| | GOP wary of pitfalls in Obama's health care summit
5:08AM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Even as Republicans publicly welcome President Barack Obama's call for a bipartisan confab on health care, some privately worry that he might be laying a trap to portray their ideas as flimsy. | | |
Vote on NLRB nominee first test of GOP's new power
5:35AM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Republicans' first test of their new Senate clout could come in a vote to block President Barack Obama's choice of a union attorney for a seat on the National Labor Relations Board. | | |
 Pa. Dem Murtha remembered as military advocate
5:22AM CT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Rep. John Murtha, who said the Bush administration's handling of the war in Iraq was based on "flawed policy wrapped in illusion" and called for a withdrawal of U.S. troops there, is being remembered as an advocate on Capitol Hill for those serving in military uniform. | | |
Congressman: Murtha's intestine damaged in surgery
Feb 8 2010 10:17PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Pennsylvania congressman and longtime friend of the late Rep. John Murtha says the congressman's large intestine was damaged during gallbladder surgery and the complications led him to be hospitalized. | | |
Quinn: Ill. lt. governor hopefuls should speak up
Feb 8 2010 4:08PM CT
CHICAGO (AP) - Democrats in Illinois are getting a political do-over: the chance to pick a new lieutenant governor nominee themselves now that the primary winner dropped out of the race because of revelations about his checkered past. | | |
 GOP cool to Obama call for two-party health talks
Feb 8 2010 3:55PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans gave a chilly reception Monday to President Barack Obama's invitation to discuss health care in a bipartisan, televised setting later this month, part of the White House effort to revive the stalled legislation. | | |
 THE INFLUENCE GAME: Toyota's powerful DC friends
Feb 8 2010 3:30PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - The lawmakers now investigating Toyota's recall include a senator who was so eager to lure the Japanese automaker to his state that he tramped along through fields as its executives scouted plant sites, and a congresswoman who owes much of her wealth to a Toyota supplier. | | |
Obama hasn't ruled out NY trial for 9/11 planner
Feb 7 2010 11:38PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama said Sunday he has not ruled out a New York federal court trial for Sept. 11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, but he was taking into account the objections of the city's mayor and police commissioner. | | |
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