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House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, pauses while meeting with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, before Congress leaves for a two-week Thanksgiving break. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP leaders greet Iran deal with skepticism

House Speaker John A. Boehner said Sunday an interim deal to curb Iran's nuclear program should be met with "healthy skepticism and hard questions," making it clear he thinks negotiations have just begun.

November 24, 2013
**FILE** House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (left), Virginia Republican (Associated Press)

Administration stretches another Obamacare deadline

The Obama administration said Friday that customers on the Obamacare health insurance exchange will have eight more days to sign up for health coverage this December and still be covered by Jan. 1.

November 22, 2013
"It's a complete failure for me. It won't let you progress. It freezes up," Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, says of his attempts to sign up for Obamacare using the HealthCare.gov website. (associated press)

Obamacare sign-up problematic for congressmen, too

For weeks, Capitol Hill lawmakers have heard stories of both frustration and success from folks back home trying to sign up for Obamacare. Now, lawmakers have their own tales to share.

November 21, 2013
**FILE** House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (center), Virginia Republican, leaves the office of House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 15, 2013, before a vote on a measure to let insurers keep offering health coverage that falls short of the law's standards. (Associated Press)

Republicans say new report points to Obamacare security problems

House Republicans on Tuesday used President Obama's damaged credibility and a leaked consultant's report from last spring to launch a fresh round of attacks against all things Obamacare, raising new questions about the testing and security of the federal health insurance marketplace.

November 19, 2013
** FILE ** Rep. Jim McDermott, Washington Democrat. (Associated Press)

States take up the fight against Obama’s changes to health care law

The tumultuous Beltway fight over Americans who lost their health plans because of Obamacare is shifting to the states, where regulators will decide whether to heed President Obama's proposal to let Americans renew their plans — or rebuff him to preserve the core mission of his signature law.

November 17, 2013
Rep. Fred Upton, Michigan Republican (Associated Press)

House set to vote on Republican fix for Obamacare woes

The House is set to vote on a bill Friday that would let Americans hold health plans in the coming year that do not comply with Obamacare, a key test for Democrats torn between angry constituents who are losing their plans and their own party's remedies — including President Obama's new "fix" that lets existing customers renew their barebones plans.

November 15, 2013
The main landing page of the HealthCare.gov website is pictured on Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Department of Health and Human Services)

Obamacare numbers reveal how fate of law rests on website

The federal Obamacare exchanges cover two-thirds of the country, but accounted for just 25 percent of first-month enrollment in the new health markets, signaling just how closely the fate of President Obama's signature law is intertwined with a broken federal website.

November 14, 2013
President Barack Obama speaks about his signature health care law, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Bowing to pressure, the president intends to permit continued sale of individual insurance plans that have been canceled because they failed to meet coverage standards under the health care law, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama concedes, announces changes to health care law

President Obama said Thursday he will let Americans renew for one year any health plans that do not meet Obamacare's coverage standards — a stark attempt to quell the political firestorm around his broken promise that those who like their insurance coverage can keep it under his signature law.

November 14, 2013
** FILE ** President Obama wipes away sweat during a speech at Georgetown University on June 25, 2013. (Associated Press)

White House releases disappointing Obamacare enrollment total: 106,000

The Obama administration said Wednesday that roughly 106,000 Americans had enrolled in private health coverage through Obamacare by selecting a plan during the first month of activity, an expectedly low number of participants as the White House scrambles to fix the overhaul's main website.

November 13, 2013