Dan Pfeiffer

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  Supreme Court: Pre-election health care showdown

  By Jesse J. Holland, Mark Sherman  |  November 14, 2011

  The Supreme Court on Monday promised an extraordinarily thorough springtime review of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul — more than five hours of argument, unprecedented in modern times — in time for a likely ruling affecting millions of Americans just before the presidential election.

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  Supreme Court will hear health reform case

  By Jesse J. Holland  |  November 14, 2011

  The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear arguments next March over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul — a case that could shake the political landscape just as voters are about to decide if Obama deserves another term.

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  For Obama, new focus on the piecemeal

  By Erica Werner, Jim Kuhnhenn  |  October 25, 2011

  President Barack Obama has scaled back his ambitions from major initiatives like universal health care, to smaller-bore programs he can do on his own or that are uncontroversial enough for Republicans to go along. Think patent reform, reducing health regulations, or helping with student loans.

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  Timing clash settled, Obama sets sights on speech

  By Jim Kuhnhenn  |  September 1, 2011

  President Barack Obama will a deliver rare address to a joint session of Congress next week to introduce a long-awaited plan for jobs and economic growth, but not before being forced to yield in a test of wills with House Speaker John Boehner over not what he would say, but...

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  Obama: Halt '3-ring-circus' of debt-limit debate

  By David Espo  |  July 25, 2011

  Decrying a "partisan three-ring circus" in the nation's capital, President Barack Obama criticized a newly minted Republican plan to avert an unprecedented government default Monday night and said congressional leaders must produce a compromise that can reach his desk before the Aug. 2 deadline.

• Debt: House GOP, Senate Dems face off

  By David Espo  |  July 25, 2011

  In a fresh challenge to President Barack Obama, House Republicans unveiled reworked legislation Monday to avert a potentially devastating government default in barely a week — but along lines the White House has already rejected.

• Challenging Obama, House GOP unveils new debt bill

  By David Espo  |  July 25, 2011

  In a blunt challenge to President Barack Obama, House Republicans drafted legislation Monday to avert a potentially devastating Aug. 2 government default — but along lines the White House has already dismissed.