Law and Legislation

Republicans this month will bring President Obama a set of ideas and a more modest health care plan.

President Obama is pushing for a final bill, but he didn’t say how he would resolve the questions of policy, procedure and politics facing Congress.

Scrambling for a plan if Republicans win in Massachusetts, Democrats are mulling several options to save the Senate version of the health care legislation.

The party-line procedural vote proved Democrats had locked in the margin needed to pass a far-reaching overhaul of the nation’s health care system.

Enmity and acrimony are coursing through a debate with consequences for both sides, as the health care overhaul reaches a crucial vote at 1 a.m. Monday.

Many analysts say the House bill is not as bad for business as many in the health care industry might have feared when the overhaul effort began.

The slim margin in the House suggests greater challenges in the Senate, where the majority leader, Harry Reid, is struggling to hold on to all 58 Democrats and two independents.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi raises funds in part to help re-elect her most vulnerable members, many from Republican-leaning districts leery of liberal health care proposals.

After earlier fits and starts, legislation to insure nearly all Americans is approaching votes in the House and in the Senate.

As a bill heads to the floor, Senator Tom Coburn prepares for what he considers a career pinnacle of havoc.