Students for Barack Obama

Earlier this month, Organizing for America held more than 200 volunteer trainings across the country in one weekend. Local volunteers gathered in living rooms, community centers, and coffee shops to learn the skills needed to step up and become leaders...

For the first time in a weekly address, the President is joined by the First Lady as they celebrate Christmas. They both honor those serving overseas, those who have sacrificed for their country, and the families that stand by them....

Shortly after the Senate vote this morning, President Obama sent out the following email to supporters:Although it's Christmas Eve, I wanted to share some exciting news: The Senate just passed a historic health reform bill...

Washington Post, “Senate approves landmark health-care bill”: The Senate passed a landmark health-care bill Thursday morning that would provide coverage to more 30 million people and begin a far-reaching overhaul of Medicare and the private insurance market. Vi...

Shortly after 7:00 A.M. this morning, the Senate passed its version of the health reform bill by a vote of 60-39, with all Republican senators voting against. We'll have more details shortly.UPDATED 7:48 A.M. President Obama is scheduled to deliver remarks on this morning's vote at 8:45 A.M...

From David Plouffe:Any day now, health insurance reform will come up for a vote in the Senate...

With the Senate poised to vote on health reform any day now, OFA National Political Director Addisu Demissie sat down to give an update on where we’re at and what’s next.“We have a long way to go, but as you’ve seen, we’ve made it really far. Now we n...

New York Times Editorial: The health care reform bill that Senate Democratic leaders have cobbled together to win support from all 60 members of their fractious caucus — the filibuster-proof majority needed to ensure passage — has drawn scornful attacks from a united Republican opposition. It...

In an op-ed in the New York Times today, Vice President Joe Biden explains why, if he were still a senator today, he would vote "yes" on the current health reform bill:While it does not contain every measure President Obama and I wanted, I would vote yes for this bill certain that it includes the...

Shortly after 1:00 A.M. this morning, the Senate voted 60-40 to invoke cloture on the manager’s amendment to the health reform bill offered by Majority Leader Harry Reid on Saturday. ...

With all of the developments on health reform in the Senate this weekend, it can be challenging to keep track of what is and what isn’t in the latest version of the bill. ...

In today's address, President Obama looks back at the bipartisan "Patient's Bill of Rights" – a set of rules intended to protect Americans from some of the worst practices of the health insurance industry, that was defeated time and again in the past, but is now embodied in the current health r...