Obama Reconciliation

The Obama administration believes it gained a valuable boost last week in getting health care passed when a 50th Democratic senator informally announc...

The Republican Party's (surprise) opening speaker, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) used his allotted time to make a strong -- and largely misleading --...

When Democrats needed a pep talk and reassurance, they didn't get any. Now, in the midst of a growing skepticism, the president has only one weapon in his arsenal that can restore that confidence: Action.

Seven hours of sometimes combative, often wonky health care conversation left President Obama and other Democratic leaders with no more Republican sup...

President Obama wants to keep the option of using reconciliation to pass health care reform despite calls from Republican lawmakers that he agree to d...

Senator Joseph Lieberman, (I-Conn.) said on Sunday that he thinks it would be a "real mistake" if Democrats used the parliamentary maneuver known as r...

President Barack Obama may rely only on Democrats to push health-care legislation through the U.S. Congress if Republican opposition doesn't yield soo...