Dems look to health vote without abortion foes (AP)
AP - House Democratic leaders Thursday abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks gambling that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming as early as next week.
Obama says he's committed to immigration overhaul (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday assured immigration advocates frustrated by the wait for a promised overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that he remains committed to fixing a system he has said is broken. What remains unclear is whether Congress will send him a bill this year.