Topic: The White House

In light of Henry Waxman's April 21st CEO inquisition, the WSJ explained the recent uproar by the Obama Administration and Congress over company earnings write-downs related to the healthcare bill. Before getting to Waxman, here is a quote from the AFL-CIO's December letter letter warning about the consequences of the healthcare bill's tax ...

NEW LAW'S EFFECTS: AT&T Inc. will take a $1 billion non-cash charge in the first quarter. It may also cut health care benefits to current and retired workers.THE REASON: The new law no longer allows companies to claim a tax deduction on ...

Health bill will squeeze industry profits but holds promise for long-term gainsWhen historians write the book on how President Barack Obama's health care overhaul became law, they'll need to leave space for some unlikely advocates: lobbyists for the drug, insurance and hospital ...

A leading Democratic abortion foe in the House says he has reached agreement with the White House and party leaders to make sure health care legislation does not permit the use of federal funds for elective abortions.Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan said ...

FACT CHECK: Obama's claim that premiums would fall under his health plan misses the fine printBuyers, beware: President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul will lower premiums by double digits, but check the fine print.Premiums are likely to keep going up ...

U.S. Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (seh-BEEL'-yuhs) says she's confident the House will have the votes to pass President Barack Obama's health care legislation — possibly by Friday.Sebelius spoke Tuesday in Chicago at a conference on aging.Her remarks come as the White House ...

House's Democratic vote-counter still hunting for votes on Obama's health care overhaul The House's chief Democratic headcounter said Sunday he hadn't rounded up enough votes to pass President Barack Obama's health care overhaul heading into a make-or-break week, even as the White ...

Pharmaceutical industry group spent $6.3M lobbying in Q4, on health overhaul, other issues The pharmaceutical industry's main trade group spent $6.3 million in the fourth quarter lobbying Congress, the White House and multiple government agencies on health care provisions and related issues, ...

President Barack Obama's furious, final push to get a health care bill passed threatens to shove aside the message he promised would top his list this year:As Obama himself put it on Wednesday, from now until Congress takes a final vote on ...

Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe turns down White House invite to summit, saying it wasn't proper Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe has turned down a White House invitation to attend President Barack Obama's health care summit on Thursday.The Maine senator is one of the ...