Paul Kane

Recent stories written by Paul Kane

Health reform riding on Reid's statesmanship (10/4/2009)

WASHINGTON – With the Senate Finance Committee finally poised to complete its work, the volatile health care debate now shifts into closed-door negotiations taking place around the conference room of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.

House rebukes Wilson (9/16/2009)

WASHINGTON – In a rare action, the House rebuked one of its members Tuesday for shouting "You lie" at President Obama last Wednesday, ending a weeklong standoff during which Democrats demanded a public apology that the lawmaker refused to give.

Democrats pushing for Senate temp (8/28/2009)

WASHINGTON – Senior Democrats in Washington and Massachusetts have thrown their support behind a proposal to appoint a temporary replacement to fill the seat of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., whose death Tuesday has left the leading cause of his political life – national health insurance – with one less vote of support.