#60;p>#60;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul">#60;img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100310/i/r1497178361.jpg?x=130y=86q=85sig=3HXuxhr69JPhsxMAC9RACQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks about healthcare reform at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 4, 2010. REUTERS/Jose Luis Magana" border="0" />#60;/a>AP - A final agreement nearly in hand, President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders are about to embark on one last sales job that will determine the outcome of the president#039;s signature health care overhaul.#60;/p>#60;br clear="all"/>

#60;p>#60;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_bi_ge/us_congress_earmarks">#60;img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100304/capt.046ecc3e13984a6a88cd0127ac829fa8.boehner_dcmc114.jpg?x=130y=83q=85sig=U_eOaS6r.2d7JqZd14Y5BQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" />#60;/a>AP - House GOP leaders are pushing rank-and-file Republicans to break their addiction to pet projects by going cold turkey and giving up the long-cherished practice of directing federal dollars to their home districts.#60;/p>#60;br clear="all"/>

#60;p>#60;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_bi_ge/us_foreclosure_rates">#60;img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100301/capt.photo_1267480692078-1-0.jpg?x=130y=89q=85sig=CJcxsqwuwyswWEGVBJ7z7w--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A pre-foreclosure sign is displayed outside a home in Miami, Florida in 2009. The US home mortage sector remains under siege -- as recent huge losses reported by government-run Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac show -- from high unemployment and troubled loans.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)" border="0" />#60;/a>AP - The foreclosure crisis isn#039;t over, but the pace of growth may finally be slowing down.#60;/p>#60;br clear="all"/>