Politics

Pelosi Predicts Health Bill Will Pass After Abortion Deal, Obama Lobbying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said her chamber today will pass legislation on the most far-reaching changes in U.S. health-care policy in four decades as President Barack Obama urged Congress to “rise to this moment.”

Cantor Says Republicans Must Be Inclusive, Limbaugh Rhetoric Not `Helpful' The second-ranking Republican in the U.S. House, Eric Cantor, criticized some comments by talk-show host Rush Limbaugh as inappropriate and said his party needs to be inclusive.

Palin Ponders Iowa Visit as Republican Hopefuls Plant Seeds for 2012 Race It is harvest season in Iowa. For Republicans who want to challenge President Barack Obama in 2012, though, it is time to start planting seeds.

Obama Set to Sign Bill Extending Homebuyer Credit, Unemployment Benefits President Barack Obama is set to sign into law a bill that extends $8,000 tax credits for first- time homebuyers and unemployment benefits.

Schumer Urges Obama to Block Stimulus Funds for Chinese-Backed Wind Farm The Obama administration should bar a $1.5 billion wind-farm project in Texas from receiving U.S. government stimulus funds because most of the power turbines would be made in China, Senator Charles Schumer said.

Jump in Unemployment Escalates Political Fight Over Government Stimulus A government report that the U.S. unemployment rate hit a 26-year high of 10.2 percent last month sparked political clashes between Democrats who supported government spending to stimulate the economy and Republicans who want tax cuts.

No Financial Firm Should Be Too Big to Fail, Senators Sponsoring Bill Say No large financial firm should be too big to fail, said two members of the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.

Obama Faces Political Concern on Unemployment Rate After Election Setbacks Voters delivered the unmistakable message two days ago that they are worried about the U.S. economy, and tomorrow they could have even more reason to fret.

Big Oil Hires Durbin, No. 2 Senate Democrat's Nephew, to Lobby Congress The lobbying group for oil companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. hired a nephew of U.S. Senator Richard Durbin to argue the industry’s case against climate-change legislation that threatens to slash profits.

U.S. Should Bar Funding For China-Backed Wind Farm, Senator Schumer Says The Obama administration should bar a $1.5 billion wind-farm project in Texas from receiving U.S. government stimulus funds because most of the power turbines would be made in China, Senator Charles Schumer said.

Michelle Obama Chicago Clinic Shows Health-Care Changes Make People Resist From the red-brick mansion Barack and Michelle Obama own on Chicago’s South Side, it’s a three-block walk to Washington Park, a neighborhood that’s home to some of the sickest people in the developed world, according to a 2008 press release from the University of Chicago Medical Center.