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US: White House presses for health care reform deal
The White House urged lawmakers Sunday to pass contentious health care reform, saying the watered-down bill before the Senate still accomplishes the president's goal...
US: Legislation to include six-month extensions of unemployment benefits
The US House of Representatives, tackling sky-high unemployment on the cusp of an election year, will vote Wednesday on a new jobs bill, Democratic...
US Senate nears health care bill with new compromises
Democratic senators were to meet with President Barack Obama at the White House Tuesday to discuss health care reform, amid reports of new compromise...
US House Speaker Pelosi hopes for health overhaul this year
Democratic US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held out hope Thursday of completing legislation by late December to remake the US health care system, President...
Obama hails Senate ‘progress’ on health care reform
President Barack Obama saluted Wednesday the "progress" of fellow Democrats in the Senate on a bill to overhaul the US health care system, his...
Obama to inject $600 million boost to US health centers
President Barack Obama injected almost 600 million dollars on Wednesday into US health centers, saying the move would create jobs as well as provide...
US Senate casts first votes on Obama health plan
The US Senate on Thursday cast its first votes on legislation to enact President Barack Obama's top domestic priority, overhauling US health care, four...
US Senate to kick off historic health care debate
The US Senate was poised to formally launch a historic and bitter debate Monday on sweeping legislation to overhaul the country's health care system,...
Obama health drive clears key Senate hurdle
President Barack Obama's planned overhaul of the US health care system headed Sunday for another major political battle after it cleared a key Senate...
US Senate unveils health care bill
US Senate Democrats on Wednesday unveiled a historic plan to extend health coverage to more than 30 million Americans who lack it now and...
Clinton to spur Senate Democrats on health care
Former president Bill Clinton planned a rare visit to the US Senate Tuesday to unite Democrats divided on President Barack Obama's push for a...
Obama to push lawmakers on historic health care vote
President Barack Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, was to make a rare in-person plea Saturday for wary lawmakers to cast an...
Insurance restrictions and health care costs make US patients more likely to struggle to receive treatment
Despite spending more than twice as much as other developed countries, the United States still lags behind in terms of access and quality, an...
U.S. – White House hits health insurers ahead of key vote
Powerful US insurers turned on President Barack Obama's top priority health care reform drive on the eve of a key congressional committee vote, warning...
Key vote set for US health care reform
President Barack Obama's health reform drive got a shot in the arm Thursday as a Senate panel scheduled a key vote and the House...
President Obama called U.S. Congress to compromise on a plan
President Barack Obama called on the U.S. Congress on Saturday to be willing to compromise on a plan to overhaul the U.S....
U.S. Senate panel set to advance healthcare overhaul
The U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Friday wrapped up debate on a massive overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system and prepared to vote on...
Barack Obama declares Samoa Tsuami as ‘major disaster’
United States President Barack Obama declared American Samoa as "a major disaster", after the remote Pacific island was hit by a tsunami that left...
President Obama Says Health Care Reform Cannot Wait
In his weekly address, President Barack Obama called on Congress to seize this opportunity – one that may not come again for decades –...
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