The Democrats’ effort to pass health care reform this week—is picking up steam.  That’s led Republican leaders to step up their efforts - to block it.  As some lawmakers are still making up their minds—activists from both sides are pushing their message hard on capitol hill.  Joel Brown reports from Washington.

Republicans are taking aim at one strategy the Democrats are thinking about using—to turn health care reform into reality.  It’s a procedural move that would allow the House of Representatives to pass the Senate plan—without lawmakers actually having to vote on it.  A group of activists hit the hallways of Capitol Hill—hoping to have their voices heard… As party leaders rounded up votes behind closed doors.  Joel Brown reports from Washington.

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is taking his health care pitch directly to Fox News viewers.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats are defending a proposal to push massive health care legislation through the House without requiring members to actually vote on it.

WASHINGTON (AP) - While President Barack Obama is confident about the passage of health care legislation, one GOP opponent says he’s sounding less confident about stopping it.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice John Paul Stevens, at 89 the Supreme Court’s oldest member, says he will decide in the next month or so whether this term will be his last.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee says it’s unrealistic to think the committee can debate and vote on a financial overhaul bill in one week.

WASHINGTON (AP) - There are lots of signs that Republicans are a party divided. But Democrats have their own widening cracks - and that could make a potentially bleak election year even tougher.

    WASHINGTON (AP) - Later this morning, top House Democrats convene again, trying to iron out more of the problems that could derail the health care reform bill that President Barack Obama so badly wants.

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina residents supporting and rejecting President Barack Obama’s efforts to overhaul the nation’s health care system held competing rallies outside an office of U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina residents supporting and rejecting President Barack Obama’s efforts to overhaul the nation’s health care system held competing rallies outside an office of U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina residents supporting and rejecting President Barack Obama’s efforts to overhaul the nation’s health care system are taking to the streets.

President Obama took his push for healthcare reform to Saint Lous on Wednesday. The White House is pulling out all the stops as it tries to step up the pressure on Congress to pass the healthcare overhaul plan. But as CBS News Correspondent Joel Brown reports, Democrats still face several big hurdles before they’ll get the votes they need.

SEATTLE (AP) - Proposed national educational guidelines would move math and English instruction closer to standards that are uniform and more rigorous.

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is sending in the bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud.