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Health Care in Capitol Hill

Senate Majority Leader Reid speaks after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul

Joshua Roberts / REUTERS

Searching for a public option fix

First Read: Leaders look to compromise as moderates threaten to block a government-run insurance program.

For Reid, Dodd, clout cuts both ways

Schumer: Dems can go it alone on health care

Patients face bitter choice: Pay up or lose care

A GOP comeback?

Republicans say that the wind is at their back for 2010, but is a revolution really in progress? Full story

Palin's book tour hits N.C.'s Fort Bragg

Mary Ann Chastain / AP

S.C. governor faces 37 ethics charges

Ethics Commission says Sanford broke state laws by improperly using planes, campaign cash Full story

Analysis

Latest news, analysis from NBC News political team

Steele talks Palin

Obama talks jobs at Cabinet meeting

Dems to get their White knight in TX?

Kennedy flap reveals old Catholic divide

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Obama to reveal Afghan decision ‘within days’

President Obama held a final session with top aides on whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan and plans to announce his decision within days, the White House said.