 2010

Obama promises quick court replacement for Stevens

WASHINGTON (AP) - The retirement of John Paul Stevens, the Supreme Court's leading liberal, will set off an election-year political…
March 30, 2010

Meek floods Florida Senate race with signatures

VIDEO - Rep. Kendrick Meek gathered signatures of support statewide in his bid for the Senate against Florida's minority-friendly, Republican…
March 29, 2010

Senate leader says there was no malice in 'fried chicken' remark

Senate President Pro Tempore Glenn Coffee, R-Oklahoma City, says there's no need to condemn Sen. Randy Brogdon for a remark…
March 29, 2010

Obama announces 15 recess appointments, scolds GOP

WASHINGTON (AP) - Fed up with waiting, President Barack Obama announced Saturday he would bypass a vacationing Senate and name…
March 25, 2010

Congress completes overhaul of health care

VIDEO - Capping an epic struggle, congressional Democrats put the final touches to historic legislation enshrining health care as the…
March 25, 2010

Senate OKs health care fix-it bill; House is next

VIDEO - Democrats eager to get the contentious issue behind them had hoped that the Senate's 56-43 vote would finish…
March 25, 2010

Senate’s fix to health care law slowed by snag

VIDEO - Brushing off a snag in the Senate, House Democratic leaders said they are prepared to finish work on…
March 24, 2010

Republicans in final drive to stall health reconciliation

VIDEO - Voting was expected to start late Wednesday on a full list of GOP amendments to a "sidecar" bill…
March 24, 2010

Senate on health bill’s final chapter, maybe

VIDEO - The main suspense surrounding this week's debate is whether the fix-it bill can emerge from the Senate unchanged..
March 23, 2010

Obama signs landmark health reform bill

VIDEO - President Obama caps a yearlong political drama by signing into law a landmark legislation that had been seen…
March 23, 2010

Five ways Democrats can trump GOP scare tactics

OPINION - The passage of health care reform, to be signed by President Obama on Tuesday, is truly historic; unfortunately,…
March 23, 2010

Bring it on! The financial reform fight begins

OPINION - Reforming the financial system is not going to be nearly as difficult as health care reform...
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 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

Senate OKs jobs bill for Obama’s signature

VIDEO - Companies that hire unemployed workers will get a temporary payroll tax holiday under a bill that easily won…
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…