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To pay for healthcare reform, the Senate leader considers raising payroll taxes for upper-income workers.

the government-run insurance plan in their health-overhaul bill and to expand Medicare coverage to some people ages 55 to 64, clearing the most significant hurdle so far in getting a bill that can pass Congress.

Accusations that the health care reform bill now pending in the House of Representatives would use "death panels" to deny care to sick seniors and children with birth defects have taken center stage in the health care debate, giving the Obama administration even more of an uphill climb in getting the measures enacted into law.

The Senate Finance Committee’s health reform bill will save the federal government $81 billion over the next 10 years, according to the much-anticipated Congressional Budget Office estimate released this afternoon.

If the agreement holds, it would resolve a long-standing debate within the Democratic caucus over whether the government should create a so-called public option that President Obama has said would drive down prices by offering competition.
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Well, at least he didn't say President Obama doesn't speak with a Negro dialect. That phrase, of course, got Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) in hot water recently.

An unsubtle brush-back pitch thrown today by the most recent late-night comic to be elected to the U.S. Senate. And an indication of how high emotions are running among Democrats over this endless healthcare debate .

A large crowd gathered in South Austin over the weekend to protest democratic Congressman Lloyd Doggett's decision to back the health care reform bill. The protest was posted on YouTube.

The U.S. Senate has approved a landmark agreement to end a 34-year ban on U.S. civilian nuclear trade with India