Republicans defy threat, block another Obama judicial pick
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday blocked a fourth nominee by President Barack Obama to a District of Columbia appeals court, defying a threatened rule change by Democrats to strip them of their ability to stop such picks.
Health law helpers finding more luck on HealthCare.gov
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Healthcare workers assisting people to sign up for insurance on the HealthCare.gov marketplace on Monday told Reuters they had noticed improvement in the problem-plagued website.
U.S. Republicans voice little appetite for new shutdown fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican conservatives who took a hard line in the fight over October’s government shutdown are voicing little appetite for another standoff over an approaching January 15 funding deadline for federal agencies.
U.S. Senate gets bill clamping down on ‘patent trolls’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two leading U.S. senators introduced a bill on Monday aimed at making it harder for “patent trolls” to file frivolous infringement lawsuits.
No huge drop in Obamacare support despite rocky rollout: Reuters/Ipsos poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The troubled rollout of President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law has hurt the popularity of the initiative, but the decline has been fairly modest, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Monday.
U.S. Appropriations Committee Republicans urge 2-year U.S. budget deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee on Monday urged budget negotiators to agree on spending levels for two years by December 2 so that Congress can pass annual spending bills and avoid another government shutdow…
Adding Obamacare data to W-2 tax form may confuse: IRS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Internal Revenue Service officials fretted on Monday about an idea being pushed by some businesses to expand the ubiquitous W-2 tax form to include more healthcare data in an effort to avoid the creation of a new IRS form.
Obama to update Senate leaders on Iran talks on Tuesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will meet with Senate leaders from both parties on Tuesday to try to convince them not to adopt further sanctions on Iran as the United States and other world powers head for new nuclear negotiations with T…
Dick Cheney defends daughter Liz in gay marriage fight
(Reuters) – Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney entered the fray between his daughters over gay marriage on Monday as he rose to defend Liz Cheney, a Republican Senate candidate from Wyoming whose stance against same-sex nuptials has drawn barbs fro…
U.S. Senate backs bill to regulate bulk drug compounding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Monday approved a bill designed to prevent the type of quality control problems that led last year to a deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis traced to a tainted pharmaceutical mixed by a Massachusetts pharmacy….
