House Democratic leaders will have a straight up-or-down vote on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Democratic lawmakers and an aide to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., say they've dropped plans for an indirect vote that would have relied on a legislative maneuver to give their OK to the Senate's version of health care legislation. While both ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama planned a Capitol Hill visit on Saturday to rally support on healthcare as Democrats in the House of Representatives tried to nail down the last votes to pass his sweeping overhaul. House Democratic leaders, closing in on the 216 votes they need for final approval, decided to take a separate vote on the Senate-passed overhaul ...

President Barack Obama looked to energize his Democratic allies Saturday with an in-person appeal for his historic health care overhaul on the eve of a cliffhanger vote on the sweeping legislation. Obama's 11th-hour push on behalf of the bill, which would bring the world's richest country closer than ever to guaranteeing health coverage for all of its citizens ...

House Democrats are moving closer toward enacting President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The House Rules Committee has begun meeting to set the terms for the final debate and vote — which is expected on Sunday. The chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, California ...