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. Will it work? It may take 10 years or more to find out. Costs are ...

The Republican speaker of Virginia's House of Delegates and its chief budget writer are pressuring Virginia's Democratic senators to oppose the Senate health reform bill. They're part of a Republican full-court press on Virginia's two moderate senators, Jim Webb and ...

Corporate titans, well-connected lobbyists and staunch conservatives share Virginia Republican Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell's transition team with some Democrats. Some who now sit on McDonnell transition work groups even held senior positions in the administrations of Democratic governors present and past. The number of people ...