AP - President Barack Obama made a last-minute personal appeal to Democrats to pass landmark health care legislation Saturday as the House opened debate on a bill to expand coverage to millions of the uninsured.
Politico - House leaders have won the backing of the nation’s Catholic bishops for health reform, a critical last-minute boost that could give the bill enough momentum – and enough votes – for passage as early as Saturday.
AP - President Barack Obama says now is the time for Congress to "answer the call of history" and approve legislation revamping the country's health care system.
AFP - The US House of Representatives opened a historic debate Saturday on remaking US health care, with President Barack Obama set to make a rare in-person appeal for his top domestic priority.
AP - He was by turns caring and contentious, a man quick to say "I am blessed" in casual greeting yet one who seemed to stew in discontent that he could not always keep to himself.
AP - The Obama administration intends to seek resolution to a lawsuit filed by American Indian farmers who alleged discrimination in the granting of federal agricultural loans over three decades.
AP - The U.N. says hundreds of its staffers will be temporarily pulled out of Afghanistan in the wake of an Oct. 28 attack that killed five of its workers, but it's still determining exactly how many.
AP - Russia could back sanctions against Iran if it fails to take a constructive stance in international talks over its nuclear program, President Dmitry Medvedev said in remarks released Saturday.
Reuters - President Barack Obama urged Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a broad healthcare reform bill on Saturday as they prepared for a close vote on the biggest changes in health policy in four decades.
CQPolitics.com - The consensus view is undoubtedly that you could count on one hand (or two if you are really generous) the Washington politicians who have serious credibility as deficit hawks.
Bloomberg - Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said her
chamber today will pass legislation to make the most sweeping
changes in the U.S. health-care system in four decades.