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  1. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. smiles during a health care reform news conference, Thursday, November 19, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)
    Schumer: Dems ready to go-it-alone on health care AP - 47 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - A leading Senate Democrat said Monday his party is determined to push through a health care overhaul bill with or without Republican support because the "system is broken."

  2. Bishop William F. Murphy , left, Archbishop George H. Niederauer, center, and Cardinal Francis George, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, listen to questions during a news conference following the opening of the group's fall meeting, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, Baltimore. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
    Bishops flex muscle, see opportunities Politico - Mon Nov 23, 4:18 AM ET

    Emboldened by their success in inserting restrictive abortion language into the House health care bill, Roman Catholic bishops say they’ve found a lobbying model that could provide them a louder voice in future policy debates.

  3. FILE - In this April 2, 2009 file photo President Barack Obama meets with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the G-20 summit at the ExCel Centre in London. India has watched with wariness as President Barack Obama's administration has lavished attention on rivals Pakistan and China. Now, Obama is trying to ease Indian worries by honoring Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009 with the first state visit of his presidency. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
    Indian PM to be feted by Obama at state visit AP - Mon Nov 23, 8:24 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - India has watched with wariness as President Barack Obama's administration has lavished attention on rivals Pakistan and China. Now, Obama is trying to ease Indian worries by honoring Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with the first state visit of his presidency.

  4. A special agent holds an X-ray film file of a healthcare fraud case at a warehouse near Miami, Florida November 23, 2009. It's a crime so profitable that even dead people are in on the act and law enforcement experts, who say it costs U.S. taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars a year, see little hope of reining it in any time soon. Healthcare fraud has garnered increased attention amid the congressional debate about overhauling the U.S. healthcare system, especially since President Barack Obama wants to cover some of the cost of reforms by fighting abuse. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (UNITED STATES HEALTH CRIME LAW BUSINESS)
    How health care reform could fall apart Politico - Sun Nov 22, 7:09 AM ET

    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid eked out 60 votes on a procedural motion to start the health care debate Saturday night – but there’s no guarantee he can pass a bill on the merits.

  5. More anti-gay, religious-motivated crimes reported AP - Mon Nov 23, 10:14 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - Reports of hate crimes against gays and religious groups increased sharply in 2008, according to new FBI data released Monday.

  6. Health care issues: What are GOP's reform ideas? AP - Mon Nov 23, 9:21 AM ET

    A look at key issues in the health care debate:

  7. In this photo taken on Nov. 17, 2009, Jenni Williams, left, and Magodonga Mahlangu, right, pose for a photo at the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Right in Washington. On Monday Nov. 23, 2009, Williams and Mahlangu will receive a human rights award from President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
    Zimbabwe women, receiving rights award, speak out AP - Mon Nov 23, 4:09 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - After the beatings by President Robert Mugabe's policemen, the overcrowded, lice-ridden jail cells, the degradation of nightly strip-searches, Jenni Williams and Magondonga Mahlangu still cling to hope for Zimbabwe.

  8. Lincoln's long walk to 60th Senate vote Politico - Sun Nov 22, 7:32 PM ET

    Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) was a day away from casting a vote that could change her political career when she got a phone call from someone who knew what she was going through.

  9. FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2002 file photo, then-Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend is embraced by her uncle, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., at a campaign rally at Bowie State University in Bowie, Md. The late Sen. Edward Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. Kennedy's brain-cancer death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five decades, has prompted plenty of speculation that the family's long-running political dynasty is over. (AP Photo/Roberto Borea, File)
    Sizing up the Kennedy dynasty's next generation AP - Mon Nov 23, 6:38 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. His death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five decades, has prompted predictions that the family's long-running political dynasty is over.

  10. Pennsylvania CQPolitics.com - Sun Nov 22, 11:59 PM ET

    Toomey Gains on Specter in Pennsylvania

  11. The US Senate and Capitol Dome where key Democratic allies in the US health care battle warned that a Senate bill required major changes if it was to earn their support and give President Barack Obama a crucial victory on his top domestic priority.(AFP/Tim Sloan)
    Key senators seek changes on US health care bill AFP - Sun Nov 22, 8:42 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Key Democratic allies in the US health care battle warned that a Senate bill required major changes if it was to earn their support and give President Barack Obama a crucial victory on his top domestic priority.

  12. Senate Dems frustrated with sway held by moderates AP - Sun Nov 22, 10:07 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - A Democratic senator says moderates in his party shouldn't be allowed to dictate the terms of the health care debate and that the final bill should include a government-run option for Americans lacking insurance.

  13. Is Toomey Edging to the Center? CQPolitics.com - Sun Nov 22, 11:51 PM ET

    Most Washington, D.C., insiders know former Rep. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., as a stalwart conservative.

  14. Graphic shows percentage of women 40 years and older having a mammogram by race and cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates per 100,000 population
    Mammogram guidelines spark debate over health bill AP - Sun Nov 22, 3:41 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay the start of breast cancer screenings.

  15. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., left, watches as Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. takes a bite of a chessesteak on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, that was the payoff of a bet following the Yankees defeat of the Phillies in the World Series. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)
    Forecast for Dem primaries: Ugly Politico - Mon Nov 23, 4:30 AM ET

    Republicans aren’t the only ones staring at the unnerving prospect of a 2010 primary season filled with smash-mouth intraparty contests that threaten to distract the party and leave Senate nominees bloodied and cash-depleted.

  16. Primary Could Cost Kosmas Cash CQPolitics.com - Mon Nov 23, 12:14 AM ET

    Not long after she bucked her leaders and voted against the health care bill, freshman Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (Fla.) earned a Democratic primary challenger.

  17. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., walks in the Capitol before heading into a Democratic caucus on health care reform in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    Democrats Show Signs of Disunity as Senate Health Debate Looms Bloomberg - Mon Nov 23, 12:01 AM ET

    Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Democrats who united last week to bring a sweeping health-care plan to the U.S. Senate floor still need to settle disagreement in their own ranks to pass President Barack Obama’s top domestic initiative.

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