Mar 25 Obama Touts Health Care Reform, Challenges Republicans on Repeal Fight By Lea Winerman 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… Continue reading
Mar 25 Senate Clears Fixes to Health Care Bill By Jason Breslow The U.S. Senate has passed a package of fixes to the health care reform bill signed into law by President Obama this week, clearing the way for a final vote on the reconciliation measure by the House later today. Continue reading
Mar 25 With Menu Labeling Law, Diners Will Soon Know Calorie Counts Diners will soon begin getting a lot more information about the calorie counts in their fast food and other restaurant meals -- whether they want it or not. A provision in the newly-passed health care reform bill will require… Continue reading
Mar 25 Thursday: Health Bill Heads Back to House; Lawmakers Receive Threats Democratic Sens. Tom Harkin of Iowa, Chris Dodd of Connecticut, Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada hold a news conference Wednesday. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.) Just when House Democrats thought they were… Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch Rep. Mike Pence Details GOP View on Health Reform Jeffrey Brown talks to Indiana Republican Rep. Mike Pence about the GOP view of health care reform as the reconciliation changes move back to the House for a final vote. Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch Rahm Emanuel on Health Care and the Obama Agenda With Congress poised to finish its changes to the new health care law, Jim Lehrer talks to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel about the public reaction and what's next on the president's agenda. Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch A Flurry of Final Activity on Health Reform Democrats and Republicans denounced threats and vandalism aimed at lawmakers who voted for the new health care law, as the changes from the reconciliation process were sent the bill back to the House for a final vote. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Mar 24 Excerpts: Pelosi on Health Reform as a Model for Future Legislation By Quinn Bowman Fresh off the passage of sweeping health care reform legislation, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke with Jim Lehrer Wednesday about the political battle over the bill, what it means for the American public and why lawmakers were so sharply… Continue reading
Mar 24 President Obama Signs Executive Order on Abortion President Obama signed an executive order Wednesday afternoon reaffirming that no federal money will be used to pay for abortions under the new health care reform law. The order follows through on a promise the president made Sunday to… Continue reading
Mar 24 Patchwork Nation: Healthcare Aside, Economy Still Dominant By Dante Chinni The headlines may be all about health care reform this week, but throughout the United States, the biggest story continues to be the sputtering economy. Poll after poll shows that the economy and unemployment are the top issue with… Continue reading