WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Sunday President Barack Obama would issue an order reaffirming a ban on using federal funds for abortion in a deal with holdout Democrats that could clear the way for passage of a healthcare overhaul.
"We have an agreement," said Representative Bart Stupak, who ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The tactics Republicans deploy as the Senate Banking Committee begins hashing out new rules for financial products, banks and derivatives on Monday could signal whether a bipartisan bill will emerge.
Republicans are expected to offer hundreds of amendments to a bill being offered by the panel's Democratic ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives said on Sunday they were confident they had votes to pass a sweeping healthcare reform bill and deliver President Barack Obama a landmark political victory.
With a final vote looming on Sunday night, the White House and a small band of ...More
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The California governor's race is on track to be the most expensive nonpresidential election in U.S. history, sparking a debate over money and influence that could become the campaign's defining issue.
Republican front-runner Meg Whitman, the billionaire former CEO of online auction house eBay ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stewart Udall, interior secretary for presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson and a member of a major Democratic political family, has died at age 90, his family said on Saturday.
Udall, father of New Mexico Senator Tom Udall and brother of the late congressman and one-time presidential contender ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the House of Representatives said on Saturday they had secured enough support to pass a sweeping healthcare overhaul and would dump a controversial plan to avoid a direct vote on the Senate bill.
An upbeat House Democratic leader Steny Hoyer predicted victory in Sunday's vote ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama urged senators on Saturday to resist pressure to weaken a financial reform bill and called again for an independent consumer watchdog to help prevent future financial crises.
As healthcare reform reaches a make-or-break vote in the House of Representatives on Sunday, Obama used ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama urged lawmakers on Saturday to resist pressure to weaken a financial reform bill and called again for an independent consumer watchdog to help prevent future financial crises.
As healthcare reform reaches a make-or-break vote in the House of Representatives on Sunday, Obama used ...More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. liberal grass-roots group ACORN is on the brink of bankruptcy and its leaders will hold a teleconference this weekend to discuss the group's future, The New York Times reported on its website on Friday.
Citing two leaders of the group, the Times reported ...More
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin offered hints he could support the United States on two key issues -- an arms pact and Iran -- after a meeting on Friday with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
An aide to Putin said a major nuclear weapons reduction pact between Russia and the ...More
