As health summit opens, Obama tells GOP: ‘This is urgent’
President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies argued for sweeping health care overhaul Thursday in an extraordinary live-on-TV summit with Republicans who want far more modest changes.
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No ground gained at health summit
Washington — After a day of debate, President Barack Obama concluded Thursday’s live talkfest on health care with the bleak assessment that accord between Democrats and Republicans may not be possible.
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Michael Winship: Two Legal Foes Unite to Fight — for Same-Sex Marriage
Michael Winship Watching this week’s “health summit” in Washington, with both sides barely repressing the urge to turn the Blair House event into the Potomac…
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Obama health summit heals few divides
US President Barack Obama’s high-stakes health summit failed Thursday to break an impasse over his historic reform drive, prompting him to warn he would press on with or without Republican help.
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Obama, Republicans clash at health summit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and Republicans clashed frequently on Thursday at a summit on his stalled healthcare overhaul, battling over the size and cost of the proposal and moving no closer to a compromise agreement.
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Obama, Republicans clash at heated health summit
With tempers flaring, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans clashed in an extraordinary live-on-TV summit.
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Heated talk and little agreement at health summit
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s health care summit is ready to start round two after a heated first session. The president and House Republican Eric Cantor locked horns when Cantor brought in a stack of almost 2,400 papers, representing the Democrats’ Senate-passed bill.
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Democrats target insurers ahead of health summit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats targeted health insurers and wary Republicans braced for a political showdown on Wednesday ahead of a White House summit that President Barack Obama hopes will spark momentum for a broad healthcare overhaul.
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Bottom line at health summit: lots of smoke
WASHINGTON (AP) – Cue the cameras. President Barack Obama and his Republican arch foes will argue their case on health care overhaul at a bipartisan summit expected to stretch out for a solid six hours on live, daytime television Thursday for millions of Americans.
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Obama’s 2008 rival McCain to attend health summit
President Barack Obama’s 2008 Republican presidential rival will be joining him at Thursday’s summit, along with GOP lawmakers critical of his health care plan.
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