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William Douglas
Obama, leading lawmakers hint at health care compromise
As President Barack Obama prepares to tell the nation Wednesday night how he wants to revamp the country's health care system, key congressional Democrats on Tuesday signaled a growing willingness to give up or at least postpone creating a "public option" government-run system to compete with private insurance. | 09/08/09 13:28:00 By - David Lightman
Democrats hoping to take control of health-care debate
Congress will return Tuesday from a hot August recess to a politically steamy September, when lawmakers will resume grappling with crafting a comprehensive health care bill as Democrats try to mend rifts within their ranks over its scope and cost. | 09/03/09 16:37:00 By - William Douglas and David Lightman
Health care debate exposes regional rift for Democrats
Congress' efforts to overhaul the nation's health care system are plagued by an age-old urban-rural, east and west coast vs. the heartland schism in the Democratic Party. The divide is constantly evident. | 08/31/09 14:58:00 By - David Lightman and William Douglas
Poll: Americans claim that they're not so fat
Despite government data that show a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States over the past 20 years, most Americans don't think they have much of a weight problem, according to a new McClatchy-Ipsos poll. | 08/06/09 15:43:00 By - William Douglas
Poll: Americans a bit more optimistic than a month ago
Americans are growing slightly more optimistic about the path the country is on, according to a new Ipsos-McClatchy poll. | 08/05/09 16:12:00 By - William Douglas
Democrats say they won't bow to 'shrill' health-care protests
President Obama didn't close the differences among Democratic senators on how best to revise the country's health-care system during a pep rally Tuesday at the White House. But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid warned protesters who've recently disrupted townhall meetings that they won't stop the process. | 08/04/09 17:57:00 By - David Lightman and William Douglas
Lawmakers report health care progress in House, Senate
Four Democratic moderates in the House of Representatives brokered an agreement Wednesday to move ahead with a health care-overhaul plan, as the Obama administration and party leaders said they'd cut $100 billion from their initial proposal and postpone any floor votes until after Congress' August recess. | 07/29/09 14:39:00 By - David Lightman and William Douglas
Democrats may drop public option from health bill
The idea — beloved by President Barack Obama and liberal Democrats — that any overhaul of the nation's health care system should include a government-run insurance option to compete with private insurers is losing important political momentum. | 07/28/09 17:55:00 By - David Lightman and William Douglas
Obama, police group clash over black scholar's arrest
The Fraternal Order of Police, the nation's largest law enforcement organization, chastised President Barack Obama Thursday for saying the Cambridge, Mass., police "acted stupidly" for arresting prominent African-American scholar Henry Louis Gates at his home last week. Sgt. James Crowley, who arrested Gates, defended his actions Thursday in a Boston radio interview. | 07/23/09 18:27:00 By - William Douglas
Democrats unsure Obama health care deadline can be met
Despite President Barack Obama's push for the Senate and the House of Representatives to approve their health care overhauls by early August, Democratic leaders expressed doubts Tuesday that they can meet the deadline. | 07/21/09 17:37:00 By - David Lightman and William Douglas
Health care debate's biggest players turn up volume
The health care scare is on. With the House of Representatives and the Senate hoping to vote on comprehensive health care bills by the end of this month, opponents and proponents of the measures are intensifying their rhetoric and saturating the media to move public support to their sides. | 07/20/09 18:47:00 By - William Douglas
Obama moves to reassure doubters on health plan's cost
President Barack Obama, facing a revolt by centrist Democrats in Congress over the cost of overhauling the health care system, warned Friday that "now is not the time to slow down." | 07/17/09 18:08:00 By - Margaret Talev and William Douglas
What kind of health care do lawmakers and Obama get?
Throughout last year's presidential campaign and this year's debate over fixing the nation's health care system, lawmakers have delivered the same refrain: That the American people deserve the same kind of health care that members of Congress get. | 07/16/09 16:04:00 By - William Douglas and Margaret Talev
Abortion: White House says surgeon general pick is pro-choice
Regina Benjamin, Obama's nominee for surgeon general, sits on the board of the Catholic Hospital Association, which says life begins at conception, and Catholic officials say they hope she supports the church's position on abortion. But the White House says she agrees with the president's abortion rights position. | 07/14/09 19:22:00 By - Margaret Talev and William Douglas
House Democrats propose surtax on rich to pay for health care
Democrats in the House of Representatives unveiled a 1,000-page-plus health care-overhaul bill Tuesday that would levy a surtax on the wealthy in a bid to pay for the program without adding to the national debt. | 07/14/09 18:52:00 By - William Douglas
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