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Dems predict Senate passage on health care
From the White House to Capitol Hill, Democrats on Tuesday confidently predicted Senate passage of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul after the bill cleared its second 60-vote test and the time was set for a final tally. Comment?
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Froma Harrop: Remember moderate Republicans?
Many have bemoaned the near-extinction of the political species known as the moderate Republican. Comment?
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Afghanistan: A tough, necessary decision
After eight years in Afghanistan, as a nation we have become fatigued by war. Since our battle first began against the Taliban and al Qaeda in 2001, almost 900 Americans have died, including some of our fellow Oklahomans. Comment?
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States Cry Foul Over Nebraska's Health Care BreakSeven state AGs...
The Associated Press 9 comments John Karl takes a look at what a health care bill means for insurance companies. 1 comment
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Ala. Dem defects to GOP over health care, policy
A U.S. House Democrat who opposes the health care overhaul announced Tuesday he is defecting to the GOP, another blow to Democrats ahead of the midterm elections. Comment?
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No longer coy, Giuliani won't run for NY office
... to endorse ex-congressman Rick Lazio for governor, Giuliani said he had considered running against incumbent Democrat Gov. David Paterson and in the U.S. Senate race next year against freshman Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand. Unwilling to bow to ... Comment?
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If the proposed healthcare legislation is so good, why wait until 2013 to implement it? And, if this healthcare plan is so critical for the people of the U.S., why not make Congress use it? Of course, we all know the answers to these questions, but I thought I'd bring it to everyone's attention. Comment?
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Tuition aid still not reaching veterans in time to avoid panic
... automated system fully running in December of next year. Last month, Reps. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, South Dakota Democrat and chairwoman of the House Veterans subcommittee on economic opportunity, and Rep. John Boozman of Arkansas, the ... Comment?
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Giuliani Not Running For Senate Or Governor
... running for governor against Democratic Gov. David Paterson and in the U.S. Senate race next year against freshman Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand. "At different times, I thought I might do it," he said, but "it just isn't the right time." He said he ... Comment?
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Drug Industry Girds for Rise in Its Share of Overhaul
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... Wilson said. "We have had assurances in public from Reid and Baucus," he added, referring to Senator Max Baucus , Democrat of Montana, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, "and the White House is also indicating it is important to them." ... Comment?
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History Made, Mayor-Elect Focuses on Local Issues
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... in," said Mr. Warren, who coincidentally ended up with about 11,000 votes - 463 more than his opponent and fellow Democrat, State Representative Ruth B. Balser . "But I also think that my direct contact with people was one of the major reasons for ... Comment?
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Kerry: Health Care Reform Means Millions For Bay State
The Senate is expected to vote on the controversial health care reform plan on Thursday morning. Comment?
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Strickland Says Top Priority Will Be Job Creation In 2010
Gov. Ted Strickland on Tuesday signed into law a new budget that delays an income tax cut and fills Ohio's $850 million budget hole. Comment?
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Democratic congressman defects to the GOP
Rep. Parker Griffith of Alabama switched his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican on Tuesday, a startling defection from the majority party in the House that underscores the difficulties facing Democrats in midterm elections next year. Comment?
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Bribery evident in health care votes
I am so angry it is hard to express my thinking in a rational manner. In order to pass a bill that 60 percent of the American people do not want, our Senate leadership resorted to pure bribery. Comment?
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'Barry' Obama calls Kaine's farewell show
... to the commonwealth of Virginia." Republican Gov.-elect Robert F. McDonnell and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Fairfax Democrat, also called in to chat during WTOP Radio's "Ask the Governor" program. Mr. Kaine, who also serves as the chairman for the ... Comment?
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Emotions run high at hearing on Illinois detainee prison
Emotions ran high Tuesday at a hearing that gave the state's residents their first chance to weigh in on a plan to bring terror suspects from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a rural western Illinois prison. Comment?
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Formally, it is known as H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Comment?
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AP Enterprise: Feds mull regulating drugs in water
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Federal regulators under President Barack Obama have sharply shifted course on long-standing policy toward pharmaceutical residues in the nation's drinking water, taking a critical first step toward regulating some of the contaminants while acknowledging they could threaten human health. 1 comment
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Top SC prosecutor, others probing health care deal
The top prosecutors in seven states are probing the constitutionality of a political deal that cut a funding break for Nebraska in order to pass a federal health care reform bill, South Carolina's attorney general said Tuesday. Comment?
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