By Douglas Holtz-Eakin
The young drop coverage to avoid higher premiums
After South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson's embrace of gay marriage last week, activists who have made the issue a litmus test for Democratic Party officeholders are cranking up the heat on the three remaining holdouts among Democrats in the Senate.
Arizona Republican Rep. Matt Salmon says he loves his gay son, but still can't support same-sex marriage.
Three years, two elections, and one Supreme Court decision after President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, its promise of health care for the uninsured may be delayed or undercut in much of the country because of entrenched opposition from many Republican state leaders.
Three years, two elections, and one Supreme Court decision after President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, its promise of health care for the uninsured may be delayed or undercut in much of the country because of entrenched opposition from many Republican state leaders.
After a brief jaunt overseas, Vice President Joseph R. Biden will head to Philadelphia, Pa., on Monday to hold a roundtable discussion on gun safety with law enforcement officials, according to the White House.
Sitting in a hockey locker room, Steve Chase became the latest die-hard fan fed up with the NHL lockout.
Sitting in a hockey locker room, Steve Chase became the latest die-hard fan fed up with the NHL lockout.
Sitting in a hockey locker room, Steve Chase became the latest die-hard fan fed up with the NHL lockout.
Amid signs that Republican Mitt Romney's attacks on President Obama's economic views are having an impact, Mr. Obama is trying for the second straight week to clarify his comments that self-made entrepreneurs aren't entirely responsible for their own success.
Democratic and Republican senators are moving ahead on President Obama's choice for U.S. ambassador to Iraq even though a top GOP lawmaker has "grave concerns" about the nomination of Brett McGurk.
Will former Sen. Rick Santorum drop out before the April 24 primary in his home state of Pennsylvania? That's the big question for those watching the 2012 Republican race.
Rick Santorum is as unpopular in Pennsylvania today as he was six years ago when home-state voters kicked him out of the Senate in a rout. That sour public perception may doom his fading chances of sticking around in the GOP presidential race, along with other hurdles that dot his path to a possible, and needed, victory in the April 24 primary.
The White House is billing President Obama's trip Wednesday to Scranton, Pa., as an opportunity to talk about tax cuts, but the location just happens to be crucial to his re-election chances next year.
Mike McQueary told a friend from Penn State that he stopped an alleged assault by Jerry Sandusky on a 10-year-old boy in 2002 and went to the police about it.
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey on Tuesday asked for a hearing into how federal laws apply to the investigation of the child sex-abuse case that has enveloped Penn State University.
And Sen. Bob Casey said similarly on Monday — that "there's a broad consensus of support now for, at a minimum, a safe zone within Syria, where an international coalition led by the United States sets up a safe zone within Syria," he said on MSNBC.
"After much deliberation and after reviewing the legal, public policy and civil rights questions presented, I support marriage equality for same-sex couples and believe that DOMA should be repealed," he said, as quoted in Politico. "Letters [I received from LGBT community] included deeply personal statements. ... These stories had a substantial impact on my position on this issue."
Rep. Matt Salmon still against same-sex marriage, despite having gay son →
