Congressional skepticism over the Obama administration's plans for Afghanistan mounted Sunday as four senators questioned whether more troops should head there and one lawmaker called for a withdrawal timeline. Democrats Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Dianne Feinstein of California and Richard J. Durbin of Illinois along with Republican Susan Collins of Maine said they shared colleagues ...

Sen. Dianne Feinstein says there's "more than one way to skin that cat" when it comes to lowering health care costs.

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein says she believes it's possible to overhaul the system without increasing the federal deficit, as President Barack Obama has promised.  KCBS' Bob Butler reports

Feinstein looking for ways to cut health care costs, wants insurance companies to change ways

California senator worried about costs.

JOHN KING (host): The president gives a big speech. One of the goals is to bring Republicans on board. More likely or less likely after that speech to join the Democrats?

WASHINGTON - Sen. Dianne Feinstein says there's "more than one way to skin that cat" when it comes to lowering health care costs. But she's stopping short of insisting that an overhaul of the system must include a government-run "public option."

1,200 registered nurses representing every state in the union will make a house call to Dianne Feinstein this Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. to demand she become a cosponsor of the Employee Free Choice Act. The nurse action will come as part of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee national convention.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- 1,200 registered nurses representing every state in the union will make a house call to Dianne Feinstein this Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. to demand she become a cosponsor of the Employee Free Choice Act.