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Health Care Repeal Fades as Centrists Take Stage: Tone More Civil

January 19th, 2011

Jan. 19, 2011 - The tone on Capitol Hill during Tuesday’s debate was more civil, the partisan rhetoric less harsh than previous exchanges on the House floor. But there’s little doubt that the Republican-led House will vote later today to repeal President Obama’s signature health care reform law…….click here to continue reading

Health care opposition softens

January 17th, 2011

As lawmakers shaken by the shooting of a colleague return to the health care debate, an Associated Press-GfK poll finds raw feelings over President Barack Obama’s overhaul have subsided. Ahead of a vote on repeal in the GOP-led House this week, strong opposition to the law stands at 30%, close to the lowest level registered in AP-GfK surveys dating to September 2009…….click here to continue reading

GOP faces challenge of devising health-care plan

January 16th, 2011

With the House preparing to vote this week on whether to repeal the health-care law, the chamber’s new Republican majority already confronts a far more delicate task: forging its own path to expand health coverage and curb medical costs…….click here to continue reading

CBO: Health care repeal would increase deficit

January 7th, 2011

Repealing President Barack Obama’s landmark health care overhaul would add billions to government red ink and leave millions without coverage, Congress’ nonpartisan budget referees said Thursday ahead of a politically charged vote in the House…….click here to continue reading

Democrats dismiss GOP health care repeal push

January 5th, 2011

Top Democrats are dismissing Republicans’ plans to ram a repeal of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul through the House of Representatives in the opening days of the new Congress, portraying the move as little more than a hollow nod to the GOP’s conservative base…….click here to continue reading