AP - House Democrats heard it all Saturday — words of inspiration from President Barack Obama and raucous chants of protests from demonstrators. And at times it was flat-out ugly, including some racial epithets aimed at black members of Congress.

AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he has enough votes to push changes in the health care overhaul bill through the Senate.

AP - A top House Democrat says party leaders are unlikely to cut a deal with abortion opponents to pass President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Reuters - Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives lobbied undecided members for support and voiced growing confidence on Friday they will win a close vote on final passage of a sweeping healthcare overhaul.

AFP - US President Barack Obama led Democrats in a triumphant, fist-pumping rally Saturday and confidently predicted Congress would rise to a century-old challenge and pass his health care overhaul.

AP - President Barack Obama is heading to Capitol Hill for one last strategy session with House Democrats before their health care vote.

AFP - A senior US senator urged Attorney General Eric Holder Friday to create a task force to investigate possible criminal conduct behind the collapse of Wall Street giant Lehman Brothers.

AFP - The United States needs a clear policy on questioning suspected extremists, a Republican US senator said Friday, saying that top officials had sown confusion about Osama bin Laden's fate if captured.