Democratic leaders in the Senate unveiled their proposal Wednesday for overhauling the health care system, outlining legislation that they said would cover most of the uninsured while reducing the federal budget deficit. ...more

November 19, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Democratic leadership aide says legislation headed to the Senate floor would extend health care coverage to 31 million uninsured Americans at a cost of $849 billion over a decade. ...more

November 18, 2009

Under immense pressure from the liberal wing of his caucus, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has told colleagues that he may include a government-run health insurance plan in a health care bill he will soon take to the Senate floor, Democratic senators said on Thursday. ...more

October 23, 2009

Senate Republicans are drawing out a flap that has made the Obama administration squirm, applying the brakes to Democrats' attempts to quickly tax away most of the bonuses at troubled insurance giant AIG and other bailed-out companies. ...more

March 21, 2009

Senate Republicans are drawing out a flap that has made the Obama administration squirm, applying the brakes to Democratic attempts to quickly tax away most of the bonuses at troubled insurance giant AIG and other bailed-out companies. ...more

March 20, 2009

Out-of-work Floridians who use illegal drugs shouldn't be able to support their habits with state unemployment compensation benefits, a state senator says. ...more

March 17, 2009

Out-of- work Floridians who use illegal drugs shouldn't be able to support their habits with state unemployment compensation benefits, a state senator says. ...more

March 16, 2009

When it comes to earmarks, one man's pig stink is another man's bacon. No kidding. ...more

March 8, 2009

State Sen. Paula Dockery failed Wednesday to limit the state's legal liability in a deal to buy CSX Transportation rail corridors for publicly financed commuter rail projects. ...more

March 5, 2009

If only Shakespeare had known how to Twitter. There was a bit of King Lear in the scene on the Senate floor, a stormy, solitary John McCain on "this great stage of fools," as the Bard wrote, railing against both parties and the president in fiery speeches and rapid-fire tweets. ...more

March 5, 2009