Topic: U.S. Republican Party

Attacks on Reid have mixed messages

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 ...

Past time for reform

Next weeks 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.With the marathon policy debate ...

Obama, GOP agree on some health areas

Democrats and Republicans found plenty areas of agreement at President Barack Obama's health care summit, starting with a shared belief that the system needs fixing."We all know this is urgent," Obama said._MEDICAL MALPRACTICE This is a long-running dispute between Democrats and Republicans ...
Partisan sniping and ideological divides tore at a veneer of civility at Barack Obama's health summit Thursday, despite his plea for no "Obama gathered Republican foes and Democratic allies in a unique televised meeting billed as a bid to bridge divides in ...

Row simmers at US health reform summit

Partisan sniping and ideological divides tore at a veneer of civility at Barack Obama's health summit on Thursday, despite his plea for no "Obama gathered Republican foes and Democratic allies in a unique televised meeting billed as a bid to bridge divides ...
Health care summit may need a judge to sort fact from fiction, slam down gavel Cue the cameras.President Barack Obama and his Republican arch foes will argue their case on health care overhaul at a bipartisan summit expected to stretch out for ...
Reid presses to extend jobless aid, Medicaid help for states Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is pressing to extend unemployment benefits and health insurance subsidies for the jobless through December as he and Republicans try to clear leftover Senate business.Reid also hopes ...
If health overhaul fails, look for spiraling premiums, more uninsured, skimpier Medicare What could be worse than health care overhaul?surging insurance premiums, more working families without coverage, bigger out-of-pocket bills, a Medicare prescription gap that grows wider and deeper, and government programs ...
surging insurance premiums, more working families without coverage, bigger out-of-pocket bills, a Medicare prescription gap that grows wider and deeper, and government programs that pay when people get sick but do little to keep them healthy." For economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a top ...