Jan 18 House Leaders Frame Next Steps for Round 2 of Health Reform Debate On a day when debate began on the House floor over whether to repeal the health care law passed last year, Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer both met with the media in separate news… Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch Despite Long Odds, GOP-Led House Takes Aim at Health Reform Repeal The GOP-led House of Representatives restarted debate Tuesday over repealing last year's health reform bill, but the measure is not expected to clear the Senate. Betty Ann Bowser reports on the day's developments, and Judy Woodruff gets more from Republican… Continue watching
Jan 18 Hu’s Visit Highlights U.S.-China Rivalry, Need for Pragmatism Update: 10:15 a.m. ET, Wednesday Jan. 19 President Obama welcomes Chinese President Hu Jintao during a State Arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, Jan. 19, 2011. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) During official welcoming… Continue reading
Jan 18 North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad Not Seeking Re-Election Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D.; Getty Images file photo North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad, who has served in the Senate for the last 24 years, said Tuesday that he will not seek re-election next year, marking the first Democratic senator… Continue reading
Jan 18 House Takes Up Health Reform Repeal With Congress returning to scheduled business this week, the House of Representatives, led by Speaker John Boehner, is set to take up a proposed repeal of the health care reform law. The debate, originally scheduled for last week, was… Continue reading
Jan 18 Congress Gets Back to Business, Starting With Repeal of Health Care Law The U.S. Capitol. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. The House of Representatives returns to work Tuesday after putting legislative business on hold for a week to reflect on the Jan. 8 shootings in Tucson, Ariz., that left six… Continue reading
Jan 18 Obama to Meet With China’s President, Attack Kills 45 Iraqi Police Recruits Chinese President Hu Jintao is headed to Washington on Tuesday in preparation for a series of meetings with President Obama and a state dinner. President Hu will also make a stop in Chicago. Both leaders are expected… Continue reading
Jan 17 Poll: Support for Health Care Repeal Drops As the House of Representatives gears up to vote this week on a proposed repeal of the health care reform bill, public support for the move is falling. Only 25 percent of people polled now support repealing the health care… Continue reading
Jan 17 Giffords’ Condition Upgraded to Serious, Chinese President Calls for ‘Practical Cooperation’ Ahead of Visit Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' condition was upgraded to serious after her ventilator was removed. The congresswoman from Arizona has been breathing on her own and communicating by hand signals with her doctors. Giffords was shot in the head eight days… Continue reading
Jan 14 Republican Party Ousts Steele, Elects Priebus Chairman Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus. Roll Call/Getty Images It took seven rounds of balloting, but when all the votes were finally tallied Friday the early frontrunner to replace Michael Steele as chairman of the Republican National Committee secured… Continue reading