http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/?eref=rss_politics CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. en-us © 2010 Cable News Network LP, LLLP. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:28:01 EDT 10 http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/?eref=rss_politics http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif 144 33 CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/18/health.care.latest/index.html?eref=rss_politics http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/18/health.care.latest/index.html?eref=rss_politics President Obama is postponing a trip to Indonesia and Australia for a second time until June. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:50:19 EDT http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/18/health.compromise.highlights/index.html?eref=rss_politics http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/18/health.compromise.highlights/index.html?eref=rss_politics Democratic congressional leaders unveiled their long-awaited $940 billion compromise health care plan Thursday, setting the stage for a vote Sunday. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:18:43 EDT http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/18/health.care.fails/index.html?eref=rss_politics http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/18/health.care.fails/index.html?eref=rss_politics President Obama has repeatedly said that failure to pass a health care reform bill is simply not an option. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:33:46 EDT http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/03/18/zelizer.obama.undecider.risk/index.html?eref=rss_politics http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/03/18/zelizer.obama.undecider.risk/index.html?eref=rss_politics Since his first year in office, President Obama on several occasions has taken a position on an important matter, felt the political heat for what he has said, and then backed off. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:36:45 EDT http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/03/18/park.coffee.party/index.html?eref=rss_politics http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/03/18/park.coffee.party/index.html?eref=rss_politics "Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a president and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country." -- Franklin D. Roosevelt Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:09:24 EDT http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/17/health.care.states.challenge/index.html?eref=rss_politics http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/17/health.care.states.challenge/index.html?eref=rss_politics Idaho on Wednesday became the first state to pass a law saying no thanks to part of President Obama's health care proposal. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:35:02 EDT http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/17/duncan.no.child/index.html?eref=rss_politics http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/17/duncan.no.child/index.html?eref=rss_politics Saying the United States is "falling behind" in education, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan worked Wednesday to persuade lawmakers that the Obama administration's plan to rewrite a federal education law is the right move for the nation's students and schools. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:35:48 EDT http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/03/17/erickson.health.care/index.html?eref=rss_politics http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/03/17/erickson.health.care/index.html?eref=rss_politics The House of Representatives intends to take a somewhat novel approach to passing the health care bill. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:15:14 EDT http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/16/capitol.hill.jobs/index.html?eref=rss_politics http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/16/capitol.hill.jobs/index.html?eref=rss_politics The battle over health care and whether to use the shortcut tactic known as reconciliation to push it through has thrust the Senate parliamentarian into the spotlight. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:12:19 EDT http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/17/house.vote.count/index.html?eref=rss_politics http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/17/house.vote.count/index.html?eref=rss_politics Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich's announcement Wednesday morning that he will support the Senate's health care legislation has reduced the bill's opponents in the House to 204, now 12 votes shy of the 216 needed to prevent President Obama from scoring a major victory on his top domestic priority. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:03:35 EDT