Obama’s new climate card: nuclear power
President Barack Obama is endorsing nuclear energy like never before, trying to win over Republicans and moderate Democrats on climate and energy legislation.
Senate votes to raise limits on national debt
Senate Democrats needed all the 60 votes at their disposal Thursday to muscle through legislation allowing the government to go $1.9 trillion deeper in debt.
After Obama speech, health bill logjam remains
The morning after President Barack Obama urged Congress to finish the job on health care overhaul, a key moderate Democrat on Thursday likened the sweeping legislation to a patient hovering near death.
Activist touted ‘project’ before phone tamper case
Last month, protesters marched in front of Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu’s office to criticize her support for health care legislation and complain that they couldn’t get through on her office phones.
Congress acts to aid Americans fleeing Haiti
Americans escaping from the earthquake devastation in Haiti could get emergency aid from the federal government under legislation moving quickly through Congress.
Poll finds growing anxiety about health bill
Fears about President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul increased significantly in December, according to a new poll released as the legislation’s future hangs in doubt.
Obama: Health care hit ‘a bit of a buzz saw’
President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul has “run into a bit of a buzz saw” and acknowledges the process is looking ugly. Nonetheless he says he’ll keep working to finish sweeping legislation.
Puzzling over Massachusetts election scenarios
Massachusetts voters on Tuesday could change the political landscape, by putting at risk President Obama’s signature first-term legislation, insurance reform. Here are four scenarios for what might follow from Tuesday’s results.
Obama embarks on rescue mission to save Massachusetts Senate seat, health care vote
President Barack Obama campaigned Sunday to save an endangered Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and the critical 60th vote needed for his health care plan while the White House and congressional Democrats scrambled to pass the legislation quickly in…
Agenda in peril, Obama fights to save Coakley
President Barack Obama campaigned to save an endangered Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and the critical 60th vote needed for his health care plan while the White House and congressional Democrats scrambled to pass the legislation quickly in case of a loss.