President Barack Obama's Democrats predicted victory in a cliffhanger vote Sunday on his historic plan to extend health care coverage to some 32 million Americans who lack it now.
US President Barack Obama Thursday dramatically postponed his trip to Indonesia and Australia until June as he wages a vote-by-vote struggle to drive his health reform bill through Congress.
CQPolitics.com - House Democratic leaders touted their final health care overhaul package Thursday, as the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) posted its preliminary $940 billion cost estimate and President Obama again delayed a planned trip to Asia.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has described a rift with Israel over a Jerusalem construction project as a challenge, avoiding criticism of Tel Aviv.
Reuters - President Barack Obama on Thursday scrapped his trip to Indonesia and Australia scheduled for next week to focus on the final push for a U.S. healthcare overhaul, the White House said.
Reuters - President Barack Obama signed into law a $17.6 billion jobs bill on Thursday and sounded an optimistic note about the U.S. economy, saying it may soon begin adding jobs instead of losing them.
AP - The Veterans Affairs Department took steps Thursday to make it easier for veterans of the Iraq or Afghanistan wars to get disability benefits. To qualify for the new streamlined status, they must have malaria, West Nile Virus or one of seven other diseases.
US President Barack Obama on Thursday hailed his health care bill as the biggest effort to reduce the deficit since the 1990s, as cliffhanger congressional votes loomed.
