AP - Newt Gingrich says he would sign legislation repealing Democrats’ health care and Wall Street overhauls when he takes office on Jan. 21, 2013.[Read more...]
AP - President Barack Obama’s landmark health care overhaul appears headed for a Supreme Court ruling as the presidential election season hits full stride in the coming year.[Read more...]
The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court to decide the fate of its health-care overhaul, setting the stage for arguments at the high court and a probable ruling in the thick of the 2012 presidential campaign. The administration’s move puts an end to months of speculation about its strategy in the case. Now both [...]
AP - Raising prospects for a major election-year ruling, the Obama administration launched its Supreme Court defense of its landmark health care overhaul Wednesday, appealing what it called a “fundamentally flawed” appeals court decision that declared the law’s central provision unconstitutional.[Read more...]
AP - Standing mere paces apart on a debate stage, Republican presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Rick Perry sarcastically accused each other of flip-flopping on Social Security and health care Thursday night, flashpoints in their early struggle for the party nomination.[Read more...]
Rick Perry and Mitt Romney clashed from the opening bell of a Republican presidential candidates’ debate Wednesday, challenging each other on job creation, health care and Social Security in pointed exchanges that signaled their burgeoning rivalry is likely to dominate the contest in the months ahead. Mr. Perry, the governor of Texas, used his [...]
AP - Health insurance plans must cover birth control as preventive care for women, with no copays, the Obama administration said Monday in a decision with far-reaching implications for health care as well as social mores.[Read more...]
The Obama administration on Friday said it would stop granting new waivers to the health-care overhaul in September following sharp opposition from Republicans who cited the waivers in their bid to undermine the law. As of the end of May, the administration had granted 1,433 waivers to a part of the 2010 law that prevents [...]
AP - A bold but politically risky plan to cut billions of dollars from the federal budget is coming to a House vote, with insurgent Republicans rallying behind the idea of fundamentally reshaping the government’s role in health care for the elderly and the poor.[Read more...]
The Obama administration’s health-care overhaul won a reprieve Thursday from a Florida federal judge who had ruled it unconstitutional, while the House voted to repeal a piece of the law that irked small businesses. U.S. District Court Judge Roger Vinson in Florida granted a stay to his January ruling, agreeing with the Obama administration that [...]
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Senate OKs payroll tax cut, huge spending bill
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Senate OKs $1T budget bill, payroll tax cut
(AP)Senate OKs short-term extension of payroll tax cut
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