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House Republicans plan to bring up a vote to repeal the health-care overhaul early in the new Congress that opens Wednesday, at least before President Obama delivers his State of the Union address later this month, a key Republican lawmaker said Sunday.

Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller says his family benefited from Medicaid and a state-run health care program for low-income children and pregnant women.Miller previously acknowledged receiving federal farm subsidies for land he owned in Kansas in the 1990s, as well as low-income hunting and fishing licenses for him and his wife in Alaska.As a conservative candidate, he's criticized certain entitlement programs. Sitting Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who's running for re-election as a write-in candidate against him, called Miller a hypocrite.

A federal judge on Thursday rejected an attempt to stop some key provisions of the new national health-care law, saying Congress has the authority to require people to get insurance by 2014.

Republicans are promising to repeal and replace President Barack Obama's health care overhaul if they win control of Congress. But with what?

First time in history. Byron York has a great piece out that highlights the awkward position of congressional Democrats who voted for ObamaCare. With the midterm elections fast approaching, the once-celebratory Democrats are now silent about their "historic" achievement.

After a week of partisan wrangling, the Senate on Friday passed legislation to spare doctors a 21 percent cut in Medicare payments looming for months. But the last-ditch effort came too late.

Two minor violations of reconciliation rules will force the Senate to change the bill and ship it back to the House for final passage.

A Republican congressman from Texas on Monday admitted he shouted “baby killer” from the House floor as Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak defended his change of position on health care legislation.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell promises to do "everything in our power" to oppose the legislation.

With an overhaul, Congress would be giving the health care industry millions of customers in the next few years.