Battle Brews Over Abortion in Health Care Fight
Abortion opponents say they will be satisfied only if a health bill specifically bans all abortion coverage in any federally subsidized plan.
View ArticleMaine Senators Play Key Role in Health Care Battle
WASHINGTON - The fate of efforts to enact sweeping changes to the nation's health care system may come down to whether two moderate New England Republicans, Maine Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins,...
View ArticleMaine Senators Play Key Role in Health Care Battle
Getting Sens. Snowe and Collins to cross party lines will be crucial, if the White House has any hope of enacting a bill that meets the president's goal of extending insurance coverage to tens of...
View ArticleCost Concerns Fueled U.S. Missile Pivot
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's scrapping of long-range missile interceptors in Europe wasn't just about security and diplomacy, according to people close to the process: It also came down to...
View ArticleCost Concerns Fueled U.S. Missile Pivot
The Obama administration's scrapping of long-range missile interceptors in Europe came down to money.
View ArticleIran Diplomacy Shifts to U.N. Watchdog
WASHINGTON -- International nuclear diplomacy shifted to the United Nations Friday, as the International Atomic Energy Agency's top official flew to Iran to firm up agreements Tehran struck with global...
View ArticleIran Diplomacy Shifts to U.N. Watchdog
International Atomic Energy Agency's top official flies to Iran to firm up agreements Tehran struck with global powers in Geneva this week.
View ArticleU.S. Mulls New Assessment of Iran Nuke Threat
Spy agencies are considering whether to rewrite a 2007 intelligence report asserting Iran halted its efforts to build nuclear weapons in 2003
View Article$1.4 Trillion Deficit Limits Democrats' Agenda
WASHINGTON - The Treasury said the U.S. ran its biggest budget deficit since World War II, a record that promises to complicate Democrats' efforts to enact their agenda. The Treasury Department...
View Article$1.4 Trillion Deficit Limits Democrats' Agenda
From health care to economic recovery to the Afghanistan war, the government's gloomy fiscal condition is constraining Democrats, and now they find themselves on the defensive over deficits.
View ArticleObama's Pay Czar Targets Salary Cuts
Top earners at firms getting aid would see compensation shift from cash to stock
View ArticleState-Run Health Insurance Plans Gain Support
Some influential centrist Democrats in the Senate and a small group of Republicans are warming to a compromise that envisions health-insurance plans run by state governments
View ArticleTop U.S. Troop Request Exceeds 60,000
Commander prefers 40,000 for Afghanistan, but his report gives President Obama three options
View ArticlePelosi Key to GOP 2010 Playbook
Republicans hope linking House speaker to Democrats can turn centrist districts
View ArticleAfghan Troop-Boost Plan Gains Backing
Obama moves toward strategy combining elements of both the troop-heavy approach sought by its top military commander and a narrower option backed by Vice President Joe Biden.
View ArticleSenate on Verge of Health Bill With 'Public' Plan
Measure with stiffer penalties on employers and government-run option could come this week
View ArticleSenate Likely to Extend Tax Credit for First-Time Home Buyers
The agreement would extend the existing credit for first-time home buyers, worth up to $8,000, while offering a new credit of up to $6,500 for some existing homeowners, Senate aides said.
View ArticleACORN Ties Put Pressure on Democrats, Union
Democrats in a handful of states are facing pressure from Republicans to distance themselves from the Service Employees International Union as a result of its ties to ACORN
View ArticleObama's Pay Czar Targets Salary Cuts
Top earners at firms getting aid would see compensation shift from cash to stock
View ArticleACORN Ties Put Pressure on Democrats, Union
Democrats in a handful of states are facing pressure from Republicans to distance themselves from the Service Employees International Union as a result of its ties to ACORN
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