WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the bill on healthcare reform he will send to the Senate floor will include a provision for a public option.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Support for a government-run health insurance option is approaching a filibuster-proof 60 votes in the U.S. Senate, a senior Democrat said Sunday.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spent Friday trying to debunk speculation she lacks the votes for a so-called robust public option for healthcare reform.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Top Democrats are leaning toward including a publicly funded health insurance option in a healthcare reform bill in the U.S. Senate, sources said Thursday.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Senate Democratic leaders, pressed by the party's liberal wing, are considering reviving a public option in the U.S. healthcare reform bill, lawmakers said.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Inter- and intra-party debate is heating up in the U.S. Congress on whether to have a public option in healthcare reform and, if so, what it will look like.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- A leader of fiscally conservative Democrats in the U.S. House says he's backing away from a healthcare reform proposal he supported before the August recess.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- The White House and Senate Democrats are leaning toward a "trigger" that would delay a public option as part of any U.S. healthcare reform, officials said.
WASHINGTON, May 23 (UPI) -- A group of 14 U.S. senators Monday announced an agreement has been reached to prevent a confrontation over President George W. Bush's judicial nominees.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Democrats in the Senate Thursday began the process of pushing their own version of an economic stimulus plan through the Senate. The $67 billion plan emphasizes