The House's chief Democratic headcounter said Sunday he hadn't rounded up enough votes to pass President Barack Obama's health care overhaul heading into a make-or-break week, even as the White House's top political adviser said he was "absolutely confident" in its prospects ...

The White House is backing down from trying to get senators to remove some special deals from the health care bill. Senior adviser David Axelrod says the White House only objected to deals that affected just one state, such one involving Medicaid and Nebraska that's ...

The Democrat's chief vote counter in the House says that right now there aren't enough votes to pass President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. But Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina says he's confident that the legislation will pass. He says ...

For all the evidence of a divided GOP, the Democratic Party has its own widening cracks that could make a potentially bleak election year even more dour. In just the past two weeks, Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln became the latest Democratic incumbent to attract a primary challenger, anti-abortion Democrats fought hard to derail President Barack Obama's health care measure ...