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8 hrs ago | OpenSecrets.org

Capital Eye Opener: Monday, November 23

Your daily dose of news and tidbits from the world of money in politics: HOUSE WRITES RX FOR DOCTORS: Doctors face a 21 percent cut to their Medicare reimbursement rates in January and the U.S. House of Representatives moved last week to fill that hole by adding more than $200 billion to the deficit to prevent the reduction, according to the ...

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Gary Peters, US Senate, John McCain, Republican

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Money Morning

Obama Commits to Free Trade Deal With South Korea, But Auto Trade Remains Sticking Point

On the last leg of his four-nation tour in Asia, U.S. President Barack Obama revived the issue of a still-pending free-trade agreement signed in 2007 with South Korea , but an auto trade imbalance will continue to be a major obstacle to Congressional approval.

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Related Topix: South Korea, World News, Lee Myung-bak, US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal

Naughty, Naughty, Peter Orszag...

STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY: H.R. 3961 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009 : The Administration strongly supports House passage of H.R. 3961, the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009, and appreciates congressional efforts to ensure that Medicare beneficiaries and TRICARE patients continue to have access to care and their ...

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

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Politico

Auto bailout still a sore spot for GOP

Months since Chrysler and General Motors emerged from bankruptcy protection with a government ownership stake in the companies in exchange for the billions of dollars they received in federal loans, Democrats and Republicans are still bickering over the auto bailout.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Representative Gary Peters, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, John McCain, Republican

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Press Releases

AFP - Obama's Global Warming EPA Power-Grab is Moving Fast

President Obama, White House Climate Czar Carol Browner, and their Environmental Protection Agency are not waiting for Congress to pass cap-and-trade. The enormous grassroots reaction to the outrageous Waxman-Markey energy tax bill passing the U.S. House has slowed Senate progress to a crawl.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Global Warming, US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Dad29

Will EPA Write "Cap-N-Tax"?

It's clear that Obama doesn't have the votes for Cap-n-Tax in the Senate, or he would not have hinted that it's off the table late last week.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Digital Producer

Dingell Concerned About Spectrum Reallocation Proposals

The former Democratic chair of the House Energy & Commerce Committee says the FCC should come up with a national broadband rollout plan to Congress that promotes expansion of infrastructure while at the same time preserving, "to the greatest extent possible," free, over-the-air local broadcasting.That advice came from Rep.

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

New Physician

Future Physicians Applaud Passage of Historic House Health Care Bill

Reston, Va.a 'The American Medical Student Association , the oldest and largest independent organization of physicians-in-training in the United States, fighting for quality, affordable health care for 60 years, applauds the monumental effort of Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other members of Congress to help pass the House health care reform bill, HR ...

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Related Topix: US News, Health Insurance, Health, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Bart Stupak

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Detroit Free Press

400 Michiganders join list tied to bad water at Camp Lejeune

Four hundred more Michiganders have added their names to a national registry of about 150,000 people who believe they were exposed to contaminated water at the Camp Lejeune military base in North Carolina, bringing Michigan's count to 3,700. One of them is Kathleen Armstrong, 50, a Detroit native now in Redford Township.

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Related Topix: US Military, Michigan, US Marine Corps, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Bart Stupak, Democrat, US Senate, Debbie Stabenow, Detroit Metro

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Associated Content

Conservative Republican Free-for-All#4

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi came out smiling and then likened the House healthcare bill H.R. 3962 victory to the successful passage of Social Security in 1935 and then Medicare some 30 years later.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Social Security, Personal Finance

Denver Post

House health care bill has nowhere to go in the Senate

The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack 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 Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Health Insurance, Health, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Washington

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Macon Area Online

Tough path in the Senate

Mon Nov 9, 2009 6:59am EST - Rep. John Dingell speaks next to U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi during a news conference about the House vote on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington November 7, 2009.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, 9, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Healthcare Law, Law

Thu Nov 12, 2009

New Vision

Many men are mortally scared of women's freedom

OPIYO OLOYA PERSPECTIVEOFA UGANDAN IN CANADA Who is scared of women? Apparently a lot of men are.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tom Price, Democrat

ABC News

Photo: President Obama's Last Minute Appeal to House Democrats

Democrats in the House of Representatives narrowly passed sweeping health care reform legislation Saturday night, with only one Republican joining in the vote and the minority party nearly unanimous in its opposition.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Candice Miller, Republican, US House of Representatives, Healthcare Law, Law, Representative Anh "Joseph" Cao, Democrat, Michigan, Michigan Government

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Mydd.com

House health care deliberations thread

The House of Representatives is debating HR 2962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act today.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Bart Stupak, 2008 Presidential Election, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicare, Health

OpenSecrets.org

Opponents of House Health Reform Bill Received 15 Percent More in...

The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed its version of a landmark health insurance reform bill Saturday night, 220-215, and opponents of the measure have received an average of 15 percent more from health industry and health insurance interests over the past 20 years, a Center for Responsive Politics analysis has found.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Shadegg, Representative Anh "Joseph" Cao, 2008 Presidential Election, William Jefferson, Democrat

The Capital-Journal

No abortions in health care plan

A bipartisan House coalition voted Saturday to prohibit coverage of abortions in a new government-run health care plan that Democrats would establish to compete with private insurers.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Bart Stupak, Democrat, Abortion, 2008 Presidential Election, Healthcare Law, Law

Tue Nov 10, 2009

WWJ-AM Southfield

President Appeals For Health Care Votes

President Barack Obama has made a last-minute personal appeal to Democrats to pass landmark health care legislation.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Abortion, US House of Representatives, Bart Stupak, Democrat

MLive.com

Report: Now 237 millionaires in Congress -- six from Michigan, two representing Metro Detroit

While many Americans are struggling to make ends meet, a number of national lawmakers are living comfortably: Figures from 2008 suggest 44 percent of Congress members are millionaires, compared to around one percent of the general population.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Gary Peters, Fred Upton, US News, Candice Miller, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Sander Levin, Dale Kildee

Think Progress

GOP Gone Wild: Unruly Republicans Silence Women Lawmakers With Screams, Shouts, And Delay Tactics

This morning, the House began consideration of the rule for debate of the House health care bill.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tom Price, Lois Capps, Democrat, Representative Mary Jo Kilroy

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