Day: November 22, 2009

Lincoln is one of the few swing-vote senators on health reform who is up for reelection next year.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are considering changing a proposed expansion of Medicare to address complaints from doctors and hospitals and defray costs for consumers, officials said Thursday, two days after party leaders hailed it as part of a breakthrough for health care….

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay the start of breast cancer screenings….

WASHINGTON (AP) — Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated – beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then….

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. His death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five decades, has prompted predictions that the family’s long-running political dynasty is over….

WASHINGTON (AP) — Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody’s punching bag….

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Democratic senators say the health care overhaul bill now going to the Senate floor for debate is a key to saving jobs and reducing the spiraling American budget deficit….

WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading Democratic senator says the proposed health care overhaul must pass the Senate by the end of the year, so that lawmakers can begin to concentrate on the economy and job creation….

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer says health care reform that includes a public option can pass the Senate….

WASHINGTON (AP) — A moderate Democratic senator who voted to allow debate over a health care bill says he might not support the bill in its next hurdle in the Senate….