| Americans have come to detest Congress ever more deeply as it nears the end of a nasty fight over health care. But more than half still back President Barack Obama, a bright spot for a Democratic Party counting on its leader to help stave off expecte ... |
| President Barack Obama is trying to achieve a health care overhaul the way he once said it couldn't, and shouldn't, be done. ... |
| House and Senate leaders have agreed on most elements of legislation needed to push forward President Barack Obama’s proposed overhaul of the U.S. health- care system, top House Democrats said. ... |
| President Barack Obama plans to focus attention on immigration next week by meeting at the White House with two senators crafting a bill on the issue. ... |
| U.S. House and Senate leaders have agreed on legislative language to push forward President Barack Obama’s proposed overhaul of the nation’s health-care system, a top House Democrat said. ... |
![]() | President Barack Obama on Thursday assured immigration advocates frustrated by the wait for a promised overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that he remains committed to fixing a system he has said is broken. What remains unclear is whether Congress will ... |
| With the public still furious over bank bailouts, Democrats desperate to keep President Barack Obama's old Senate seat are scrambling to counter revelations that a bank owned by their candidate's family may be nearing collapse. ... |
| President Barack Obama on Thursday assured immigration advocates frustrated by the wait for a promised overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that he remains committed to fixing a system he has said is broken. What remains unclear is whether Congress will ... |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday faced pressure to help create jobs in African-American communities and deliver an immigration overhaul even as he tried to push healthcare reform across the finish line. ... |
| President Barack Obama plans to donate the $1.4 milllion from his Nobel Peace Prize to helping students, veterans' families and survivors of Haiti's earthquake, among others, drawing attention to organizations he said "do extraordinary work." ... |
| President Barack Obama on Wednesday renewed America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he knows the crisis has not passed. ... |
| President Barack Obama speaks at a banking conference Thursday, holds more meetings on health care and gets a look at a new TV series about World War II. ... |
| U.S. President Barack Obama will donate the $1.4-million he received with his Nobel Peace Prize to helping students, veterans' families and survivors of Haiti's earthquake, among others, the White House said yesterday. The following charities will re ... |
| Rush Limbaugh said he'd go to Costa Rica for medical treatment if the healthcare reform touted by President Barack Obama is passed. If that happens, he'll join legions of American medical tourists who travel to this bastion of socialized medicine eve ... |
| President Barack Obama is marking the 45th anniversary of ... |
| President Barack Obama praised the Iraqi people for passing ... |
![]() | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Janet Yellen is President Barack Obama’s pick for vice chairman of the central bank in Washington, two people with knowledge of the selection process said. ... |
![]() | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Janet Yellen is President Barack Obama’s pick for vice chairman of the central bank in Washington, two people with knowledge of the selection process said. ... |
| WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration accused China on Thursday of abusing its citizens’ rights and maintaining currency policies that cost millions of U.S. jobs, a double-barrel attack that comes amid a growing willingness to confront and even ... |
| Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Janet Yellen is President Barack Obama’s pick for vice chairman of the central bank in Washington, two people with knowledge of the selection process said. ... |
| President Barack Obama will donate the $1.4 million (£930,000) he received for winning the Nobel Peace Prize to 10 charities, including groups working on Haiti relief and supporting military families, the White House said on Thursday. ... |
| President Barack Obama traveled to St. Charles, Missouri, to sell his health care overhaul plan Wednesday. He also helped raise some cash for Democrats made vulnerable by the long legislative fight. ... |
| President Barack Obama plans to donate the $1.4 million from his Nobel Peace Prize to helping students, veterans' families and survivors of Haiti's earthquake, among others, drawing attention to organizations he said ... |
| President Barack Obama on Thursday laid out plans to help U.S. businesses double their export sales and add what he said would be 2 million more jobs at home during the next 5 years. ... |
| Crediting their role in the American story, President Barack Obama on Monday praised the nation's ... |
| President Barack Obama plans to host a conference in Florida next month on his administration's approach to the next step in space exploration. ... |
| Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Janet Yellen is President Barack Obama’s pick for vice chairman of the central bank in Washington, two people with knowledge of the selection process said. ... |
| Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Janet Yellen is President Barack Obama’s pick for vice chairman of the central bank in Washington, two people with knowledge of the selection process said. ... |
![]() | AFP - US President Barack Obama on Thursday issued a fresh call to China to embrace a "market oriented" exchange rate for the yuan, saying such a move would help rebalance the global economy. ... |
| President Barack Obama has signed a bill creating a program to promote the U.S. as a premier tourism destination for international travelers. ... |
| President Barack Obama said he wants a former senior Army official with a career in intelligence to lead the Transportation Security Administration. ... |
| Advocacy groups say President Barack Obama has assured them that he remains committed to a comprehensive overhaul of U.S. immigration laws. But what can be accomplished on the issue this year remains unclear. ... |
![]() | The Newsroom - In a fitting show of solidarity for International Women's Day, First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made light of the brutal 2008 battle Clinton conducted to defeat Barack Obama for the Democratic president ... |
| President Barack Obama plans to donate the $1.4 milllion from his Nobel Peace Prize to helping students, veterans' families and survivors of Haiti's earthquake, among others, drawing attention to organizations he said "do extraordinary work." ... |
| President Barack Obama has designated 10 charities, including those that serve students and veterans to get portions of his $1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize award, the White House announced. ... |
| President Barack Obama has designated 10 charities, including those that serve students and veterans to get portions of his $1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize award, the White House announced. ... |
| Reuters - President Barack Obama pressed China on Thursday to move to a "more market-oriented exchange rate" in a speech where he laid out a plan to boost U.S. exports in the coming years. ... |
![]() | Reuters - President Barack Obama on Thursday named 10 charities to share his $1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize, with causes ranging from wounded veterans to Haiti's earthquake survivors and education for minorities. ... |
| President Barack Obama speaks at a banking conference Thursday, holds more meetings on health care and gets a look at a new TV series about World War II. ... |
![]() | St. Charles, Mo. -- Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues. ... |
| President Barack Obama sought Thursday to put some detail behind his lofty drive to double U.S. exports over the next five years, calling the effort imperative to putting people back to work. But doubts remain about how many net jobs his trade agenda ... |
| WASHINGTON - House Democratic leaders today worked to rally their rank-and-file members around last-minute agreements on insurance taxes and prescription drug coverage that could move President Barack Obama's overhaul of the nation's health care syst ... |
| President Barack Obama is applauding Colombian President Alvaro Uribe for accepting a court decision that prevents him from running for a third term. ... |
![]() | House leaders have concluded they cannot change a divisive abortion provision in President Barack Obama's health care bill and will try to pass the sweeping legislation without the support of ardent anti-abortion Democrats. ... |
| President Barack Obama made his case for an overhaul of the U.S. medical system to Missouri voters, emphasizing his efforts to curb waste and fraud in government health programs. ... |
| President Barack Obama is applauding Colombian President Alvaro Uribe for accepting a court decision that prevents him from running for a third term. ... |
| President Barack Obama has announced which groups will get the $1.4 million he received for winning the Nobel Peace Prize. ... |
| WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has announced which groups will get the $1.4 million he received for winning the Nobel Peace Prize. ... |
![]() | House Democratic leaders abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling Thursday that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming as earl ... |
| President Barack Obama’s goals of boosting U.S. exports and combating climate change are colliding as the U.S. Export-Import Bank expands financing for oil, gas, mining and power-plant projects. ... |
| President Barack Obama set up a new high-level agency on Thursday that will help promote U.S. products overseas, part of a strategy to double U.S. exports in five years. The newly created Export Promotion Cabinet will hold its first meeting in April ... |
![]() | WASHINGTON (AP) — House leaders have concluded they cannot change a divisive abortion provision in President Barack Obama’s health care bill and will try to pass the sweeping legislation without the support of ardent anti-abortion Democrats. A break ... |
| Top Democrats in both the House and the Senate are fighting to attach President Obama’s proposed overhaul of student lending programs to the health care legislation. ... |
![]() | House Democratic leaders abandoned a long struggle to appease the most ardent abortion opponents in their ranks, gambling Thursday that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes loom ... |
![]() | AP - President Barack Obama says doubling exports over the next five years will boost the economy by helping U.S. companies sell their goods and services abroad and creating new jobs at home. ... |
![]() | Washington - US President Barack Obama on Thursday committed his government to boosting the nation's exports, creating a high- level panel designed to increase trade. The so-called Export Promotion Cabinet will include Secretary of State Hillary Rodh ... |
| Less than one year ago, President Barack Obama delivered a speech in Cairo in which he promised to redefine the relationship between the U.S. and the Islamic world. The speech was well-received across the Middle East, but it's unclear if perceptions ... |
| House and Senate leaders have agreed on most elements of legislation needed to push forward President Barack Obama’s proposed overhaul of the U.S. health- care system, top House Democrats said. ... |
![]() | House Democratic leaders on Thursday worked to rally their rank-and-file members around last-minute agreements on insurance taxes and prescription drug coverage that could move President Barack Obama's overhaul of the nation's health care system a st ... |
![]() | House leaders have concluded they cannot change a divisive abortion provision in President Barack Obama's health care bill and will try to pass the sweeping legislation without the support of ardent anti-abortion Democrats. ... |
![]() | House Democratic leaders Thursday walked their rank-and-file members through last-minute agreements that could move President Barack Obama's overhaul of the nation's health care system a step closer to reality. ... |
| WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional budget referees say Senate legislation that’s now the foundation for President Barack Obama’s health care plan would cut the federal deficit by $118 billion over 10 years. The Congressional Budget Office says the $875 ... |
| WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is pushing a new initiative to boost U.S. exports by enforcing trade deals and promoting American-made products overseas. An administration official says Obama will issue an executive order Thursday creating a ... |
| Congressional budget referees say Senate legislation that's now the foundation for President Barack Obama's health care plan would cut the federal deficit by $118 billion over 10 years. The Congressional Budget Office says the $875 billion, 10-year p ... |
| President Barack Obama has nominated Superior Court Justice Thomas Delahanty II to serve as the top federal prosecutor for Maine. ... |
| Top Democrats are fighting to attach the proposed overhaul of student loan programs to health care reform. ... |
| Top Democrats are fighting to attach the proposed overhaul of student loan programs to health care reform.br ... |
| Congressional budget referees say Senate legislation that's now the foundation for President Barack Obama's health care plan would cut the federal deficit by $118 billion over 10 years. ... |
| Congressional budget referees say Senate legislation that's now the foundation for President Barack Obama's health care plan would cut the federal deficit by $118 billion over 10 years. ... |
| Democrats are determined to pass President Obama's health care legislation. ... |
![]() | A final agreement nearly in hand, President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders are about to embark on one last sales job that will determine the outcome of the president's signature health care overhaul. ... |
| President Barack Obama’s goals of boosting U.S. exports and combating climate change are colliding as the U.S. Export-Import Bank expands financing for oil, gas, mining and power-plant projects. ... |
![]() | A new Rasmussen Reports survey shows that 57 percent of American voters think that the health care reform plan currently before Congress would hurt the U.S. economy. The poll provides yet more evidence that Americans remain deeply opposed to the plan ... |
| A top House Democrat says the leadership may be able to pass President Barack Obama's health care overhaul without resolving a dispute over abortion. ... |
![]() | The Show Me State temporarily became the No-Show State on Wednesday as some prominent Missouri Democrats decided they'd rather be somewhere else when President Obama came to push his massive health care overhaul plan. Missouri Secretary of State Robi ... |
| A top House Democrat says the leadership may be able to pass President Barack Obama's health care overhaul without resolving a dispute over abortion. ... |
| President Barack Obama is pushing a new initiative to boost U.S. exports by enforcing trade deals and promoting American-made products overseas. ... |
| A final agreement nearly in hand, President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders are about to embark on one last sales job that will determine the outcome of the president's signature health care overhaul. ... |
| Pitching his healthcare reform legislation in suburban Missouri, the president announces a broadened initiative to block fraud in government health programs. Promoting a new initiative to reduce waste in Medicare, Medicaid and other government progra ... |
| President Barack Obama is pushing a new initiative to boost U.S. exports by enforcing trade deals and promoting American-made products overseas. ... |
![]() | AFP - In a boost to President Barack Obama's flagship reform drive, the Congressional Budget Office said Thursday a Senate health care bill would cut the deficit by 118 billion dollars. ... |
| Democrats in Congress have agreed on legislative language to push forward President Obama’s overhaul of the U.S. health-care system ... |
| President Barack Obama made his case for an overhaul of the U.S. medical system to Missouri voters, emphasizing his efforts to curb waste and fraud in government health programs. ... |
| As they push to finish health-care legislation by the end of the month, Democratic leaders in Congress are weighing whether to add another of President Obama's priorities to the package: an overhaul the federal student loan program ... |
![]() | For all of President Obama's impassioned speeches trying to sell his health care reform plan to Americans, opposition to the $2 trillion proposal has remained nearly unchanged for months, stretching back to last summer, when town halls across the nat ... |
| Health care reform takes center stage Thursday as President Obama and top congressional Democrats work behind closed doors to nail down a final agreement. ... |
![]() | ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues despite persistent Republican efforts to knock them off str ... |
![]() | President Barack Obama denounced waste, inefficiency and downright fraud in the government's health care system on Wednesday as he sought to rally public support for his revamped overhaul plan. "Improper payments cost taxpayers almost $100 billion la ... |
![]() | Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues despite persistent Republican efforts to knock them off stride. ... |
| Haitian President René Préval emerged from a round of talks at the White House and Capitol Hill on Wednesday, optimistic that President Barack Obama and lawmakers are receptive to helping the shattered country with direct aid to the government. ... |
| RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia's General Assembly became the first in the nation Wednesday to approve legislation that bucks any attempt by President Barack Obama and Congress to implement national health care overhaul in individual states. ... |
| Senate Republicans say they uniformly will oppose all procedural votes on President Obama's health care overhaul plan - even if they agree with the underlying policy changes - hoping to send a message Wednesday to House Democrats that reconciliation ... |
| ST. CHARLES, Missouri (Reuters) - President Barack Obama declared on Wednesday the "time for talk is over" and urged the Congress to vote on healthcare as his health secretary directly challenged insurers to forgo profits to make coverage more afford ... |
| WASHINGTON (AP) — They just don’t get it in Washington. There’s a gaping disconnect between what Americans care about and what President Barack Obama and Congress, Democrats and Republicans are actually doing. A new Associated Press-GfK poll tells th ... |
![]() | Reuters - President Barack Obama declared on Wednesday the "time for talk is over" and urged the Congress to vote on healthcare as his health secretary directly challenged insurers to forgo profits to make coverage more affordable. ... |
| President Barack Obama said he is ordering new efforts to curb waste and fraud in government health programs as he campaigns for an overhaul of the U.S. medical system. ... |
![]() | President Barack Obama says Washington for too long has accepted billions of dollars in health care fraud and abuse as simply the cost of doing business. He says that must end. ... |
| WASHINGTON -- President Obama said yesterday conditions in quake-stricken Haiti remained dire and promised that the United States would be a reliable partner in reconstruction efforts. Obama, speaking at the White House after meeting with Haitian Pre ... |
![]() | Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues despite persistent Republican efforts to knock them off stride. ... |
| 'We allow the insurance indus try to run wild in this coun try," President Obama declared on Monday. "We can't have a system that works better for the insurance companies than it does for the American people." Yet Obama's plan to tame health insurers ... |
![]() | Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues despite persistent Republican efforts to knock them off stride. ... |
![]() | The nation's top health official challenged insurers on Wednesday to join President Barack Obama's push to overhaul the medical system, arguing that if the effort fails it will hurt them as well as other Americans. ... |
![]() | The Show Me State briefly became the No Show State on Wednesday as some prominent Missouri Democrats decided they'd rather be somewhere else when President Obama came to St. Louis to push his massive health care overhaul plan. Missouri Secretary of S ... |
| President Barack Obama faces what may be the biggest test to date of his credibility in the Middle East after Israel greeted Vice President Joe Biden with an announcement that it will construct 1,600 new homes in disputed East Jerusalem, diplomats an ... |
![]() | Democrats claim momentum in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues. ... |
| WASHINGTON -- President Obama yesterday continued his campaign against insurance companies in his feverish push for health reform, accusing them of lining their pockets with cash that should go to help patients. Obama talked up efforts to combat Medi ... |
| The Senate on Wednesday passed a $149 billion package of jobless aid and tax breaks, as Democrats continued efforts to lower the 9.7 percent unemployment rate before congressional elections in November. ... |
| Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Wednesday contradicted President Barack Obama on whether the health care reform bill will lead to a decrease in health care premiums. ... |
| The state legislature approved a measure that bucks any effort by President Barack Obama and Congress to carry out a national health care overhaul in individual states. ... |
![]() | Last week, President Obama's advisers told reporters that they'd soon recommend that the president propose a "deal" with Congress on the Guantanamo Bay detainees. Obama would drop his insistence that the detainees be tried in civilian courts and inst ... |
![]() | AP - Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues despite persistent Republican efforts to knock them offstride. ... |
| The state legislature approved a measure that bucks any effort by President Barack Obama and Congress to carry out a national health care overhaul in individual states. ... |
| The president denounced waste, inefficiency and downright fraud in the government's health care system on Wednesday as he sought to rally public support for his revamped overhaul plan. ... |
| Politico - President Barack Obama is pushing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to go further than Obama has previously disclosed to strip the final health care reform bill of the narrow deals aimed at appeasing specific senators. ... |
| Virginia's General Assembly became the first in the nation Wednesday to approve legislation that bucks any attempt by President Barack Obama and Congress to implement a national health care overhaul in individual states. ... |
| President Barack Obama is facing a renewed push against his health-care legislation as a coalition of business groups plans to spend as much as $1 million a day on advertisements to pressure lawmakers into opposing the bill. ... |
| President Barack Obama is pushing a new anti-fraud plan and his top health official is challenging the nation's insurers as the administration cranks up the pressure for a sweeping overhaul of the nation's medical system. Obama is to speak Wednesday ... |
| Can American president Barack Obama and French president Nicolas Sarkozy strengthen the ties between our two great nations? We urge them to make rapprochement a high foreign-policy priority. ... |
![]() | President Barack Obama is facing a renewed push against his health-care legislation as a coalition of business groups plans to spend as much as $1 million a day on advertisements to pressure lawmakers into opposing the bill. ... |
![]() | “Improper payments” figured in among the many symptoms of an ailing health care system that President Obama railed against during a pep rally for health care reform near St. Louis, Missouri on Wednesday—the latest stop in his U.S. tour to drum up su ... |
![]() | President Barack Obama is pushing a new anti-fraud plan and his top health official is challenging the nation's insurers as the administration cranks up the pressure for a sweeping overhaul of the nation's medical system. ... |
![]() | barack-obama-news20.jpg President Barack Obama is under increasing pressure to keep NASA and its many projects as budgetary priority, especially with the agency's space shuttle program now coming to an end. read more ... |
![]() | President Barack Obama and Haitian President Rene Preval, make a joint statement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. ... |
| Virginia's General Assembly is the first in the nation to approve legislation that bucks any attempt by President Barack Obama and Congress to implement the national health care overhaul in states like Virginia. ... |
![]() | President Barack Obama is making his closing arguments for a health care overhaul, pushing a new anti-fraud plan as he cranks up the pressure on skittish Democratic lawmakers to act fast. ... |
| Obama, 'tired of talking' about health care, again insists Congress pass his plan ... |
![]() | President Barack Obama is renewing America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he understands the situation there "remains dire." ... |
![]() | President Barack Obama on Wednesday renewed America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he knows the crisis has not passed. ... |
| President Barack Obama welcomed Haitian President René Préval to the White House Wednesday, pledging that as it rebuilds, the earthquake-wracked country ``will continue to have a steady and reliable partner in the United States of America.'' ... |
| Washington -- President Barack Obama on Wednesday renewed America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he knows the crisis has not passed. ... |
![]() | Washington - US President Barack Obama warned Wednesday that the situation in Haiti remains dire and called on the world to step up its efforts in the earthquake devastated Caribbean nation. People should be under no illusions that the crisis is o... ... |
![]() | President Obama said Wednesday that living conditions in Haiti remain "dire," despite recovery efforts since the Jan. 12 earthquake. He was joined at his White House speech by Haitian President Rene Preval, who called for improvements to the United N ... |
![]() | Barack Obama warns that the crisis in quake-hit Haiti is not over, as he meets the country's president. ... |
| As President Barack Obama visits the St. Louis area for a speech on health care reform, Robin Carnahan will be 800 miles away in Washington ... |
| ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Obama tells Missouri crowd: Health care system in greatest need of reform. ... |
| President Barack Obama meets Wednesday with his Haitian counterpart, Rene Preval, who has come to Washington to thank Americans for the massive outpouring of earthquake aid and to outline what still is needed. Preval saw Secretary of State Hillary Ro ... |
| President Barack Obama is renewing America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he understands the situation there "remains dire." ... |
![]() | AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday renewed America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he knows the crisis has not passed. ... |
![]() | In making more aguments for reform, president says health care fraud and abuse must end. ... |
![]() | Americans have come to detest Congress ever more deeply as it nears the end of a nasty fight over health care. But more than half still back President Obama, a bright spot for a Democratic Party counting on its leader to help stave off expected losse ... |
| President Barack Obama meets Wednesday with his Haitian counterpart, Rene Preval, who has come to Washington to thank Americans for the massive outpouring of earthquake aid and to outline what still is needed. ... |
| Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva asked U.S. President Barack Obama to “quickly” negotiate the end to a trade dispute over cotton subsidies that led him to raise tariffs on over 100 U.S. goods this week. ... |
![]() | President Obama on Wednesday renewed America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he knows the crisis has not passed. After an Oval Office meeting, Mr. Obama stood besi ... |
| Obama Takes Health-care Pitch To Missouri ... |
| Haitian President Rene Preval comes to Washington to seek ongoing aid. The president promises to be a 'partner' in the reconstruction effort. President Obama pledged to stand by Haiti as it recovered from its devastating earthquake, assuring the stri ... |
| Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva asked U.S. President Barack Obama to “quickly” negotiate the end to a cotton dispute at the World Trade Organization. ... |
![]() | President Barack Obama has chosen a suburban St. Louis high school to make his closing argument for a health care overhaul, pushing a new anti-fraud plan as he cranks up the pressure on skittish Democratic lawmakers to act fast. ... |
| President Barack Obama meets with the president of Haiti Wednesday morning and later flies to Missouri for another gathering on health care reform. ... |
| Masses of people are without shelter as the rainy season begins in the earthquake-devastated country. After a meeting at the White House with Haitian President Rene Preval, Obama said the situation remains dire and renewed America's commitment to the ... |
![]() | Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius warned insurance executives Wednesday that failing to support President Obama's comprehensive plan to reform U.S. health care likely will result in their demise. "We are in a situation where the m ... |
![]() | President Obama made the pledge after meeting with President Rene Preval of Haiti on Wednesday, even as the U.S. military begins withdrawing forces.br ... |
| AP - President Barack Obama meets with the president of Haiti Wednesday morning and later flies to Missouri for another gathering on health care reform. ... |
| The U.S. knows the crisis in Haiti is far from over, Obama tells visiting President Rene Preval ... |
| President Obama met Wednesday with Haitian President Rene Preval to discuss relief, recovery and reconstruction efforts in Haiti. ... |
![]() | President Obama made the pledge after meeting with President Rene Preval of Haiti on Wednesday, even as the U.S. military begins withdrawing forces. ... |
| Obama spoke in Pennsylvania Monday as part of a last-ditch push to gain passage of his health care overhaul. His remarks were a cynical effort to conceal the right-wing character of the legislation. ... |
![]() | A Rasmussen Reports survey found that 55 percent of Americans think that Congress should throw the current health care plan out and start fresh, suggesting that President Obama's demand that Congress pass his reform proposal has failed to sway the pu ... |
| As Obama sets aggressive schedule to push health care reform, and the Tea Party Express is struggling to keep up • Obama Using 'Bounty Hunters' to Root Out Fraud • Obama to Make Closing Argument on Health Care Dems to Emanuel: Stop the Health Care ... |
| President Barack Obama has chosen a suburban St. Louis high school to make his closing argument for a health care overhaul, pushing a new anti-fraud plan as he cranks up the pressure on skittish Democratic lawmakers to act fast. ... |
![]() | President Obama’s health reform plan is a mixed bag for those who care about keeping down medical costs.br ... |
| President Barack Obama has chosen a suburban St. Louis high school to make his closing argument for a health care overhaul, pushing a new anti-fraud plan as he cranks up the pressure on skittish Democratic lawmakers to act fast. ... |
| The nation’s top health insurance spokeswoman and President Obama’s top health-care official crossed swords, if ever so politely, in remarks to a gathering of industry representatives in Washington on Wednesday. Karen Ignani, president of America’s H ... |
![]() | AP - President Barack Obama has chosen a suburban St. Louis high school to make his closing argument for a health care overhaul, pushing a new anti-fraud plan as he cranks up the pressure on skittish Democratic lawmakers to act fast. ... |
![]() | Rep. Bart Stupak, a pro-life Democrat from Michigan, "remains optimistic" that he can work out language with House Democratic leaders on federal funding of abortion, the main sticking point in getting a health care bill to President Obama's desk. ... |
| barack-obama.jpg The Americans are struggling to come out of the lingering hurt of the biggest global recession of the post WW II era, and in such a scenario, the fact that jobs are being outsourced is something that is hitting the country where it h ... |
| THE ISSUE: President Obama's latest campaign for his proposed heath-care reforms. *** We don't want ObamaCare, no matter what President Obama says or how many hundreds of speeches he gives ("Bam is Dr. Desperate," March 9). Save us a ton of our money ... |
![]() | AP - Americans have come to detest Congress ever more deeply as it nears the end of a nasty fight over health care. But more than half still back President Barack Obama, a bright spot for a Democratic Party counting on its leader to help stave off e ... |
| Demonstrators in the capital issue 'citizen's arrest' warrants for insurance executives and pledge to step up pressure on Congress. In a reverse twist on the old protesters' tactic of getting arrested to make a point, union leaders and other backers ... |
![]() | President Obama's approval of the recent firing of teachers at a Rhode Island high school has spurred a debate among education specialists about whether staff turnover will help underperforming schools. Some experts agree that it is appropriate for u ... |
![]() | President Obama's attempts to ram health- care reform through an increasingly reluctant Congress are starting to resemble a really eventful episode of "The Sopranos." Whether or not you believe former Rep. Eric Massa's bizarre accusations of locker-r ... |
| AP - The Associated Press-GfK Poll on President Obama, the direction of the country and health care was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from March 3-8. It is based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a nationally repres ... |
![]() | The next act in the drive to pass ObamaCare is the mother-of-all political maneuvers -- in which Democrats will use an incredibly convoluted and possibly unconstitutional process. Things were already arcane: President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelos ... |
| There was churn and noise on Capitol Hill Tuesday, but no discernible progress toward resolution of the health-care fight, as uncertainty prevailed in Washington. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she did not know when House lawmakers would look at a l ... |
| WASHINGTON -- Big-business groups are launching a multimillion-dollar ad campaign to try to snuff out President Obama's last-ditch health-care push, arguing it will raise their bottom line and kill jobs. The campaign, by the US Chamber of Commerce an ... |
![]() | Rep. Dennis Kucinich tells us why he isn’t buckling under pressure to vote for the president’s health care reform bill (“Every plan that’s put forth by our government ends up benefiting the health insurance industry”) and why even members of Congres ... |
| It's protest season again in Washington. Demonstrators gathered in Washington on Tuesday to show their support for President Obama's health care plan. ... |
![]() | President Obama’s health reform plan is a mixed bag, but it may be the only program passed. ... |
| At the top of Tuesday's CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith proclaimed: "President Obama makes a tough final push, going on the offensive against health insurance companies. Will it work?" Later, co-host Maggie Rodriguez gushed: "It looked like a ca ... |
![]() | President Obama’s health reform plan is a mixed bag, but it may be the only program passed. ... |
![]() | The final push for health care reform has become an all-out assault on health insurance companies. President Obama and liberal advocacy groups are attacking insurance companies for unreasonable profts, but those companies are fighting back with a nat ... |
| The White House insisted today that March 18th is the deadline for the House of Representatives to pass President Obama's health care plan ... |
![]() | “During the presidential campaign, candidate Barack Obama often used the phrase ‘fired up’ to do just that to the crowd. Democrats have been openly wondering when he was going to bring that campaign energy and fire to an issue like health care refor ... |
![]() | Most Republicans have opposed President Obama's health care bill from the first day he proposed reform. If the House passes the Senate bill in the next few days, it will probably do so without any Republican support. ... |
| Obviously support for socialized medicine is growing by leaps and bounds.Dozens of health care activists are protesting in the nation's capital against what they call an abusive health insurance industry.Members of Health Care for America Now gathere ... |
![]() | TAWAS CITY, Mich. -- Prospects are good for resolving a dispute over abortion that has led some House Democrats to threaten to withhold support of President Obama's health care overhaul, a key Michigan Democrat said Monday. Rep. Bart Stupak said he e ... |
| President Obama traveled to Acadia University in suburban Philadelphia on Monday to make the case one more time for Congress to pass legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system. He went after Republicans for their unified opposition, and ... |
| In an impassioned rally that evoked his campaign, President Barack Obama left what he called the Washington "echo chamber" Monday and urged voters to knock on doors and make phone calls to embolden members of Congress to pass heath care legislation. ... |
![]() | GLENSIDE, Pa. - President Barack Obama accused insurance companies of placing profits over people as he sought to build public support today for swift passage of health care legislation stalled in Congress. ... |
![]() | WASHINGTON -- A "fired-up" President Obama yesterday took the fight of his political life out of the Capitol's intractable committee rooms and into the heartland -- staging a desperate campaign-like rally to try to win support for health-care reform. ... |
![]() | WASHINGTON -- Steamed upstate Rep. Eric Massa, who quit Congress yesterday amid allegations he sexually harassed a male staffer, said he was "set up" by Democratic leaders because he opposed President Obama's health-care bill. The freshman congressma ... |
![]() | AFP - A fired-up President Barack Obama has turned his populist ire from Wall Street to the insurance sector as he sought to rally support for a last-ditch bid to pass a historic health care overhaul bill. ... |































































