It's time to blow the whistle on two erroneous statements that opponents and proponents of the health care legislation being jammed through Congress have been making. Republicans have been saying that never before has Congress passed such an unpopular bill with such important ramifications by such a narrow majority. Barack Obama has been saying that passage of the bill will mean that the health care issue will be settled once and for all. ...more

December 27, 2009

They may still call it a "public plan," but private insurers - not the government - would offer coverage under a compromise Democrats are considering to win Senate passage of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. ...more

December 8, 2009

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus was romantically involved with a former staffer when he recommended her earlier this year to become the next U.S. attorney for Montana, a spokesman said. ...more

December 5, 2009

The Senate on Friday turned back a Republican effort to eliminate a long-term care insurance program to help seniors and the disabled, saving the plan, once championed by the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, in its health overhaul bill. ...more

December 5, 2009

Democrats are still struggling to find a strategy that will let them push a health care overhaul through the Senate and fulfill President Barack Obama's goal of signing a bill this year. ...more

October 28, 2009

Senate Democrats voiced deep disagreements Tuesday about the idea of a government-run health insurance plan, suggesting that the decision by Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada to include a public plan in major health care legislation had failed to unite his caucus. ...more

October 28, 2009

The pharmaceutical industry agreed Saturday to spend $80 billion over the next decade improving drug benefits for seniors on Medicare and defraying the cost of President Barack Obama's health care legislation, capping secretive negotiations involving key lawmakers and the White House. ...more

June 21, 2009

One of six ministries facing an inquiry by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has been accredited by an organization that scrutinizes finances of religious entities. ...more

March 18, 2009

One of six ministries facing an inquiry by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has been accredited by an organization that scrutinizes finances of religious organizations. ...more

March 16, 2009

Ron Kirk, the president's choice to be U.S. trade representative, owes an estimated $10,000 in back taxes from earlier in the decade and has agreed to pay them, the Senate Finance Committee said Monday. ...more

March 2, 2009