Topic: U.S. Republican Party
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, frustrated by Republican obstruction of key administration staffing appointments, will use his power to appoint his pick to run Medicare and Medicaid while the U.S. Congress is in recess, the White House said on Tuesday. Obama ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats launched a new push on Thursday to promote U.S. President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul, as the first $250 rebates were mailed to seniors to help plug gaps in Medicare prescription drug coverage. Democrats released a 60-second television ad ...
Howard Dean has been chairman of the Democratic National Committee, a governor and presidential candidate. Yet the physician has had some unflattering things to say about his partyÕs health care reform bill. Still, Dean will defend it and DemocratsÕ positions on other ...
Democrats muscled legislation through the Senate on Thursday reshaping parts of the new health care overhaul law, sending it back to the House for what is expected to be final congressional approval. President Barack Obama dared Republicans to try to repeal the ...
While Democrats were shaping and delivering health care change, Republicans waged a skilled and largely successful campaign to demonize the whole business. They still are, still on message. That's not difficult when the central message is simple: No. Answering simplicity with complexity ...
Needed health care reform legislation should gain swift, final approval Forty-five years ago Sunday, John Lewis joined a group of people peacefully marching through Alabama to support civil rights. The group faced not only the taunts and jeers of those opposed to ...
Analysis shows that Democratic bill would help Americans, reduce deficit Congressional leaders unveiled the latest version of the health care bill Thursday, and House Democratic leadership was ecstatic. After months of being hammered by Republicans with lies about the reform plans, Democrats ...
State GOP says senator hasnÕt brought enough pork; national complains of Nevada favoritism WASHINGTON As Republicans ramp up their campaign against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the partys Nevada and Washington operations cant seem to get their stories straight on a line ...
Next weekÕs health care votes could be pivotal moment in Congress Democrats are planning to move as early as next week to hold what could be the deciding votes to pass health care reform, possibly capping off a year of acrimonious debate ...
President Barack Obama argued Thursday that a sweeping overhaul of the nation's broken health care system is imperative for the nation's future economic vitality, clashing in an extraordinary live-on-TV summit with Republicans who want far more modest changes. "We believe we have ...