Filed under: House, Democrats, Republicans
Republican State Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava threw her support to Democrat Bill Owens a day after dropping out of the race to fill former GOP Rep. John McHugh's upstate New York House seat.
Is the Tea Party Gang Turning GOP into a Party of Hate?
Filed under: Health Care, Deep Background, Conservatives
When John Boehner, the Republican leader of the House, appeared at the Tea Party rally at the Capitol on Thursday afternoon, it was a dramatic signal: the wing-nuts have taken over the GOP.Think I'm being harsh? The angry folks at the...
Senate passage of a landmark health bill helped Democrats end 2009 on a note of triumph. They are acting at least somewhat like an organized political party, Will Rogers' 
At Wednesday's White House daily briefing, I asked deputy press secretary Bill Burton if the Obama administration would say yes to 
Enough of this bipartisan shilly-shally; it's time to crash the health care reform bill over the finish line -- by any means possible -- and move the heck on...
After what he called "a long and wrenching debate," President Obama called on Congress Wednesday to pass health care reform without further delay. The president spoke from the East Room of the White House, where he was flanked by doctors and nurses.
After months of deadlines that have come and gone, White House officials and congressional leaders expressed confidence Sunday that they will get the votes they need this...