Oct 09 Watch Brooks, Marcus Discuss Potential Peace Prize Backfire, Rangel Controversy Columnists David Brooks and Ruth Marcus discuss the week's news, including the potential pitfalls in President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Continue watching
Oct 08 Senate Committee Set for Health Reform Vote The Senate Finance Committee will vote Tuesday on a sweeping revamp of the U.S. health care system as the debate over President Barack Obama's top domestic policy enters a new stage. Continue reading
Oct 07 CBO Says Health Bill Would Cost $829 Billion By Lea Winerman The Senate Finance Committee's health care reform plan would cost $829 billion over 10 years, but would meet President Barack Obama's goal of reducing the federal budget deficit by 2019, according to a cost estimate released Wednesday. Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch Among Doctors, Many Opinions on Health Care Reform While President Obama worked to rally doctors around health care reform Monday, fault lines have nevertheless emerged among physicians on topics such as the public option, the role of insurance companies, and the say of patients. A pair of doctors… Continue watching
Oct 02 Key Committee Wraps Up Debate on Health Reform After more than a week of debate, the Senate Finance Committee wrapped up its consideration of a landmark health care reform bill in the wee hours Friday morning. Continue reading
Oct 02 Watch Shields and Brooks on Obama’s Olympic Trip, Health Care Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the week's news, including President Obama's trip abroad to tout Chicago's bid for the Olympics, new moves on health care reform and talks with Iran on its nuclear program. Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch Key Senate Panel Nears Health Care Reform Vote The Senate Finance Committee has finished a marathon week sorting through hundreds of amendments to Chairman Max Baucus's health care reform plan. Next stop for the bill: a vote by the full committee. Betty Ann Bowser reports. Continue watching
Oct 01 Baucus Says Health Reform Bill Has Enough Votes to Pass, Despite Criticisms Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee said Thursday that chairman Max Baucus' health care reform bill is "riddled" with new taxes on the middle class, violating President Obama's campaign pledge. Continue reading
Sep 29 Senate Finance Committee Rejects Public Insurance Option By Lea Winerman In the latest political showdown over health care, the Senate Finance Committee voted Tuesday to reject an amendment by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., to add a public insurance option to the panel's health care reform bill. Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch Bid to Revive Public Option Fails in Senate Committee In the latest showdown over health care, the Senate Finance Committee voted Tuesday to reject a proposal to add a public insurance option to a reform bill. Betty Ann Bowser reports. Continue watching