Congressional Budget Office

by Mark Silva House Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) says negotiators on the health care overhaul bill hope to reach agreement on the core of the legislation by Friday. The Associated Press reports this morning that Rangel hopes......

by Noam N. Levey and Janet Hook and updated again at 1:35 pm EDT House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, unveiling the House's plan for a compromise on health-care legislation today, said the bill will offer new insurance for tens of millions......

by Mark Silva Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid appears to be getting ready to count to 60 on health care. The Democratic leader has laid the groundwork for the critical test vote on advancing a health-care overhaul in the Senate.......

by Mark Silva President Barack Obama, "very close'' to a decision about deploying troops in Afghanistan - a strategy that must provide for an "endgame'' as well as a way forward - maintains that he is "absolutely confident'' about getting......

by James Oliphant Vice President Joe Biden's extended interview with Charlie Rose appears tonight on PBS. As a service, you'll find a transcript of the exchange, in which the vice president addresses the Obama administration's response to the Gulf oil.......

by Mark Silva The House's health care bill, we were reminded, weighed in at over 20 pounds. The Senate's bill, we're told, is bigger than War and Peace. Both of them also offer health care for millions of Americans uninsured.......

by Mark Silva As the Senate nears a vote on advancing to debate over health-care, Republicans are holding ground against a bill which they insist will only grow the government and raise taxes. They don't accept the $848-billion price tag......

by Mike Memoli One of the reasons Democrats said last week's primary elections "could not have gone better" was their view that again, Republican primary voters had chosen candidates outside the mainstream as their nominees in key races for governor......

by Mark Silva Both President Barack Obama and Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee are bound for Copenhagen next week, among the many U.S. representatives at an international conference that will conclude with an attempt at a framework for an.......

by Mark Silva Larry Summers, the president's chief economic adviser, says the shedding of jobs in an economy emerging from recession should end by Spring. "It will take time,'' Summers said in an appearance on CNN's State of the Union......

by Noam N. Levey Senate Democrats pushing healthcare legislation received a boost from the Congressional Budget Office today as the much-watched nonpartisan agency estimated that a health bill being debated by the Senate Finance Committee would cost...

by James Oliphant and updated at 5:15 pm EDT Legislation that would transform the nation's healthcare system cleared a significant hurdle today, as the Senate Finance Committee voted 14-9 for a sweeping overhaul. Just one Republican, Sen. Olympia J....