WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic leaders secured the last two votes to move ahead on historic health care legislation, clearing the way for a Saturday night showdown on ...

... priority, and his goal is to slow rising costs and provide coverage to nearly 50 million uninsured Americans. Democratic leaders said they would push the measure through committee and toward a vote in the full House by month's end, while ...

... they are hardly in unison. House Democrats have proposed raising taxes on wealthy Americans to pay for the plan. Democratic leaders, meanwhile, have tried to calm moderate and conservative lawmakers about a proposal that could make their re ...

... changes would begin to reverse the easing on federal regulations pressed by President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. Democratic leaders in Congress are promising legislation will get passed this year, but that depends in part on how Congress answers ...

... development and security aid for Pakistan and Iraq as well as countries such as Mexico and the nation of Georgia. Democratic leaders pushing the bill on behalf of the Obama administration had to overcome an unusual alliance. Anti-war Democrats ...

... Democrats in the House, who rebelled Thursday over various aspects including costs of the plan. - Advertisement - Democratic leaders spent hours Friday trying to soothe those concerns without reaching resolution, even as Rangel's panel met to ...

... economy." Saturday's debate came a day after a handful of GOP moderates struck a deal with the White House and Democratic leaders following White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel weighing in to urge Democrats make a final round of concessions ...

... He was still fielding their questions when House Democratic leaders announced plans for a vote Thursday on legislation ... and others, was written behind closed doors by Democratic leaders of the House and Senate. There was no transparency ...

... troops in place this year, contrary to hopes of Democratic leaders for a speedier pullout. And after combat forces ... Iraq could defend itself alone. On Capitol Hill, Democratic leaders remained cool to the suggestion that tens of thousands ...

... Detroit's Big Three returned home after a pair of disastrous hearings on Capitol Hill last week, under orders from Democratic leaders to provide Congress with a detailed accounting by Dec. 2 of their financial condition and short-term cash needs ...