Reuters | Senate health care bill close to final vote USA Today WASHINGTON â€" An unusual day-before-Christmas vote in the Senate to enact health care legislation will end what President Obama described Wednesday as "a grueling process" â€" and will set the stage for another. ... House Democrats making plans for final health care bill The Real Price of the Senate Health Bill |
Times Online | Nelson Decision to Vote for Health Reform Met With Joy, Outrage Back Home FOXNews With the Nebraska senator's decision to back the Democratic health care bill, the partisan sea in his state has parted, with Democrats applauding him for saving the bill on one side and Republicans assailing him on the other. Sen. ... FAQs about health care reform Senate Dems eye finish line for health bill Obama: Senate healthcare vote "big victory" |
Globe and Mail | Storm Creates Air-Travel Delays in Pre-Holiday Weekend W » |
Kansas City Star | Abortion coverage battle on health bill continues The Associated Press WASHINGTON â€" A Senate compromise toughening abortion restrictions drew criticism from activists on both sides of the issue Saturday, prolonging rather than settling the controversy as Democrats try and complete work on President Barack Obama's health ... President Obama Hails Senate Health Care Bill as Ben Nelson Jumps on Board Obama says US healthcare takes step forward Obama Hails 60th Senate Vote For Health Care |
Times Online | Copenhagen cuts corners on climate Times Online Key safeguards on climate change were sacrificed yesterday in a desperate attempt by world leaders to achieve a compromise at the Copenhagen summit. Gordon Brown and some other leaders prepared to stay overnight as the final stages of the negotiations ... 'Meaningful deal' reached at Copenhagen climate summit Climate Summit Ends With Deal |
Reuters | Holdout Sen. Nelson rejects abortion compromise The Associated Press WASHINGTON â€" A moderate Democrat whose vote could be crucial said Thursday an attempted Senate compromise on abortion is unsatisfactory, raising doubts about whether the chamber can pass President Barack Obama's health care overhaul by Christmas. ... US Democrat rejects health bill compromise Health-Care Deadline Ch » |
CBS News | Pelosi: Obama must make case for war buildup Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It is up to President Barack Obama to convince wary Democrats in the US House of Representatives to support his escalation of the Afghanistan war, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday. Pelosi also said many House ... House Approves $636 Billion Pentagon Budget Bill |
Washington Post | Obama invites 60 senators to White House, focuses on two USA Today President Obama invited 60 Senate Democratic caucus members to the White House today, but most of his health care pitch is aimed at two particular members: Joe Lieberman and Ben Nelson. The meeting is underway at the Old Executive Office building, ... 'Special Report' Panel on Fate of Health Care Reform; Big Banks Scolded Lieberman ready to back bill without Medicare expansion, public option The Selling of Health Care Reform |
Telegraph.co.uk | Senate Democrats Likely to Drop Medicare Expansion New York Times WASHINGTON â€" Senate Democratic leaders said Monday that they were prepared to drop a proposed expansion of Medicare and make other changes in sweeping health legislation as they tried to r » |
Reuters | Lieberman Rules Out Voting for Health Bill New York Times WASHINGTON â€" In a surprise setback for Democratic leaders, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, independent of Connecticut, said on Sunday that he would vote against the health care legislation in its current form. Share your thoughts about the ... Medicare buy-in plan runs into Senate resistance Dems Pass $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill Sunday Senate approves government funding bill |
CTV.ca | Tiger Woods to take 'indefinite break' from golf; apologizes for his 'infidelity' New York Daily News Tiger Woods has stated on his website he will take an 'indefinite break from professional golf.' Is Tiger Woods' decision to take an 'indefinite' break from golf the right decision? Yes, his scandal would just be a distraction. ... Text of statement by Tiger Woods After Tiger Woods's indefinite break, some sponsors might keep him PGA TOUR issues statement supporting Woods' decision |
CBC.ca | Obama Can Earn His Nobel at Climate Talks, Advocacy Groups Say Bloomberg Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama, who accepted a Nobel Prize in Oslo yesterday, will have a chance to earn it at climate talks in Copenhagen next week, environmental advocates said. “We urge President Obama to act in the ... From the archive: Nobel Peace Prize awarded to President Roosevelt Obama to choose Nobel winner for TVA board Obama wins unlikely support with Nobel speech |
Seattle Post Intelligencer | The Fix: Rep. Brian Baird (D-Wash.) won't seek reelection Washington Post Washington Rep. Brian Baird (D) will not seek re-election in 2010, becoming the tenth Democrat -- and the third within the past few weeks -- to announce that he will leave his seat. "The time has now come to pursue other options, ... WA Rep. Baird Says He Will Not Seek Re-election Baird won't seek re-election Wash. Rep. Baird says he will not seek re-election |
Reuters | Senate rejects abortion amendment to healthcare bill Los Angeles Times The measure would have tightened restrictions on using federal funds for abortion. But critics said it would curb access to the procedure even for women who used their own money to buy insurance. By Janet Hook Reporting from Washington - The Senate on ... Senators Defeat Anti-Abortion Amendment in Health Care Bill Boxer compares denying women abortion coverage to denying men Viagra Senate rejects Hatch's abortion amendment |
guardian.co.uk | Seeking to Set an Example on the Climate Express New York Times For 400 environmental activists, business leaders and government officials, the Climate Express was the place to be this weekend. Passengers arrived to take a special train c » |
CBS News | 2nd gay bishop for Episcopal Church, Anglicans The Associated Press LOS ANGELES â€" The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles elected a lesbian as assistant bishop Saturday, the second openly gay bishop in the global Anglican fellowship, which is already deeply fractured over the first. The Rev. Mary Glasspool of Baltimore ... Episcopalians Elect Second Gay Bishop LA Episcopalians Elect First Woman Bishop Los Angeles diocese elects openly gay bishop suffragan: Mary Douglas Glasspool |
RIA Novosti | Explosion in Russian nightclub 'kills scores' BBC News An explosion has torn through a nightclub in the Russian city of Perm, killing at least 76 people. Another 60 people were injured in the blast, the city's emergency services told the BBC. About 200 people are said to have been in the club, ... Reports: Russian nightclub blast kills 76 'More than 100 dead' in Russian nightclub explosion Blast in Russian nightclub kills 100 |
guardian.co.uk | Al Qaeda No. 1 Target in Afghanistan War Despite Renewed Focus on Taliban FOXNews Despite » |
guardian.co.uk | Key Anti-War Democrat Concedes Afghan Troop Surge Can't Be Stopped FOXNews Rep. John P. Murtha, D-PA, (C) escorts Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen to testify before the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee on the fiscal year 2010 defense budget, ... Defense Chief Gates Offers Reassurance on Afghan War Drawdown Iran aid to Taliban is sm » |
BBC News | Barack Obama war's: the final push in Afghanistan guardian.co.uk US soldiers in Afghanistan, where they will soon be joined by 30000 additional troops. Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images Barack Obama is to set an ambitious timetable for the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, with the first troops pulling out ... Cheney, Rove take lead in prebutting Obama's Afghanistan speech Obama's Afghanistan War Plan Sparks Skepticism Among Democrats France mulls boosting training in Afghanistan |
