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The health-care bill the House planned to vote on this weekend had been hailed as a historic milestone in the decades-long effort to increase the number of Americans with insurance while slowing the growth in health-care spending.

Two Tennessee members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted with the majority in passing a health care reform bill over the weekend.

House Democratic leaders are preparing a rare Saturday night vote on sweeping health care reform.

Rep. Jim Cooper on Saturday harshly criticized a landmark health care reform bill and said he didn't expect it to become law.

With just hours remaining until an historic vote on a sweeping health-care reform measure Saturday evening, at least 34 Democrats have said they will vote against the bill as of 8:45 p.m., according to a POLITICO analysis.

By Kirsten Korosec Geoengineering - the concept of deliberately manipulating the earth's climate system to counteract climate change - made its debut in Congress this week, which I suppose makes it officially "mainstream." The House's Committee on Science and Technology held a hearing on geoengineering - the first serious congressional review of ...

AUSTIN, Texas-- --Many KB Home homebuyers now have a second chance to qualify for a federal tax credit on the purchase of their new home.

U.S. Rep. Phil Roe, R-1st, of Johnson City, said Thursday that he plans to participate in the floor debate Saturday on the 2,000-page health care bill now being readied.

As the gubernatorial election results from Virginia rolled in Tuesday night, I swear I sensed Murfreesboro shiver.

Congressional Democrats lost a key vote in the health-care debate Thursday, when U.S. Rep.

Representative Ike Skelton of Missouri, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, opposes the Democratic health care bill.

From Marc Naccarato of SEIU : "We're deeply disappointed at Bart Gordon's decision to vote against meaningful healthcare reform," said Doug Collier, President of SEIU Local 205.

The Hill has compiled the whip count for the Pelosi bill coming to the floor in 2 days.

First, they'll leave Rutherford County to protest the proposed health care reform bill Thursday in Washington, D.C. Then, they'll show up at the first-ever statewide "Tea Party" Saturday in Nashville.

A House subcommittee endorsed Tuesday a bill to ban importing foreign, low-level radioactive waste - which would block an EnergySolutions proposal to import 20,000 tons of it from Italy, process it in Tennessee and dump it in Utah's western desert.

THERE'S an important task that congressional moderates can perform on health-care reform besides fighting the public insurance option and containing costs: Find a middle ground on medical malpractice.

Rep. Bart Gordon is supporting efforts in Congress to extend a popular tax credit that has benefited thousands of new homeowners in Tennessee.

Gov. Phil Bredesen and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Matthew Kisber recently approved a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant to assist in infrastructure improvements in Portland.

U.S. Sen. Mark Udall is sponsoring a bill that would authorize research into modular, small-scale nuclear power plants to help meet energy needs while cutting carbon emissions.

TNGOP Chair Chris Devaney is concerned about the potential passage of the health care bill: "The introduction of this 2,000 page legislation is a perfect example of President Obama and Speaker Pelosi turning their backs on the majority of Americans that continue to say a NO' to a government takeover of health care," said Devaney.