... change Baucus has proposed. So, here are our choices to date: Republicans â nothing; ranking Democrat on the Senate committee charged with figuring this thing out â worse than nothing. At this point, the status quo is preferable, at least ...

WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama achieved a milestone Wednesday when a Senate committee approved a plan to revamp the U.S. health care system. The Senate panel's action, which attracted no Republican votes ...

... meetings to produce at least an outline of legislation that could command bipartisan support. Of the five House and Senate committees working on health care, Finance is the only one that appears to have a chance at such an agreement. For their part ...

... s long-term energy mix. And industry officials are cautiously optimistic that they'll get their wish. The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources is considering legislation that would require the country to generate 11 to 15 percent ...

... closures are a necessary part of its plan to cut costs. Jim Press, Chrysler's vice chairman and president, told a Senate committee that the poor performance of many of the dealers slated to lose franchises costs the company $1.5 billion in lost ...

... defended their moves as necessary, however painful they might be. Chrysler's president told lawmakers in a recent Senate committee hearing that the poor performance of many dealers costs the company $1.5 billion in lost sales each year. The ...

... Senate. (Most observers believe any bill with a realistic chance to become law will probably come out of another Senate Committee Finance.) Regardless, the Congressional Budget Office says the price of Democratic reform to health care would ...

... program" under which all policies are issued by the government. "That is a non-starter," he said. A second Senate committee is drafting legislation crafted more to the liking of Democrats, including an option for government-sold insurance ...

... file detailed reports to the state when they spent money on legislators. The House passed Petrus' measure, but a Senate committee put off endorsing it. Petrus, however, probably didn't help his case when his measure was introduced the day ...

... be subject to felony prosecution. A similar bill taken up during the last Arkansas legislative session died in a Senate committee after getting a 63-25 vote in the House. Sample's bill would also create a fraudulent documents identification ...