Congress
White House, Dems Demand “Up-Or-Down” As Health Care Talks Go Up, Down
The weekend after last Thursday’s landmark presidential health care summit saw the White House and congressional Democrats seeking to rapidly move ahead with a plan to pass health care legislation as Republican silence on a challenge to find compromise made it clear that the finished product will not be bipartisan in nature.
President Obama, White House […]
Throw The Bums Out! Americans Fed Up With Washington Incumbents, Setting Stage For Different Kind Of “Change” This Fall
Voter anger at Washington is reaching unprecedented levels as a new CNN poll finds that record low percentages of Americans believe members of Congress deserve reelection this November, another devastating blow to majority Democrats but also an ominous sign for incumbent Republicans as the GOP seeks to retake control of Congress. President Obama is also […]
Obama Beats Blame, GOP Agenda In New Poll…But Sour Numbers Hard To Ignore
President Obama’s approval rating is back under 50 percent according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll, but he still escapes much of the blame from a public that is fed up with partisanship in Washington and an economy that overwhelmingly remains the number one issue for Americans.
The president’s job approval rating has fallen […]
GOP Says “No Thanks” To Obama’s Bipartisan Health Care Chat
When President Obama told Katie Couric before the Super Bowl on Sunday that he wants to hold a televised bipartisan meeting on health care reform later this month, it was greeted as a potential breakthrough on the president’s stalled signature issue and a significant step towards breaking the partisan gridlock that has gripped the health […]
Historic Showdown In Charm City: Obama Gets And Gives In Front Of Hostile GOP Crowd
What was otherwise an ordinary Friday in January turned into a remarkable display of political theater when President Obama, fresh off his State of the Union and a jobs-heavy reset of his stalled agenda, walked into the fire of House Republicans at the GOP’s caucus retreat in Baltimore. This not entirely unprecedented meeting morphed into […]
Three-Way Deal On Insurance Tax Paves Way For Health Care Bill
After a series of marathon negotiating sessions between the White House and congressional Democrats as well as talks involving leaders of organized labor upset about President Obama’s plan to impose a tax on expensive health insurance plans, a deal appears to have been struck on how to pay for health care reform in a development […]
Health Care Talks Not Short On Ambiguity: Deal “Close,” January Vote “Possible”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi emerged from more meetings with President Obama and with members of her own caucus on Wednesday and indicated that a compromise may be nearing finalization in the effort to merge House and Senate health care legislation.
Pelosi told reporters that the two sides are “close” to an agreement after an “intense” period […]
Obama Gets Hands-On In Health Care Talks
Tuesday meetings between President Obama and the top Democratic leaders in the House and Senate saw the president initiating his most substantial involvement in the negotiations over health care legislation to date, and more was on the way as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will go back to the White House for additional talks on Wednesday.
Obama […]
GOP Slams Health Talks “Behind Closed Doors” Despite Dubious Access History Of Their Own
The bitter fight over health care reform took another odd step on Tuesday as a request from the usually reserved cable network C-SPAN inflamed partisan passions and forced Democrats to defend their intention to bypass Republicans - and television cameras - in crafting a merged House and Senate health care bill.
C-SPAN CEO Brian Lamb penned […]
Dems Start Dealing On Health Care
Congressional Democrats and the White House began another round of intense negotiations over health care legislation on Tuesday, with House Democrats holding meetings to discuss changes to the Senate version of health care reform and President Obama chatting with the top two Dems from each chamber late on Tuesday afternoon.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi emerged from […]
