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The government watchdog in charge of tracking stimulus dollars said he can't be sure how many jobs the $787 billion program has created, admitting it "could be above or below" the 640,000 jobs the administration touts.

Congressmen are getting cranky about the work of a new independent House ethics board, and that's a good sign.

House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind President Barack Obama 's health care overhaul.

Howard Berman, D-Calif., the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, that lifting the ban on U.S. travel to Cuba "could bring more results in the democratization of Cuba than the indecisive performance of Raul Castro." "Both peoples," she wrote of Cubans and Americans, "would come out winners." Berman read portions of Sanchez's essay at an ...

In a generally approving profile published in New Yorkmagazine several days ago, well before the U.S. House of Representatives approved a health reform bill, Speaker Nancy Pelosi was captured in conversation with supporters of an education package that faces tough sledding on her side of the Capitol.

But the 2,074-page document significantly expands access to medical care for Americans who currently lack coverage, contains a modest public option, bars discrimination by insurers against Americans with pre-existing medical conditions and gets remarkably good marks from the Congressional Budget Office.

Updated at 9:06 a.m. on Nov. 18 . Meet Tom Perriello , vulnerable House Democrat, whose tiny corner of the 2010 campaign cycle is a microcosm of the national landscape.

By Lori Montgomery Now that they've finished their health-care bill, House leaders are turning their attention to the soaring unemployment rate.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks during a meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Capitol Hill June 2, 2009 in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON a ' Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says federal policy on who should get breast cancer screening has not changed.

Republicans on the Anti-Energy Reform Warpath for 2010 This unfortunate headline caught my eye in today's GreenWire: Political Fallout of Vote for Climate Bill Tested in House Race in N.M. Turns out a well known Republican politician is preparing to try to take his seat back in the House of Reps--by focusing squarely on the fact that his opponent, ...

California Democrat Xavier Becerra has learned a lesson about calling out Nancy Pelosi.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that she hopes to move on a jobs bill next month but cautioned against rushing in before Democrats have found the 'right initiative' to deal with whata s proved to be a very stubborn, deep recession for workers.

House Democrats are looking at swelling deficits further, at least temporarily, on a jobs-producing bill in response to double-digit unemployment and a sense within their ranks that the party needs to do more to put people back to work.

Main Category: Abortion Also Included In: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance ; Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 11 Nov 2009 - 5:00 PST printer friendly view / write opinions Two editorials and an opinion piece on Tuesday discussed an antiabortion amendment by Reps.

Allen Boyd , U.S. Representative for Florida's second district has voted with his own party 96% of the time.

The Danville TEA Party has officially cancelled its bonfire and effigy burning planned for Saturday after the event received nationwide interest, according to the group's chairman, Nigel Coleman.

This season's Christmas tree displays include trees made from feathers at a historic home in Indianapolis, a thank-you tree in Boston sent from Nova Scotia, and the Obamas' first National Christmas Tree ceremony in Washington.

Main Category: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Also Included In: Public Health ; Abortion Article Date: 10 Nov 2009 - 4:00 PST The Washington Post : "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team won a hard-fought victory on Obama's most critical domestic policy agenda item by neutralizing the most potentially toxic political issue well ...

When the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi banged the gavel and declared, ''The bill is passed', health care reform that President Obama and Democratic leaders have pushed for so fervently over the past year came one step closer to reality on Saturday.

Democrats last week came to terms with a lobbying force of unexpected influence in the health care debate: the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, a central element of the Roman Catholic Church in America.