US President Barack Obama launched an impassioned week-long closing campaign on Monday to drive his historic health reforms through Congress at a pivotal moment that may help define his presidency. Obama left the White House for Ohio and an appearance designed to crank up pressure on lawmakers likely to face a knife-edge vote this week on reform aspirations that have ...

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 House's top political adviser said he was "absolutely confident" in its prospects ...

Top aides to President Barack Obama confidently predicted Sunday that his signature health care overhaul would finally pass through Congress this week, after a year of costly political wrangling. "I think we will have the votes to pass this," said David Axelrod, Obama's senior advisor, as their Democratic Party allies in the House of Representatives prepared the final push ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior White House adviser said on Sunday that President Barack Obama would get the votes necessary to pass a sweeping overhaul of the healthcare system. "I think we will have the votes to pass this," David Axelrod, a senior Obama aide, told CNN's "State of the Union" program in a recorded interview. Obama has delayed an ...