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Senate Republicans want to spend weeks debating the health care bill, but they didn't want to spend days next week having the 2,074-page document read aloud, as Sen.

Let the debate begin. Senate Democrats are preparing for a battle to get their health care bill passed.

The Military Order of the Purple Heart is partnering with Workforce Oklahoma to conduct a Veterans' Job Fair and Business Opportunity Summit on Feb.

Meet the Press : Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin ; Sen. Diane Feinstein ; Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson ; Sen.

The New York Times : "The Senate is expected to vote Saturday on whether to take up the legislation.

It took the approval of a pro-life amendment to get the House of Representatives to pass its historic health-care reform measure.

The health care reform bill crafted by Senate Democrats is more than 2,000 pages long.

Harry Reid and Democrats seem confident they can clear the first health care hurdle with Saturday's vote to open debate.

Share + Nov 20, 2009 6:15 am US/Pacific Compare: House Dems Bill House GOP Bill Senate Dems Bill WASHINGTON 1 of 1 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid joins a news conference about Democratic efforts to pass an omnibus veterans' health bill at the U.S. Capitol Nov.

New guidelines for cervical cancer screening say women should delay their first Pap test until age 21, and be screened less often than recommended in the past.

The Senate on Thursday unanimously passed legislation that would provide monthly stipends and medical benefits to family members who stay home to care for severely injured veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Republican Sen. Tom Coburn is backing off his threat to require that the Senate read the 2,074-page health care bill because some GOP colleagues aren't supporting the effort.

Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe found himself in a rather uncomfortable position Monday.

Sometimes you just have to scream at the top of your lungs. Given that it's currently very early in the morning and my beautiful and talented wife is still asleep, I'm going to post it here instead.

In this most-important Louisiana US Senate race, sometimes the proxies do the talking or the emailing.

My friend Jill Lawrence has an interesting column in AOLa s a oePolitics Dailya about what she calls a oethe misfitsa -- politicians who are in the wrong party and, she thinks, a oereally ought to switch.a With all respect to Jill, I think shea s got it exactly wrong.

Oklahoma families have been dealing with the current economic downturn they way they have for a century: tightening their belts and getting rid of unnecessary spending in order to make ends meet.

Washington - The Obama administration will propose that the federal government take over safety regulation of the nation's subway and light-rail systems, responding to what it said was haphazard and ineffective oversight by state agencies.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday described U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn as illogical for blocking a bill to help severely wounded veterans but not taking the same approach on earlier legislation to fund the Iraq war.

Sen. Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma doctor, has blocked the $3.7 billion dollar health care bill since May because he says it's not paid for.