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Republicans Fail to Defeat Obama's Healthcare Plan in Congress
The plan to reel in insurance practices and provide healthcare to all Americans now goes to the Senate for approval.
Senate says no to citizenship questions on Census surveys
The U.S. Senate squashed an effort Thursday to include questions in the 2010 U.S. Census regarding immigration and citizenship status.
Congress takes up expansion of Troops to Teachers
Frank McBryde says there are plenty of parallels between serving in the U.S. military and teaching.
McCain Says Health Care Bill Would Face Constitutional Challenge
Sen. John McCain predicted on Thursday that there will be a constitutional challenge to the provision in the health care bill under consideration in Congress that would require all Americans to buy health insurance.
John McCain 'angry' over Afghanistan delay
Sen. John McCain said Thursday that he is a oeangrya and a oedisappointeda with President Barack Obama for delaying his decision on increasing troop levels in Afghanistan.
Senate rejects Bennett's census-immigration amendment
The Senate rejected a proposal by Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, on Thursday that would have required the 2010 Census to include a question about citizenship.
Continue reading "Huckabee, Romney, Palin: GOP leaders"
Republicans Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin all could stake strong claims to campaigns for their party's presidential nomination in 2012, a Gallup Poll shows today.
Advocates for cancer patients decry waiting period; budget for high-risk pool seen as low
You're afraid your cancer is back, and a health insurance company just turned you down.
Sarah Palin victory and defeat speeches leaked
Leaked copies of two speeches Sarah Palin prepared for last year's US election night have revealed she planned to salute her husband Todd as the nation's "first ever Second Dude" in the event of victory.
Republicans Gain in U.S. State Elections
Voters are handed "I Voted In Arlington" stickers after voting at Rosslyn Fire Station #10, in Arlington, Virginia on Nov.
Democrat wins House seat in heavily GOP area in NY
Democrat Bill Owens has captured the special election for a New York congressional seat that became a fight over the identity of the Republican Party.
Doug Holtz-Eakina s Pre-Existing Condition
Holtz-Eakin will be remembered for all time for the laughable statement that John McCain helped to create the miracle of the Blackberry, but this is pretty ironic If history had taken a different course, Doug Holtz-Eakin would be inside the McCain White House driving the Republican president's domestic agenda, including health-care reform.
Republicans aim for rival health plan in House
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to offer an alternative to Democrats' massive healthcare reform bill that would not raise taxes or require people or businesses to buy health insurance, the House Republican leader said on Sunday.
Climate Bill's Time Has Come, Lieberman Says
Sen. Joe Lieberman , I/D-Conn., has become the Senate's roving ambassador on climate change legislation, reaching out to moderate Republicans and conservative Democrats who are still on the fence on whether to vote to restrict U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
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Republican adviser faces health care's costly bite
If history had taken a different course, Doug Holtz-Eakin would be inside the McCain White House driving the Republican president's domestic agenda, including health-care reform. But now, one year after Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) lost the presidential election, the man who was by McCain's side as the campaign's top health-care guru remains unemployed -- and his COBRA health coverage is running out.
Irony of ironies, it gets worse. Holtz-Eakin, who is about to start shopping for insurance on the individual market, is 51. And he has one of those pesky 'preexisting conditions' that insurance companies often cite in denying coverage.
The end of the two-party system in the U.S.?
On Saturday, when Republican Dede Scozzafava dropped out of New York's 23rd District Congressional race after falling behind third-party candidate Doug Hoffman in polls and fundraising, it turned a few heads.
Shermanesque answer by Kyl refutes report
Sen. Jon Kyl says he won't be following in Sen. John McCain's footsteps and making his own bid for president.
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Northrop charges that tanker bidding skewed toward Boeing
A European aerospace company and its American partner charge that the Air Force is stacking the odds against them and favoring the Boeing Co.
McCain exhorts Obama to make Afghan...
Sen. John McCain is exhorting President Barack Obama to make a decision quickly on sending additional troops to Afghanistan, saying U.S allies are nervous and military commanders are frustrated.
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