Amid conflicting and heated rhetoric, a political pragmatism began to emerge Sunday as senators prepared for a debate on a sweeping Democratic health care bill.

The Senate voted along strict party lines Saturday night to proceed with a floor debate on Majority Leader Harry Reid's $848 billion health care bill.

CNN's John King looks at two men on different sides of the health debate and their senator caught in the middle.

Opinion about which political party is responsible for the recession is shifting, according to a new poll.

Rhode Island's top Roman Catholic leader has asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy to stop taking Communion over his support for abortion rights, the diocese said Sunday.