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.
Two Dems to oppose party’s health bill strategy
Two centrist senators Tuesday threw up a roadblock to salvaging President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, as Democrats agonized over whether to push forward or shift to idle until political resistance subsides.
House majority leader: No health care quick fix
There are no quick fixes for President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, the No. 2 House Democrat said Tuesday, as supporters agonized over whether to move the bill forward or hit the pause button until political resistance subsides.
Dem leaders coalesce on health care strategy
Democratic congressional leaders are coalescing around their last, best hope for salvaging President Barack Obama’s sweeping health care overhaul.
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.
Obama urges pared-back health care bill
Chastened by the Democratic Senate loss in the state of Massachusetts, President Barack Obama and congressional allies signaled Wednesday they will try to scale back his sweeping health care overhaul in an effort to at least keep parts of it alive.
Mass. loss costs Obama, Dems 60th health care vote
A stunning loss in Massachusetts has cost President Barack Obama and the Democrats the 60-vote Senate majority they’ve needed to push health care overhaul to the verge of enactment.
Mass. Senate race goes down to wire
Democrats and Republicans ramp up election eve get-out-the-vote efforts in the battle for a Massachusetts Senate seat that could decide the fate of President Obama’s health care overhaul.