Topic: U.S. Democratic Party
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Julia Wood, a 51-year-old mother of 12 from Chicago's East side, has some health insurance through a state program -- but is so worried she may lose it she asks not to give her real name. Wood's husband, a ...
WHEATON, Maryland (Reuters) - President Barack Obama assured older voters on Tuesday his healthcare reforms will protect their benefits as he launched a new push to counter opposition to the plan after weeks focused on the BP oil spill in the Gulf ...
WHEATON, Maryland (Reuters) - President Barack Obama assured older voters on Tuesday his healthcare reforms will protect their benefits as he launched a new push to counter opposition to the plan after weeks focused on the BP oil spill in the Gulf ...
Nearly 4M Americans will have to pay penalty if they fail to get health insurance by 2016Nearly 4 million Americans — the vast majority of them middle class — will have to pay a penalty if they don't get insurance when President ...
Bill Clinton: Democrats will hold Senate, House in 2010; not like 1994 GOP sweepFormer President Bill Clinton has seen congressional elections where Republicans dominate. But he says this year is no 1994. The two-term Democratic president says he expects Republicans will make ...
CAPITAL CULTURE: Health care win in hand, Pelosi braces for GOP pushback in midterm electionsWith the health care reform bill approved at last, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had a quip for fellow lawmakers she'd relied on to help make it happen: "So ...
Vulnerable Democratic lawmakers are tiptoeing back home over voting for health care overhaulFirst-term Rep. Betsy Markey is convinced that once people learn what's in President Barack Obama's new health care overhaul law, they'll support it. But it's not a message she was ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The week after passing landmark healthcare reform and handing President Barack Obama an important victory, members of the U.S. Congress returned to their home districts for a recess to face constituents and justify their votes after the bruising ...
NevadaÕs senior senator never wavered in his mission to push obamaÕsagenda of reform Washington It was about midnight and tensions at the White House ran high on that January evening. House and Senate leaders had been haggling for days to merge their ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats are pushing to shore up support for the U.S. healthcare overhaul signed into law by President Barack Obama, but the final public verdict will largely depend on how smoothly it is put into effect. Some of the biggest ...