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Republican congressional women pushed back against a government study suggesting women should wait until age 50 for regular mammograms, warning that such recommendations could lead to government rationing of medical tests and undetected breast cancer cases in younger women.

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Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay the start of breast cancer screenings.

A day after the Senate voted to take up the health care reform bill, President Obama's top domestic priority dominated the discussion on Sunday morning talk shows.

The Task Force now recommends that mammography, the most common screening tool for early detection of breast cancer, not be done routinely on patients younger than 50.

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The U.S. Preventive Task Force is under fire this week after it issued new clinical guidelines recommending that women 40-49 forgo annual mammograms unless they have certain risk factors, like genetic mutations that make them more susceptible to breast cancer.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is an "unworthy partner" who does not deserve a big boost either in U.S. troops or civilian aid, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC's "This Week" - Sens. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and Ben Nelson, D-Neb.; Reps.

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday said that federal health insurance programs will not alter their mammogram coverage policies following new recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the New York Times reports.

The Reid gambit: Health care 'holy war'? Mark Mellman, Democratic strategist "Why Republicans would want to go to war to protect the ability of rapacious insurance companies to take away coverage from those who get sick or old is beyond me.

"The task force has presented some new evidence for consideration, but our policies remain unchanged," she said.

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., left, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., center, and Rep.

WASHINGTON -- Legislation co-authored by Rep. Bart Gordon, D-Murfreesboro, that would ban the importation of low-level nuclear waste was approved by a House committee on Thursday.

From Bart Sullivan : Tennessee picked up 38 seats in the House of Representatives overnight and will soon have more Electoral College clout than Texas, U.S. Rep.

With nearly 4,000 swine flu deaths so far in the U.S. Congress wants to know, are terror suspects getting the vaccine first, before students, pregnant women, and sick Americans? A key health official did a 180 when pressed on that Wednesday.

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., center, flanked by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., left, and... Rep.