Michael Enzi News

Well, this does not look good. The Senate opened the health care debate this afternoon with a caustic exchange that shows what a long, hard slog these next few weeks might be.

Right now the health care debate has shifted--perhaps temporarily--from the public option to abortion and mammograms.

" Senator Enzi met World War II veteran Vialquin Valdez of Cheyenne last year during Wyoming Honor Flight activities in Washington, D.C. Cheyenne - Governor Dave Freudenthal visited Wyoming National Guard troops and other active duty U.S. personnel serving in Kuwait and Iraq while on a trip sponsored by the Secretary of Defense.

" Today, Veterans Day, Senator Mike Enzi, and his wife, Diana Enzi, paid tribute to the more than 57,000 veterans and their families in Wyoming and thanked them for their courage and sacrifices.

U.S. Senators Mike Enzi and John Barrasso, both R-Wyo., are encouraging students and graduates from all backgrounds to apply for internships in their offices this spring.

Those Amazon Kindle E-readers are popping up everywhere in Washington, a city that likes to be plugged in.

Now that the Senate has overcome a procedural hump and voted by a wide margin in favor of cloture on H.R. 3548 , an extension of federal unemployment insurance, Democratic Senators are laying into their Republican counterparts for the multiple delays they caused over the past few weeks.

Depending on how you count it, there are somewhere between 15.1 million and 25 million people currently unemployed in the United States.

What should have been passed long ago took another step toward resolution Tuesday.

GOP holdup on Benjamin nomination to continue - al.com : "WASHINGTON a ' Despite the Obama administration's retreat from a so-called 'gag order' on health insurance companies, a prominent Republican senator has no immediate plans to let the nominations of Dr.

Get the Flash Player to see hear the audio. Wyoming's congressional delegation was quick Thursday to condemn the National Park Service's winter-use plan for Yellowstone National Park that would limit daily snowmobile numbers to 318.

Since the summer, Sen. Mike Enzi has been a key member of health-care negotiations on the Senate Finance Committee.

But these proposals have not been cast in legislative language or officially scored by the Congressional Budget Office, so that costs, benefits, and trade-offs are transparent.

By Gail Russell Chaddock For CSMonitor Washington - An intense, final push is on for a version of healthcare reform to take to the floor of the Senate.

By Diana Enzi and Bobbi BarrassoA A You may not worry about breast cancer the way you used to.A In the U.S. alone there are more than 2 million breast cancer survivors today.A A This false sense of security may have led to a decrease of mammograms in recent years, however the numbers dona t lie: when breast cancer is caught at its earliest stages ...

Capitol Hill is foreign territory for an academic physician. My world on the faculty of The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is one in which objective data usually inform decisions.

A Senate committee unanimously voted today to extend for four years the funding provided under the Ryan White CARE Act of 1990, but the extension does not include a provision that would help restore funding for San Francisco, aides to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, said.

When it comes to crafting Cuba policy, Congress has been in the back seat of late.

Politics Today is CBSNews.com's inside look at the key stories driving the day in politics, written by CBS News Political Director Steve Chaggaris: ** The president pushes for more health reform progress... ** The White House skirts the race question... ** Weighing decisions in Afghanistan... HEALTH CARE: President Obama continues his health care ...

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus' $856 billion plan to overhaul the nation's health care system - a package that lacks the public option that President Barack Obama favors - was greeted Wednesday largely with skepticism and sometimes disdain, even among fellow Democrats.