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In this Aug. 18, 2009 file photo, Louisiana Republican Congressman Anh "Joseph" Cao answers a question at a town hall meeting in Westwego, La.

As if getting sick with the swine flu isn't bad enough! Some fifty million workers lose pay when they stay home sick.

Updated at 11:50 a.m. WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday called for sweeping new U.S. government powers to prevent another economic collapse, protect consumers and dismantle failing institutions.

The Healthcare Reform bill cleared a hurdle in the House of Representatives. The house bill passed by a slim five vote margin.

Ohio's governor and members of the horse racing industry are concerned that voters' recent approval of casinos in four cities will hurt the state's already struggling racetracks, which employ about 12,000. Gov.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday that while she opposes an anti-abortion amendment to the House version of the health care bill, it was necessary for the measure to pass.

U.S. Senate candidate Martha Coakley says she wouldn't have voted for the health care bill that passed the House over the weekend because of an amendment restricting abortion funding.

Federal prosecutors want a prison term of at least 27 years for a former Louisiana congressman convicted of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes.

The glow from a health-care triumph faded quickly for President Obama yesterday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate.

Arizona Representatives voted along party lines in Saturday night's House vote on health care reform, and Sunday, Congressmen Harry Mitchell and John Shadegg commented on their votes.

WASHINGTON - The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches.

The wave of voter anger aimed at incumbents in last Tuesday's off-year elections is just what an against-all-odds campaign in New York's governor's race needed.

The trillion dollar Affordable Health Care for America Act, narrowly passed the U.S House of Representatives, Saturday night, 220 to 215.

All but one member of Colorado's congressional delegation has voted along party lines on the health care reform bill that narrowly passed the U.S. House.

As word spread that a gunman had opened fire at Fort Hood leaving a trail of carnage, a chilling realization swept across the U.S. Muslim community: He has an Islamic name.

Negotiations aimed at ending a transit strike in Philadelphia broke off Saturday night over disagreement on pensions and the impact of possible national health care overhaul, and Pennsylvania's governor walked away from the negotiations.

A bipartisan coalition sought to impose stricter abortion limits on insurance sold under a new health care bill Saturday, hoping to leave their imprint on legislation otherwise crafted largely by more liberal lawmakers.

The USS New York, built with steel from the rubble of the World Trade Center, was put into Navy service Saturday both as a symbol of healing and strength.

Democrats gave the gavel to the longest-serving House member ever as the chamber began debating legislation overhauling the country's health care system.

WASHINGTON &#8212 President Obama signed a $24 billion economic stimulus bill into law Friday, giving tax incentives to prospective home buyers and additional jobless benefits to those idled by the business slump.