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Another round for the House on PPACA

By Richard Alonso-Zaldivar | May 16, 2013

One more time, with feeling! The Republican-led House voted yet again Thursday to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, knowing full well that won't stop it.
Obama declares health care law 'is here to stay'

By Jim Kuhnhenn, Julie Pace | May 10, 2013

President Barack Obama on Friday stepped up the sales pitch on his health care overhaul as the final elements of his top domestic achievement go into effect.
GOP boycotts health care advisory board

By Jim Abrams | May 9, 2013

House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act.
Budget battle: 3 plans on the table, what now?

By Nancy Benac | April 25, 2013

First the Republican-led House approved a federal budget that's heavy on spending cuts. Then the Democratic-controlled Senate approved one that leans more toward tax increases. Then at last, President Barack Obama put out his own budget plan, two months late, coming down someplace in between.
Dems, GOP talk deficit reduction

By Charles Babington | April 25, 2013

Liberals' loud objections to White House proposals for slowing the growth of huge social programs make it clear that neither political party puts a high priority on reducing the deficit, despite much talk to the contrary.
Simpson and Bowles offer modified budget plan

By Andrew Taylor | April 19, 2013

The chairmen of President Barack Obama's 2010 fiscal commission are wading back into Washington's budget wars with a revised, somewhat milder plan to rein in intractable federal deficits.
Hypocrisy runs deep in DC’s budget debates

By Charles Babington | April 12, 2013

Hypocrisy is nothing new in Washington. The long-running debate over taxes and spending, however, is producing especially blatant examples of politicians contradicting themselves or attacking opponents for taking the very stances they've taken themselves.
Budget: cover uninsured, trim Medicare, tax cigs

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar | April 10, 2013

President Barack Obama's new budget offers Medicare cuts to entice Republicans into tax negotiations, while plowing ahead to cover the uninsured next year under the health care law the GOP has bitterly fought to repeal.
Obama budget plan revisits small-bore budget cuts

By Andrew Taylor | April 9, 2013

Ideas like higher pension contributions for federal workers are the hardy perennials of Obama's budgets, reprised year after year, along with more widely known proposals like taxing oil companies and the rich. Many of the ideas have been seen as candidates for inclusion in broader deficit deals that have never...
Obama aide says budget will rankle both parties

By Philip Elliott | April 8, 2013

The White House is warning friend and foe alike: They're not going to like every part of President Barack Obama's budget when it is released this week.