The U.S. House of Representatives passed another 30-day extension of the National Flood Insurance Program, less than two weeks before the latest short-term extension is set to expire.

If you believe the theory that a single-payer system of health insurance is the ultimate goal of the Obama Administration and Democrats, then March 27 might prove an important day.

The federal health reform law, a landmark piece of legislation passed by the Democratic-controlled Congress and President Barack Obama two years ago today (March 23), has delivered on its promise to change health care in the U.S.

President Barack Obama took aim at the Republicans’ budget proposal for next year, saying their planned cuts to Medicaid and Medicare paint a “deeply pessimistic” view of the nation.

A federal judge in Florida has become the second to rule unconstitutional the health reform law passed last year by Congress and President Barack Obama.

President Barack Obama said he would consider congressional suggestions to “improve” the health reform law passed last year, which he said is preventing health insurers from “exploiting patients.”

Eric Cantor, U.S. House majorty leader, announced a delay in legislators’ vote seeking repeal health reform legislation in the wake of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others in Tuscon, Ariz., Jan. 8.

President Barack Obama said he has compromised with Republicans, serving up an extension on Bush-era tax cuts in return for more unemployment benefits and other economic recovery steps.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Americans should be prepared for two more years of verbal combat over health care reform when the new Congress is seated in January, but wholesale changes to the law are unlikely before the next election, experts say.

The U.S. Senate’s Democratic majority twice failed in its attempts Dec. 4 to extend Bush era tax cuts to people they described as middle-class Americans.