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Senate Health Care Bill Dead on Arrival, Pro-Life House Democrats Say

Senate Health Care Bill Dead on Arrival, Pro-Life House Democrats Say

Mar. 10 | The health care reform bill passed by the Senate on Christmas Eve appears to be dead on arrival in the House, as seven anti-abortion Democrats intend to join the ranks of lawmakers who plan to vote against the legislation, Fox News has confirmed. Seven...

Eric Massa (D-NY): Rahm Emanuel is ‘son of devil’s spawn’

Eric Massa (D-NY): Rahm Emanuel is ‘son of devil’s spawn’

Mar. 8 | Rahm ‘would sell his own mother’ ‘son of the Devil’s spawn’ Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) is taking some harsh parting shots at the White House on his way out of office. Massa, who is stepping down amid allegations of sexual...

Male Sexual Harassment? Eric Massa (D-NY) to resign from Congress

Male Sexual Harassment? Eric Massa (D-NY) to resign from Congress

Mar. 5 | New York Rep. Eric Massa will resign his House seat on Monday at 5 p.m., he said in a statement Friday, a move that comes just days after he announced his plans to retire at the end of the year. “A member of my staff believed I had made statements...

Obama to Say Democrats Will Use Reconciliation to Pass Senate Health Care Reform Fix, If Not Given Up or Down Vote

Obama to Say Democrats Will Use Reconciliation to Pass Senate Health Care Reform Fix, If Not Given Up or Down Vote

Mar. 2 | White House officials tell ABC News that in his remarks tomorrow President Obama will indicate a willingness to work with Republicans on some issue to get a health care reform bill passed but will suggest that if it is necessary, Democrats will use the...

Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning holds up spending bill

Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning holds up spending bill

Mar. 2 | Republican Sen. Jim Bunning, a 78-year-old Hall of Fame pitcher, is playing hardball on Capitol Hill, single-handedly holding up a $10 billion spending bill because it would add to the deficit. The move has forced some 2,000 federal employees into unpaid...

Paterson Drops Out of Governor Race

Paterson Drops Out of Governor Race

Feb. 26 | Gov. David A. Paterson announced Friday afternoon that he was ending his election campaign and will not run in November. Mr. Paterson, whose administration is caught up in a whirlwind of allegations about its intervention in a domestic violence episode...