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Dems May Push Senate Health Care Bill Without A Vote  After laying the groundwork for a decisive vote this week on the Senate's health-care bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested Monday she might attempt to pass the measure without having members vote on it, the Washington Post reports. ...

What a week: Cheney supports gays, health care profits soar Five stories you don't want to miss. ...

Democrats Pushing Republicans To Go On Record About Health Care Bill According to The Washington Post, President Obama has reached out to Republicans in recent weeks to gain the bipartisan support that he needs to effectively run the country. At the same time, Democrats are pushing Republicans to go on record about why  they oppose the health care bill. ...

Obama Meets with Republicans to Bridge Partisan Divide The Washington Post reports that President Obama brought Republicans to the negotiating table on Tuesday, hoping to stem a steady deterioration in relations between the two parties that has brought business in Washington to a standstill, left the Democratic agenda in tatters and angered voters who are eager to have lawmakers addre ...

House Dems Reluctant to Take up Senate Health-Care Reform Bill  The Washington Post reports that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi might get disappointed. ...

Democratic Loss Imperils Health Care Overhaul Senate Democrats prepared to meet on Wednesday to consider the fate of the Democratic health care overhaul now that Scott Brown’s decisive Senate victory in Massachusetts has cost them their razor-thin advantage, according to the New York Times. Republicans were demanding that they scrap the bill passed by the Senate last year without a sin ...

Sen. Chris Dodd To Call It Quits According to the Washington Post, "embattled" Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.) has scheduled a news conference today and he's expected to announce that he won't seek reelection. Word of Dodd's retirement plans comes after months of speculation about his political future, his faltering poll numbers and a growing se ...

Obama with Senate Dems on health care
Mon, 12/07/2009 - 01:00
President Obama met with Senate Democrats on Sunday to bring party ...

House Clarifies Ban On Federal Funding For Abortion According to The Chicago Tribune, an impromptu negotiation to build a majority in the House, Democratic leaders agreed to new language on abortion that enforce ...

GOP Boycott Not Enough To Keep Climate Bill From Approval According to CNN, a boycott by seven Republican members could not keep a Senate committee Thursday from approving a major climate change bill. The measure was voted 10-1 by Democrats on the Senate ...