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By Mark Memmott
The majority leader of the House just said on Weekend Edition that when the time comes tomorrow to vote on the Democratic-designed legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system, "we're going to have the votes" to pass the...
By Frank James
Earlier we reported on a gold mine collapse in Sierra Leone in which 200 people were said to be killed.
The good news is that 200 people didn't die. The bad news is that it was apparently all a hoax.
The Associated Press reports the...
By Frank James
A good place to look over the next 48 hours to see the state of play as far as the yes and no votes in the House on the health-care overhaul legislation is Washington Post.com which has an interactive table of lawmakers.
Not only does...
Haitian children walk in the rain near a tent city on March 19, 2010 in Port-au-Prince. (THONY BELIZAIRE/AFP/Getty Images)
By Frank James
Haitians displaced by January's powerful earthquake and living in tents in the nation's capital were facing...
By Liz Halloran
In their push to pass the Senate's version of health-care legislation on Sunday, House Democratic leaders have picked up a handful of votes once though unattainable: those from members of the "Stupak Coalition," House Democrats who...
