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The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved $2.5 million in funds for protecting first responders and equipping law officers in Kentucky as part of the Fiscal Year 2010 Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Bill.

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky gave a short speech on the Senate floor Monday, blasting H.R. 3962 - The Affordable Health Care for America Act - also known as the "Pelosi bill." Observing that there appears to be a disconnect between the American people and Democrat leaders in Congress, McConnell said: "And nowhere is ...

Pres. Luckey named to Student Financial Aid Advisory Committee By Duane Bonifer, LWC Director of Public Relations COLUMBIA, Ky.

Humana Inc.a s 65 percent rise in third-quarter profit explains the insurera s opposition to legislation in the Congress to overhaul the U.S. health-care system, said Jim Manley , a spokesman for U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid .

Republican Rep. John Boehner of Ohio was photographed last week with a copy of the Democrats' health care bill.

Help is needed to understand reform I'm just an old hillbilly so maybe some of you sharp educated people out there can help me.

Nearly 650,000 jobs have been saved or created under President Obama's economic-stimulus plan, the government said yesterday, and the White House declared the nation on track to meet the president's goal of 3.5 million by the end of next year.

Back in September, a study by Harvard Medical School found that over 44,000 Americans die each year due to lack of health insurance.

In Washington Thursday, democrats rolled out a brand new plan for health reform, with a toned-down version of the government insurance option.

Democratic moderates who control the balance of power on health care legislation balked Tuesday at a government-run insurance option for millions of Americans, underscoring the enormity of the challenge confronting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid one day after he unveiled the plan as a consensus product.

WASHINGTON a 'U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says vaccine for the swine flu virus "is coming out the door as fast as it comes off the production line." Sebelius said in a nationally broadcast interview Monday that it's unfortunate supplies are not where officials intended them to be at this juncture, but also said there ...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is poised to proceed with plans to introduce a Senate health care bill with a public health insurance option that would allow states to opt out, a senior aide to Reid told CNN on Sunday.

The Senate's Republican leader is pledging to give the Obama administration any more help it may need to fight the swine flu outbreak.

Medical officials say about 600 have been taken to hospitals, many in private vehicles because there aren't enough ambulances to handle all the wounded.

A top Republican Senator who used to work for President Richard Nixon has warned the Obama administration to not create an "enemies list" like that of his former employer.

"As I was leaving the White House in 1970, Mr. Harlow was heading out on the campaign plane with Vice President Spiro Agnew whose job was to vilify Democrats and to help elect Republicans.

Opinionline Archives 'Every Republican in Congress supports reform' By Sen. Mitch McConnell One of my predecessors as Republican leader of the Senate, Everett Dirksen , once advised a colleague that he would be a lot more effective if he occasionally allowed himself "the luxury of an unexpressed thought." On the issue of health care, I haven't ...

Treasury chief Timothy Geithner, left, said the deficit is lower than projected but still "too high." In preparing the next budget blueprint, budget director Peter Orszag said the White House is looking for a "fiscally sustainable path." Sen.

POLITICO's Arena contributors discuss what's next for the health care reform package.

The American Medical Association is launching a coast-to-coast TV ad campaign to press Congress to approve higher payments for doctors treating Medicare patients.