End in sight, health care battle tilts Obama's way
(AP)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:39:31 GMT
AP - One by one, House Democratic fence-sitters began choosing sides Friday, and the long, turbulent struggle over landmark health care legislation tilted unmistakably in President Barack Obama's direction.
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Final health bill omits some of Obama's promises
(AP)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:18:03 GMT
AP - It was a bold response to skyrocketing health insurance premiums. President Barack Obama would give federal authorities the power to block unreasonable rate hikes.
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World diplomats urge resumption of Mideast talks
(AP)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:50:38 GMT
AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested Friday that the United States and Israel have found a way around the worst disagreement the two allies have faced in years while international diplomats set goals for new U.S.-backed peace talks aimed at establishing an independent Palestinian state.
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Bobby Rush holds out on Obama
(Politico)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:09:02 GMT Politico - The only man to ever have beaten Barack Obama could help hand him a defeat in the House. |
Ad: Don't 'pay for the deaths of unborn'
(Politico)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:08:57 GMT Politico - On the eve of the health-reform vote, the Susan B. Anthony List will run television ads in the districts of undecided House Democrats demanding that the members not “pay for the deaths of unborn children.” |
Report: USDA lax in watching organics market
(AP)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:44:01 GMT
AP - The Agriculture Department has failed to enforce penalties against some who falsely marketed foods as organic, according to an internal department investigation.
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PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama in immigration dance
(AP)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:22:14 GMT
AP - President Barack Obama promised to make overhauling the immigration system a top priority in his first year as president. He's now in Year Two, and the odds that he'll get to sign a bill before the November midterm elections appear long.
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House Democrats see momentum on health bill
(Reuters)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:51:42 GMT
Reuters - Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives pushed undecided members for support and voiced growing confidence on Friday they will win a close vote on final passage of a sweeping healthcare overhaul.
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US military deaths in Afghan region at 939
(AP)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:14:42 GMT AP - As of Friday, March 19, 2010, at least 939 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count. |
Group led by justice's wife cited for fundraising
(AP)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:51:00 GMT AP - Consumer protection officials say a Virginia-based conservative advocacy group led by the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been raising money without first registering with state regulators. |
Senior official: al-Qaida leader believed killed
(AP)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:07:30 GMT AP - An al-Qaida leader believed to have played a key role in the bombing of a CIA post in Afghanistan last December was apparently killed by an American missile strike last week, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday. |
Prince Harry hopes to join troops on Pole trek
(AP)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:09:49 GMT
AP - Prince Harry says he hopes to join a group of disabled soldiers in a charity expedition to the North Pole to raise money for wounded troops.
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Ground zero workers in court on 9/11 settlement
(AP)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:45:43 GMT
AP - Ground zero recovery workers who say they suffered health problems after inhaling the ash and dust left by the collapse of the World Trade Center plan to go before a federal judge Friday who's considering whether to approve a multimillion-dollar legal settlement.
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Obama Jobs Bill, Economic Recovery: Creating Employment
(Time.com)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:00:00 GMT Time.com - The worst recession in generations torpedoed 8.4 million U.S. jobs. Getting them back and creating employment means understanding what makes the economy tick |
GOP state prosecutors threaten court challenge to health bill
(McClatchy Newspapers)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:07:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Republican prosecutors from South Carolina and Florida said Friday they were preparing to file a lawsuit if the health care bill before Congress becomes law, challenging its requirement that all Americans buy insurance. |
Citizens United Runs Ads Against 'ObamaCare' and Democrats
(CQPolitics.com)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:50:19 GMT CQPolitics.com - The group that recently won a recent landmark soft money Supreme Court case is spending money to try to defeat President Obama's health care plan. |
Toyota Criticism Mounts on Eve of Recall Hearings
(Bloomberg)
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:28:42 GMT
Bloomberg - Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp.âs handling of
recalls came under mounting criticism on the eve of the
automakerâs U.S. congressional testimony, including charges that
the company misled the public on the adequacy of its recalls.
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