Political News Feed from CNN.com
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Senate Dems assured of 60 votes to debate health bill full story
Senate Democrat Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas says she will support bringing the health care reform bill to the floor for debate, giving Democrats the 60 votes they need to prevent a Republican filibuster.
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Two Arkansas men reflect national health divide full story
CNN's John King looks at two men on different sides of the health debate and their senator caught in the middle.
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Poll: Public shifting blame for recession full story
Opinion about which political party is responsible for the recession is shifting, according to a new poll.
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A push to simplify credit card 'gobbledygook' full story
Most cardholders never read the long complicated legalese in a credit card agreement -- and that could spell trouble.
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Health care rhetoric heats up before key vote full story
Traditional Senate decorum yielded to brass-knuckle politicking before a key procedural vote.
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Health care: Senate vote Saturday full story
To debate or not to debate the Senate's health care reform bill; that is the question.
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Senate panel clears Burris of legal wrongdoing full story
The Senate Ethics Committee issued a letter Friday clearing embattled Illinois Sen. Roland Burris of any legal wrongdoing.
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Lawmaker calls for lifting of Cuba travel ban full story
The U.S. government has no right to restrict American tourists from traveling to Cuba, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Thursday.
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Judge frees ex-guard accused of Obama threats full story
A former security guard at a New Jersey airport who was accused of making threats against the president is expected to be released from jail Thursday after a judge determined that he is not a threat to himself or others, the prosecutor's office said.
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Congress opens Fort Hood investigation full story
A key congressional committee on Thursday opened its investigation into the November 5 Fort Hood shootings with a pledge to find out whether authorities failed to "connect the dots" and could have prevented the attack.
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