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After days of intense negotiations, a group of key moderate Democrats on Wednesday announced that they had reached a health care reform deal with the White House and congressional leaders.The compromise would cut the cost of the $1 trillion-plus package by $100 billion, according to one member of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition. The deal also would ensure that the proposed government-run insurance program would not be forced on anyone. "We have reached an agreement that will allow health care reform to move forward," Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., said.Seven of the Blue Dogs have held up passage of the bill in the House Energy and Commerce Committee over concerns about cost and the speed at which Democratic leaders were advancing the legislation. The committee is the only House panel that hasn't voted on the bill. Ross said four of those seven agreed to the compromise Wednesday. But that gives committee Chairman Henry Waxman , D-Calif., enough votes for passage.With the announcem...
Like the warming atmosphere above, a once-taboo idea hangs over the slow, frustrating U.N. talks to curb climate change: the idea to tinker with the atmosphere or th...
WASHINGTON - An anti-abortion amendment to a sweeping health overhaul bill was voted down in a House committee late Thursday -- a dramatic reversal just hours after ...
WASHINGTON -- Historic health care change in the balance, Democrats plowed fresh billions into insurance subsidies for consumers on Thursday and added a $250 rebate ...
For the good of the country -- and his campaign -- a Democratic congressional candidate is calling on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to leave her post next year. Imperil...
Republicans have a message for Democrats considering switching to "yes" on health care reform : We'll be watching you. Sen. Tom Coburn , R-Okla., warned Thursday tha...
WASHINGTON - Democrats pushed hard to revive President Barack Obama 's stalled health care overhaul on Friday — and pointed to glimmers of hope — but the long odds f...
Congressional Democrats could soon have a retirement problem on their hands -- several representatives in vulnerable districts are stepping down ahead of an election...
Rifle through a stack of Tea Party candidate resumes, and Joe Miller's will stand out.The man who wants to turn a fellow Republican, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski , out...
The House ( search ) Friday overwhelmingly endorsed President Bush's vision to send man back to the moon and eventually on to Mars as it passed a bill to set NASA po...
President Bush, heeding dire talk about U.S. science and math, on Tuesday proposed more research and advanced courses in both fields to boost the nation's economic p...
Democrat Bill Richardson often touts his four Nobel Peace Prize nominations on the presidential campaign trail.Now he has a fifth.Democratic Rep. Bart Gordon of Tenn...
Democrats who resisted original House health care reform bill are getting a lot of attention
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Bart Gordon , a 13-term congressman from Tennessee, announced Monday he will not seek re-election next year, the latest Democrat in a string of re...
The White House should come up with a strategy for federal research into large-scale intervention in the Earth's climate system that could help tackle climate change...
Dealmaking is a delicate dance on Capitol Hill . But if the health care debate is any gauge, lawmakers are getting pretty good at doing the "twist." With several Dem...
WASHINGTON – Bye bye, Cornhusker Kickback. Hello, special treatment for Tennessee and North Dakota .Democrats unveiling revisions Thursday to their health care overh...
Swing-district Democrats, fighting for their political lives, are beginning to turn on Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.), one of the most powerful House speakers in dec...
The House passed legislation Wednesday that promotes new ways to clean up oil spills and aims to make deepwater drilling safer.The two measures responding to the BP ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Historic health care change in the balance, Democrats plowed fresh billions into insurance subsidies for consumers on Thursday and added a $250 reb...