A renewed push on initiatives looms
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Supported by a larger Republican majority in Congress, President Bush is likely to forge ahead in his second term with efforts to cut taxes on investment, allow
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A small but growing number of lawmakers look for a Plan B that can win broader support.
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Congress looks set to tackle energy legislation -- again.
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BOSTON -- There is a lot of talk about overhauling health care in the United States, but Massachusetts is actually trying to do it -- again.
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JOHN Howard has promised to implement key elements of a reform agenda that has been frustrated by the Senate in recent years, while promising not to ride roughshod over the electorate despite an overwhelming mandate.
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Sometimes in Washington it takes a while for issues to ripen. Sometimes decades.
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The Tories are expected to call for renewed efforts to encourage Middle East countries to accept reform.
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Government to convene new thinktank to confront rapid pace of media change.
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Efforts to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland will intensify on Tuesday with two key meetings.
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A five-year, $15 billion effort to combat AIDS in Africa and other areas Â arguably the most important and popular international program of the Bush presidency Â may become a political battleground as it comes up for renewal.
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Leaders on both sides of a contested election move toward  a new deal, but the impact of weeks of bloodshed may be more difficult to resolve
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House and Senate leaders were pushing for some legislative achievements before heading home to campaign.
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Congress's bid to renew a program for poor children revives debate over healthcare.
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State efforts to transform the nationâs health care system appear to be on a collision course with the Bush administrationâs latest budget proposal.
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A look at some of the initiatives that President Bush is likely to push in his second term, and the unanswered questions that go with them.
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A fresh round of mass demonstrations over proposed cuts in welfare spending is set to take place.
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In the course of three short months, the political system has come full circle: a presidential campaign, an inauguration, a State of the Union address and now this &#151; another presidential race. A dozen or so ambitious Republicans and Democrats already are warming up for 2008.