As President Obama marked his first 100 days in office, Congress adopted a fiscal 2010 budget resolution that sets the stage for action on his top legislative priorities. Read more »
The Senate filled the remaining vacancy in President Obama's Cabinet, voting to confirm Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as Health and Human Services Secretary. Read more »
Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania announced that he is switching parties and will campaign as a Democrat in 2010, a decision that could bolster his re-election prospects and would move the Democrats closer to a 60-vote supermajority in the Senate. Read more »
Mandating a public plan as part of the health care overhaul will create a "nuclear minefield" that will destroy the collegiality that so far has marked this year's debate, a public plan opponent warned at a forum. Watch a webcast on the public insurance option. Read more »
Congressional Democrats appear increasingly determined to create a government-run insurance plan to compete with private insurers as part of a health care overhaul, despite warnings by Republicans, business groups, and insurers that doing so would mean the end of employer-sponsored health insurance. Read more »
What's a big obstacle to getting a health care overhaul bill out of the Senate? The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), according to Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus. Read more »