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Main Category: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Also Included In: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Article Date: 09 Jul 2009 The Wall Street Journal reports: "Industry representatives met at the White House Tuesday with officials to consider specifics of a cost-saving agreement the industry reached last month with health-care negotiators and ...

In this March 5, 2009 file photo, Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., asks President Barack Obama a question at the White House Forum on Health Reform in Washington.

U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy is recommending that a state court judge become Vermont's next federal judge.

A woman who tried to break into her ex-boyfriend's Middlesex residence on Monday night was later arrested for disorderly conduct and violating court conditions, according to the Vermont State Police.

This week he will publish The Health Care Crisis: Letters from Vermont and America --a collection of healthcare stories sent to him from across the nation.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid reportedly met with Sen. Chuck Grassley this morning to tell him and other Finance Committee members that the bipartisan compromise they have been working toward on health care reform may be a non-starter if it ends up losing Democratic votes.

CNN.com reported that Republicans are using "accounts from Canada to warn against government involvement in the health care system" without noting that Democrats have ruled out moving toward a Canadian-style system.

U.S. regulators say they may clamp down on oil and gas price speculators by limiting the holdings of energy futures traders, including index and exchange-traded funds.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., announced Wednesday the acquisition of a $130,000 grant to improve the financial literacy of Vermont's middle and high school students.

Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, received a standing ovation before even speaking Thursday at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall, and it's not surprising considering his big election victory in the capital city last fall.

Advocates for Single-Payer Fight to be Heard in U.S. Healthcare Debate Interview with Geri Jenkins, a registered nurse and co-president of the California Nurses Association, conducted by Scott Harris As the U.S. Congress moves forward with debate over the shape of healthcare reform, a top agenda item of President Obama and more than 47 million ...

Rebecca Peatman had been down this parade route a time or two before, just never as grand marshal.

Rep. Ron Paul introduced a bill in February that would require the GAO to audit the Federal Reserve by the end of 2010.

Federal funding on its way to Rutland will give many people something to smile about.

COLCHESTER - The Vermont National Guard announced Thursday it will send nearly 1,500 soldiers to Afghanistan early next year as part of Task Force Phoenix, a mission providing security training to Afghan military and police forces.

U.S. Rep. Peter Welch is facing the same choice in Washington, D.C., as he did in Montpelier - whether to support a health-care plan that will almost certainly fall short of the broader reform he favors.

NEWPORT, VT, July 2, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Helena V. Hicks, Assistant Specialist Program Representative for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of emergency services.

Happy day: Al Franken and his wife, Franni, speak outside their home in Minneapolis on Tuesday.

The U.S. economy lost a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June , according to a new Labor Department report out this morning.

Senators Robert C. Byrd and Edward M. Kennedy before a military budget hearing in 2007.