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6 hrs ago | The Orange County Register

Letters: Health care - $1 trillion or so and counting

None of the statistics spewed out regarding the uninsured in this country are surprising, neither do they provide justification for the socialistic, health care "reform" forced upon us by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her cronies.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Immigration Reform, Opinion

15 hrs ago | The New York Times

Economix: White House Endorses Paid Sick Leave Bill

The H1N1 pandemic is raising concerns about people reporting to work sick and spreading the disease.

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Related Topix: US News, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Rosa DeLauro, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat

21 hrs ago | Baseball Crank

POLITICS: Democrats Divided on Abortion

A funny thing is happening on the way to the impending health care showdown, as the Democrats try to turn the newly-passed House bill into something that can pass both Houses of Congress: Democrats are divided over abortion, and their divisions threaten to wreck the bill.

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Related Topix: US News, Abortion, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Rahm Emanuel, Loretta Sanchez, Rosa DeLauro

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Lubbock Avalanche

Abortion could roil Senate health care debate

Abortion opponents in the Senate are seeking tough restrictions in the health care overhaul bill, a move that could roil a shaky Democratic effort to pass President Barack Obama's signature issue by year's end.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Senator Ben Nelson, US Senate, Democrat, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives

National News

Washington E. coli feared at sc...

The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Violent Crime, East St. Louis, IL, St. Louis, MO Metro

US News & World Report

No Child Left Behind and the Brewing Fight Over Education

Andrew J. Rotherham is Co-Founder and Publisher of Education Sector and writes the blog Eduwonk.com. The languishing reauthorization of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is turning lawmakers into educational Michael Corleones, pulling them back into a business many fervently wish was over.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Washington, DC, John Boehner, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Senator Michael Bennet, Democrat, Opinion

Tue Nov 10, 2009

WPMT-TV York

Legislators Push For Paid Sick Leave

Against the backdrop of the H1N1 flu pandemic, Congressional Democrats are pushing for emergency sick leave legislation and using the crisis to garner support for a wider-ranging bill, both of which they say would help prevent a more rapid spread of the virus by mandating that employers provide workers paid time off.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, US News, Epidemic, Medicine, Influenza, Natural Disasters, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Athens Banner-Herald

House's health care bill may be DOA in Senate

The glow from a health care triumph quickly faded for President Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, Republican, Lindsey Graham, Olympia Snowe, Mary Landrieu

WFLA-AM Tampa

Senator Dodd proposes paid sick leave for swine flu

Americans infected by the H1N1 flu virus would be guaranteed paid sick leave under emergency legislation U.S. Senator Chris Dodd plans to unveil on Tuesday in response to the swine flu pandemic.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, US Politics, US News, Christopher Dodd, US Senate, Democrat, Medicine, Influenza, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, US House of Representatives

MyFoxAtlanta

Get Paid to Stay Home With Swine Flu?

Health officials are telling people with the H1N1 virus to steer clear of the workplace.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Mon Nov 09, 2009

MSNBC

Advice to Obama: Knock some heads

A A Nov. 9: Morning Meeting's Dylan Ratigan speaks with Rep. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., about the amendments in the House health reform bill which may prevent it from being passed in the Senate.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Cynthia Lummis, 2008 Presidential Election, Dennis Kucinich, Democrat, Ohio

ETaiwanNews.com

U.S. House voting on health care overhaul bill

The bill provides health coverage to millions who don't have it now and require employers to offer it to their workers Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, is joined by Majority Whip James Clyburn, left, and Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, James Clyburn, Allyson Schwartz, Ron Paul, Republican

Blackstone Valley Tribune

Tears, tempers fly in Pelosi campaign

When some lawmakers argued that Nancy Pelosi was turning her back on a decades-long campaign by Democratic women members in support of abortion rights, Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Abortion, Rosa DeLauro, 2008 Presidential Election

Sun Nov 08, 2009

ABC News

Lawmaker Wants Probe of E. Coli and School Lunches

The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Close vote for the bill

The Democratic-controlled House has narrowly passed landmark health care reform legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard won victory on his signature domestic priority.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Healthcare Law, Law, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives, Democrat

NPR

Speaker Nancy Pelosi House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Rep. George Miller. Alex Brandon/AP

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, left, and Rep. George Miller exult at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol, Saturday night.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, Patrick Kennedy, Life, Holidays, Christmas

SF Sentinel

House Passes Health Care Reform

Handing President Obama a hard-fought victory, the House narrowly approved a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system on Saturday, advancing legislation that the Democrats said could be their defining social policy achievement.

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Related Topix: US News, Health Insurance, Health, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Jim Cooper, John Dingell, Nancy Pelosi

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Samoa News

Republicans reject claims min wage bill was their fault

Cong. Henry Brown South Carolina [courtesy photo] The Republican Press Secretary at the House Natural Resources Committee has rejected Congressman Faleomavaega Eni's claims that the Republicans were responsible for the hike in the minimum wage committee for American Samoa but Faleomavaega maintains his stand that it was his Republican colleagues ...

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Henry Brown, Republican, US House of Representatives, Eni Faleomavaega, Democrat, Oceania, American Samoa, World News, Nancy Pelosi

KTVU

House Democrats Introduce H1N1 Flu Emergency Sick-Leave Bill

Emergency legislation announced Tuesday by two Bay Area U.S. representatives will guarantee five paid sick days to part and full-time workers who are sent home by their employer for a contagious illness, such as the H1N1 flu virus.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, US News, Medicine, Influenza, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Lynn Woolsey, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Fri Nov 06, 2009

NBC 15 Online

Lawmaker wants sick pay for workers with swine flu

U.S. Rep. George Miller speaks during a news conference to introduce the 'Protect America's Wildlife Act' on Capitol Hill September 25, 2007 in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON a ' A senior House lawmaker is asking Congress to guarantee paid sick leave to workers if their employer asks them to stay home with swine flu or a similar contagious illness.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Washington, DC

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