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House health-care negotiations end night without a deal

After more than six hours of negotiations among White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, talks between House Democratic leaders and key Blue Dog Democrats broke up Tuesday night without a deal on health-care reform.

House Democrats splinter over health care

House Democrats split sharply over the issue of health care reform Friday as negotiations between a committee chairman and party conservatives broke down.

Fortune: Why prevention won't cure health care

A useful principle of political analysis is to be suspicious when everyone agrees. Which is why the bipartisan paeans to "prevention" in this summer's health care debate have me scratching my head. It's the one reform on which Henry Waxman and John Boehner can join hands. Don't get me wrong: officials are right to say our system is crazily tilted toward paying docs and hospitals for curing people only after they've gotten terribly sick. But when they jump from this to the idea that America's overdue prevention agenda will be the fix for soaring national health costs (and even help pay for expanded coverage), they're blowing smoke.

Cancer patient tells of rips in health insurance safety net

Robin Beaton found out last June she had an aggressive form of breast cancer and needed surgery -- immediately.

Commentary: Big risk in health care reform plan

We know what the president wants when it comes to health care reform. We know what Sen. Ted Kennedy and Rep. Henry Waxman want. And we know what interest groups really want from any health care reform effort.

Commentary: 5 reasons GOP will rebound

"It is important for us to have a strong Republican Party," Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi tauntingly told a press conference on April 23. "And I hope that the next generation will take back the Republican Party for the Grand Old Party that it used to be."

CNNMoney: Deal on 'cash for clunkers' bill

The Obama administration has signaled its support for a congressional effort that aims to boost the troubled car industry by subsidizing new cars sales for consumers who scrap old ones.

Fortune: The business guide to Congress

Washington is a dangerous place for business leaders these days. "There's absolutely no political risk in rounding up the witches," says crisis consultant Eric Dezenhall, who likens today's Congress to a colonial Salem for corporate executives.

Delay of analog TV's death hits House snag

The effort to delay next month's scheduled death of analog television suffered a setback in Congress on Wednesday, despite warnings that millions of American homes will not be able to see broadcast shows in three weeks.

Digital TV switch could be delayed by vote

Congress postponed until Wednesday a vote to delay next month's scheduled death of television as you've known it.

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