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Dems look at bypassing Senate health care vote (AP via Yahoo! News)

January 18th, 2010

A panicky White House and Democratic allies scrambled Sunday for a plan to salvage their hard-fought health care package in case a Republican wins Tuesday’s Senate race in Massachusetts, which would enable the GOP to block further Senate action…….click here to continue reading

Dems meet with Obama on House, Senate health care bills (CNN)

January 14th, 2010

A morning meeting on health care between the president and Democratic leaders turned into all-day negotiations as they tried to bridge differences in the House and Senate health care bills…….click here to continue reading

Sources: Obama, Dems to sidestep GOP on health care (CNN)

January 7th, 2010

President Obama met Wednesday with House Democratic leaders who face the likelihood of having a final health care bill look much more like the Senate’s version than their measure…….click here to continue reading

Democrats begin work to finalize health care bill (AP via Yahoo! News)

January 5th, 2010

President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats embarked Tuesday on the tough work of ironing out differences between House and Senate health care legislation with the aim of quickly approving a bill as midterm elections near…….click here to continue reading

Health care: Two ‘public option’ backers hint at yielding (USA Today)

December 29th, 2009

Two House Democrats who favor a government-run insurance plan, a central element of health care legislation passed in their chamber, acknowledged Sunday it might have to be sacrificed as negotiators work out a final agreement with the Senate…….click here to continue reading