Health Apr 13 Spotlight City Highlights Floridians’ Varied Views on Health Reform NewsHour health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser and producer Terry Rubin recently traveled to Tampa, Fla., to sample residents' range of opinions on the new health care reform law. Their story is part of the NewsHour's "Spotlight City"…
Politics Apr 13 Marcia Coyle Answers Your Questions on the Retirement of Justice Stevens Regular NewsHour analyst Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal took your questions about the retirement of Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens and about who President Obama might be considering to replace him. Read her answers below,…
Politics Apr 09 Ask Marcia Coyle Your Questions About Stevens’ Retirement Now that Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, 89, has announced his plan to retire at the end of this court term after more than 30 years on the bench, the usual round of questions are emerging rapid fire:…
Health Apr 01 States Mount Challenges to Health Reform Law Even as President Obama talks up the new health care reform law at rallies and speeches around the country, opponents of the measure are continuing to work to invalidate it. State legislators in 38 states have introduced legislation opposing…
Science Mar 31 Obama to Expand Offshore Oil Drilling President Obama on Wednesday announced a plan to expand offshore oil and gas drilling to parts of the mid-Atlantic coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and northern Alaska. The new rules would end a longstanding moratorium…
Science Mar 30 World’s Largest Particle Collider Sees First Successful Smash Scientists in Geneva fired up the world's most powerful particle-smashing machine Tuesday, beginning a run that they hope will provide insight into fundamental questions about what makes up the universe. "This opens the door to a…
Health Mar 25 Obama Touts Health Care Reform, Challenges Republicans on Repeal Fight President Obama extolled the benefits of the newly-signed health care reform law in a speech Thursday in Iowa City, Iowa, in the first of a series of events aimed at selling the new law to the American public. "I…
Health Mar 23 President Obama Signs Health Reform Into Law _pap_embed_custom('news01s3d09qe42',482,304,""); President Obama on Tuesday signed health care reform into law, in front of a cheering crowd of lawmakers and Americans who will be affected by the bill. "Today, after almost a century of trying, today after over a…
Health Mar 21 House Passes Historic Health Care Reform Legislation The House of Representatives on Sunday passed a sweeping $940 billion health care bill in a historic vote that will dramatically change the U.S. health care system and expand health insurance coverage to 32 million more Americans over the next…
Health Mar 21 House Votes Cap Day of Debate on Health Reform Update: 11:38 p.m. ET The House has now passed the reconciliation bill with amendments to the Senate health reform legislation, by a margin of 220-211. This bill will need to go back to the Senate for approval, which…