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Obama to Republicans: 'You think we're stupid?'

2011-04-18T11:01:10Z

CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said he challenged Republicans to try to repeal his landmark healthcare reform in private budget talks last week, taunting his opponents with a question: "You think we're stupid?"

In one of three political fund-raisers for his re-electi...

The Healthcare "Logjam" (February 23, 2010): Yahoo!

2010-11-03T00:12:52Z

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GOP's health care strategy: Repeal and replace

2010-03-27T19:45:27Z

Republican strategy on health care overhaul: Repeal and replace with 'commonsense solutions'

Repeal the new health care overhaul and replace it with something better, says the Senate's top Republican, who led a solid wall of GOP opposition to the Democratic plan.

But Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell doesn't have the votes now t...

Senate Dems in fight for passage

2010-04-16T08:12:03Z

Vote on latest version of bill could begin Monday, end on Christmas Eve

WASHINGTON The Senate today convenes its third weekend session in a row, beginning an around-the-clock effort to overcome Democratic infighting, a wall of Republican opposition and slipping support in the polls to approve the health care legislation before Christmas.

Time under the Capitol dome often passes like dog years s...

Senate opens work on healthcare bill

2010-06-25T19:33:54Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate began work on a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Monday, with senators on both sides pouncing on findings in a nonpartisan budget report on insurance premiums to bolster their arguments.

With the debate expected to last up to three weeks, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid w...

Senate Democrats at odds over health care bill

2010-06-25T19:45:00Z

Fresh from victory in vote to debate a health care bill, Democrats at odds over the details

Moderate Senate Democrats threatened Sunday to scuttle health-care legislation if their demands aren't met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders not to bend.

The dispute among Democrats foretells of a rowdy floor debate next month on legislation that would extend health care cov...

Dole bucks GOP advice, says health reform needed

2010-06-25T20:21:41Z

Former Sen. Bob Dole bucks GOP leader's advice, says publicly that US needs health care reform

Former Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole says a top GOP leader asked him not to publicly support health care reform. But he's doing so anyway.

The former President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, after signing the $858 billion tax deal into law in a ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the Wh...

Obama Tax Cuts

2010-12-19T09:01:23Z

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks on stage before President Barack Obama signing of the$858 billion tax deal into law in a ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House ...

Tax Cuts

2010-12-16T20:31:52Z

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Congress Tax Cuts

2010-12-13T14:32:18Z

Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, walks to the Senate floor during a procedural vote on the tax cut legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 13, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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McConnell

2010-12-11T09:30:35Z

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., poses in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. The midterm elections, that gave Republicans control of the House, and more seats in the Senate, has given McConnell almost ...