July 28: Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in Washington. A newly released congressional report found that abortion restrictions attached to the health care overhaul would not apply to high-risk insurance pools run at the state level, prompting Republican senators to urge the administration to issue new rules.

The health insurance industry has won a concession from the Obama administration on insurance coverage for children.

The Democrats' national chairman on Wednesday trotted out his party's fall election strategy to limit potential GOP gains, claiming Republican goals are inseparable from the tea party's, from killing off Medicare to abolishing the departments of Education and Energy.

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst warned this morning that the new federal health care legislation will bust Texas' budget - saddling state taxpayers with $27 billion in extra costs over the next decade.

State lawmakers are due back in Albany on Wednesday to collect their $171 per diems, but they aren't expected to accomplish much other than that.

You know when a politician starts a sentence with "frankly," he's about to lie to your face.