Late-innings hardball in health care push

2010-03-16T14:15:44Z

<div id="subtitle">Three dozen House Democrats feel pressure from all sides in 'March madness' health care drive</div><div><p>With time and tempers short, everyone's playing hardball in the drive to pass — or stop — President Barack Obama's massive health care legislation by the weekend.</p><p>Business groups are spending $1 million a day to depict the bill as a job killer in television ads in the home di...

Lawmaker's clash with fellow Democrats nothing new

2010-03-11T14:32:12Z

<div id="subtitle">Clashing with fellow Dems nothing new for Mich. lawmaker at center of debate over health care</div><div><p>Shortly after entering Congress in 1993, Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan withstood President Bill Clinton's charm offensive and voted against free-trade legislation — an early display of the inde...

A policy change on abortion, but how radical?

2010-03-09T17:15:13Z

<div id="subtitle">Restrictions on abortion funding take on different form in Obama's health care overhaul bill</div><div><p>President Barack Obama's health care bill would change federal policy on abortion, but it would not open the spigot of taxpayer dollars as some abortion opponents fear.</p><p>Major anti-abortion groups such as the U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Menominee holds a town hall meeting in Tawas City, Mich., Monday, March 8, 2010. Stupak said he expects to resume talks with House leaders this week in a quest for wording that would impose no new limits on abortion rights but also would not allow use of federal money for the procedure. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Sebelius: Bid for GOP support delayed health care

2010-03-07T08:30:13Z

<div><p>Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Sunday that health care reform would have been "dead on arrival" if the White House had sent a finished proposal to Congress last year.</p><p>The secretary also blamed delays in passing the measure on President Barack Obama having to spend "far...

House panel: Toyota shows no proof yet of study

2010-03-05T18:00:33Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp has failed to support statements of top executives that the automaker has rigorously evaluated electronic throttles in its vehicles, Democratic leaders of a congressional committee said on Friday.</p><p>The assertion by Henry Wax...

Abortion coverage dispute divides House Democrats

2010-03-05T10:00:57Z

<div id="subtitle">Obama's final push for health care votes could falter in battle over abortion coverage</div><div><p>Just when President Barack Obama is striving to unite Democratic lawmakers for one last push to pass his health care overhaul, the divisive politics of abortion threaten to tear the party apart.</p><p>At issue is a Senate health care bill House Democrats are being asked to approve in a co...

Obama courts lawmakers on health overhaul

2010-03-04T11:19:23Z

<div><p>US President Barack Obama waged an all-out campaign Thursday to drive his historic health care overhaul through Congress, wooing wavering lawmakers and blasting "unacceptable" insurance rate hikes.</p><p>Waging an uphill fight for passage of his top domestic priority, Obama was to meet with 11 Democratic House members from the party's progressive wing and then with seven Democratic House centrists, his press ...

Democrats would kill healthcare over abortion

2010-03-04T08:04:52Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A dozen House of Representatives Democrats opposed to abortion are willing to kill President Barack Obama's healthcare reform plan unless it satisfies their demand for language barring the procedure, Chairman Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich, asks a question on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 24,2010, during the subcommittee's hearing on "Premium Increases by Anthem Blu...

Toyota Recall

2010-02-24T05:00:46Z

House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee Chairman Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., holds up a copy of the Washington Post, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, during the subcommittee's hearing on Chairman Bart Stupak (D-MI) speaks during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on February 23, 2010 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on

FACT CHECK: Obama budget a leap of faith on growth

2010-02-22T12:46:22Z

<div id="subtitle">FACT CHECK: Obama's proposed budget a leap of faith that assumes more growth than many expect</div><div><p>President Barack Obama's proposed budget relies on a commission without teeth to help his administration wrestle the deficit out of the danger zone. It forecasts stronger economic growth than most economists expect and calls on Congress to cut programs that lawm...

Governors Race Stupak

2010-01-26T12:17:20Z

FILE - In this June 12, 2009 file photo, House Energy and Commerce subcommittee Chairman Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rep. Stupak said Tuesday he won't seek the Democratic nomination for Michigan governor this year and instead will run for re-el...

100-plus credit card numbers faxed to lawmaker

2010-02-22T19:50:07Z

<div id="subtitle">Dozens of conservative donors' credit card numbers show up in faxes to Democratic lawmaker</div><div><p>Credit card numbers and other personal information about more than a hundred contributors to a conservative Web site unexpectedly showed up by fax at a Democratic lawmaker's office.</p><p>Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., said over recent weeks h...

Abortion looms as possible block to health bill

2010-02-23T12:10:26Z

<div id="subtitle">Lawmakers writing health bills confront differences between House, Senate on abortion</div><div><p>The way abortions are covered under health care reform is a major obstacle to finalizing the legislation, even though the House and Senate both agree that no federal money should be used.</p><p>The stumbling block is whether insurance plans that get federal money are completely barred from coverin...

Abortion coverage battle on health bill continues

2010-02-23T13:41:02Z

<div><p>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 care overhaul.</p><p>Critics included

Health Overhaul

2009-11-12T11:46:03Z

Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., arrives for a meeting on pending health care legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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Health Care Abortion

2009-11-12T11:31:41Z

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2007 file photo, House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee Chairman Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., asks a question during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. A House-passed amendment on abortion restrictions has become a crucial sticking point in the debate over health care legislation, with riv...

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