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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate banking negotiators are discussing plans that could significantly weaken — or even jettison — President Barack Obama’s proposed independent consumer finance agency. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The drug industry is threatening to end its support for President Barack Obama’s health overhaul effort because of a rift over protecting brand-name biotech drugs from low-cost generic competitors. (more)

C-SPAN cameras haven’t been allowed into the White House to record the final negotiations on health care overhaul, but details are starting to filter out. A look at what’s likely to be in the final package, and what’s likely out: (more)

Some final steps involved in passing health care legislation: (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats stand within days if not hours of striking final deals on historic health care legislation after key labor unions won concessions and pledged their support. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Makers of generic biotech drugs, backed by President Barack Obama and a well-placed congressional ally, are waging an eleventh-hour battle to reduce the competitive protection that the emerging health overhaul bill would give to brand-name producers of the expensive pharmaceuticals. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Striving to close the deal on health care, President Barack Obama planned a trip to Capitol Hill on Thursday to urge rank-and-file House Democrats to yield on key issues still standing in the way. Democratic bargainers were considering raising more money from drug makers and other provider groups to help pay for care. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushed by President Barack Obama, senior Democratic lawmakers plunged into marathon talks at the White House on Wednesday in a hurry-up bid for agreement on overdue health care legislation. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushed by President Barack Obama, senior Democratic lawmakers plunged into marathon talks at the White House on Wednesday in a hurry-up bid for agreement on overdue health care legislation. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prodded by President Barack Obama, senior Democratic lawmakers held lengthy talks at the White House on Wednesday as they searched for a final compromise on overdue health care legislation. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate negotiators working on President Barack Obama’s health overhaul bill appear likely to drop a proposed income tax increase on high-wage earners and possibly jettison a requirement for large businesses to offer coverage to their employees, Democratic officials said Tuesday. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Short of rationing, lawmakers have pulled nearly every available cost-control lever in the sweeping health care overhaul President Barack Obama and Democratic congressional leaders are pushing to finish. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior House Democrats have largely abandoned hopes of including a government-run insurance option in the final compromise health care bill taking shape, according to several officials, and are pushing for other measures to rein in private insurers. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and congressional leaders are embarking on the tough work of ironing out differences between the House and Senate health care legislation with the aim of finalizing a bill quickly as midterm elections loom. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate Democrats intend to bypass the traditional format when they negotiate a final compromise on health care legislation. (more)