United States Politics and Government

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.

Democrats rejoiced over news that the Senate’s measure met White House cost expectations and would reduce the deficit.

The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday rejected two proposals to add a government-run health insurance plan to the health care proposal.

President Obama’s address on health care Wednesday night was an effort to display his authority to a Congress that had begun to question his fortitude.

In blunt language before a rare joint session of Congress, the president presented his most forceful case yet for a sweeping health care overhaul.

In a bid to build support for health care reform, the president added just a few new twists to the principles he laid out last winter.

Details emerged Monday about fees and coverage limits under a proposal offered by Senator Max Baucus.

The president’s appearance at an A.F.L.-C.I.O. Labor Day picnic in Cincinnati kicked off a crucial week for his plans for an overhaul.

White House officials are looking for ways to simplify and scale back the major Democratic bills, lower the cost and drop contentious but nonessential elements.