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Members of the Republican Party's right wing have declared political jihad on what they call RINOs .

Blaming election setbacks on a drop in voter enthusiasm, congressional Democrats said Wednesday that losses in governors' races in Virginia and New Jersey — and a striking House win in New York — should give new urgency to their legislative agenda, including a sweeping health-care overhaul.

Marylanders on both sides of the abortion divide are steeling themselves for a historic clash over the procedure, after lawmakers voted to prohibit federal subsidies for insurance that covers it.

By Julie Ardery and Bill Bishop, DailyYonder.com , Guest Writer, 11-09-09 39 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives opposed the Democrat-sponsored bill to change the nation's health insurance system.

The House of Representatives voted this weekend to pass H.R.3962: The Affordable Health Care for America Act - 220 - 215.

Late Saturday evening, just prior to midnight, the Democrats in the House voted to pass their health care reform bill, HR 3962.

A group of fiscally conservative House Democrats is set to vote on a health-care bill that virtually all of its members think does too little to rein in health costs and keep the federal budget deficit under control.

A Democratic Maryland congressman says he will vote against the House's health care legislation.

With a historic floor vote looming on their healthcare bill, House Democratic leaders worked into the night Friday to round up rank and file Democratswho still had not committed to support the legislation despite weeks of cajoling and deal-making. Senior Democrats maintained they would have the 218 votes to needed for passage when the House votes, ...

The House is now in a rare Saturday session for the government health care takeover ram down.

Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives scrambled on Friday to allay lingering concerns about a broad health care overhaul and said a landmark vote planned for Saturday could slip a day or more.

Each of several bills on the table would build on our existing public-private system to bring us much closer to making comprehensive, high-quality health care available to all Americans.

A familiar song is being sung after Tuesday's loss by Republicans in a special congressional election in upstate New York.

Blaming election setbacks on a drop in voter enthusiasm, Congressional Democrats said Wednesday that losses in governors' races in Virginia and New Jersey - and a striking House win in New York - should give new urgency to their legislative agenda, including a sweeping health care overhaul.

Undeterred by Republican election triumphs in Virginia and New Jersey, Democratic leaders put the U.S. House on a path to vote as early as Saturday on the most sweeping overhaul of health-care policy in four decades.

Tuesday's "change" election, the second in as many years, could add fresh momentum to a heavyweight rematch in Maryland between Democratic Gov.

Michelle Obama's call to service inspired more than 20 spouses of Maryland elected officials to pack 4,800 Thanksgiving meals for families in need at the Maryland Food Bank Tuesday in recognition of the growing urgency of the hungry in their own state.

BERLIN -- In the past decade, the deaths of 880,000 African-Americans could have been prevented if they had access to good health care.

Residents might associate the nutria with things that make south Louisiana unique, but the swamp rat is really is a world-class pest.

With today's announcement by Dede Scozzafava, the GOP approved candidate in NY-23, that she was endorsing the Democrat, conservative concerns about her were certainly validated.